Day 3 Thursday Sept. 29, 2011 02:45 GMT

We are finally out on the water after a very long delay that gave the science expedition and crew of the R/V Ronald H. Brown a month long stay in Cape Town, South Africa.  Even with all of the work we found to do during that interim most of us were still able to go out and explore South Africa.

It was with much relief though when we were finally able to get underway.  Since leaving on September 26, 2011 we have been able to do a test cast and 6 real casts.  Sample collection is running smoothly and the data we are getting back from CTD (measures salinity and temperature) and LADCP (maps current velocity) looks good.

Things are looking up!

If you are following our path our current position is:
29 25.77' S and 12 38.76' E

Below are a few pictures of; our first station cast, sunrise over Cape Town the day we left, and sunrise over the ocean.