Summer Breeze Daily Reports - July 12, 2005

Position on 07/12/2005, 22:36 UTC; 29 35.535N, 091 14.185W, on the Atchafalaya River

We left the Municipal Docks at Morgan City at 16:40 local time and are now steaming downriver, towards the Gulf and open water. Our departure was delayed again, since Sierra’s luggage never arrived in New Orleans last night, but instead had been flown to Lafayette. After picking it up from there this afternoon and doing the final shopping, we left the docks. It will be a 5-6 hour steam down the river and through the channel. Then we are planning to head straight south to gain deep water as fast as possible and to begin monitoring. We will then survey in a westerly direction, up to the area where the Gyre’s most easterly survey ended. And all of us are keeping our fingers crossed for lost of sightings!