4 May 2005
Dr. Randy Watts:
As requested, you are designated chief scientist on R/V Roger Revelle
and assigned ship time, funded by the National Science Foundation as follows:
Starting port: Yokohama
Loading Dates: 16 June 2005
Dates at sea: 17 June - 17 July 2005
Off-loading dates: 18 July 2005
End port: Yokohama
Loading Days charged: 1
Sea Days charged: 31
Off-loading Days charged: 1
Total Funded Days: 33
Please note that R/V Roger Revelle plans to depart Yokohama at 1600 on
17 June 2005 and return to Yokohama no later than 0800 on 17 July 2005.
If your cruise plan calls for different departure/arrival times please
let us know. Final day in port may require shifting berth for fueling.
Please stay in contact with the Marine Superintendent as the cruise dates
approach to find out about possible fueling issues.
Please check the link for your cruise at http://shipsked.ucsd.edu/schedules/2005/rr_2005/watts/.
There you will find your Ship Time Request and other information pertaining
to your cruise. If you wish to correct or add more information, please
contact the Ship Scheduling Office by e-mail at shipsked@ucsd.edu
or by phone at (858) 534-2840.
Although most chief scientists already know the following, and full details
are provided in the Chief Scientist's Manual, I have been asked to reiterate
in each scheduling letter the following important rules;
1) The designation as chief scientist cannot be re-delegated without approval
from this office.
2) The chief scientist is responsible for the accomplishment of the scientific
work of the cruise, and is responsible for the behavior of all members
of the scientific party whether they normally work for him/her or not.
3) Hard liquor and drugs are strictly prohibited aboard ship. No alcoholic
beverages may be brought aboard without specific permission from the captain.
The chief scientist is expected to inform the scientific party of this
and to enforce the rules with respect to scientific party members.
4) No radioactive material or unnatural concentrations of stable isotopes
may be brought aboard by anyone without advance permission from the SIO
Isotope Committee. All spills of material of this nature must be reported
promptly.
5) The chief scientist is expected to cooperate with the master in enforcement
of safety regulations aboard. At the end of the cruise, reports for various
government agencies are due; a packet containing forms will be distributed
by the Ship Scheduling Office at a later date.
6) As Chief Scientist you should be aware that the normal complement of
onboard STS personnel is too small to provide routine 24-hour support
to your work. This normal complement is meant and budgeted by agencies
to provide specialized knowledge, oversight of critical operations and
solution of emergent problems, but not all hands required for routine
loading, work at sea or watchstanding. The scientific party must provide
people in numbers and with capabilities commensurate with such tasks.
STS personnel normally work 10 hours per day and may not work more than
12 hours per day except in true emergencies. You should consult with the
STS personnel and scientific party members prior to sailing in order to
devise integrated work schedules or plans that will honor these limits
on work hours.
Further information can be found in the Chief Scientist's Manual and
the R/V Roger Revelle Handbook on our web site at http://shipsked.ucsd.edu.
We wish you a pleasant and successful cruise.
Robert A. Knox
Associate Director
cc: Captain, R/V Roger Revelle
Marine Superintendent
Manager, Shipboard Technical Support
Manager, Marine Personnel
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PS: Randy - I hope that after the foreign clearance hiccups ashore the
work at sea goes well. Bob
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