Day 24 Thursday October 20, 2011 13:43 GMT

Another bumpy day weather-wise here aboard the Brown.  Over the past few days we have hit some high seas and winds.  Nothing too big though, we were still able to deploy and recover the rosette without too much trouble.  We are expecting a rockier ride, though, as we get closer to Brazil.

We have finally hit that countdown point where there are now less than two weeks before we are in Rio.  We just completed Station 76 out of 116 (8 stations needed to be cut due to the delays we incurred from winch issues) and are well on our way to Station 77.  After our deep cast at Station 69 the winch has been much better and casts have gotten faster.  Keeping our fingers crossed that this remains the case.

On that deep cast we sent some more cups down and they look great.  There were only one or two casualties out of the 60 or so that were sent.

Even with the higher seas, a humpback whale was spotted yesterday, though not many got to see it this time.

That's all for now.  Thanks for looking through.
- Elizabeth

We are currently located at:
30 0.001'S   and   29 35.67'W

Below are a couple photos of: a) More sunrise and b) The cups ready to be strapped to the rosette