Meeting Minutes

2008 Research Vessel Operators' Committee Annual Meeting
April 22 - 24, 2008

Old Dominion University
Webb Center – 1200 Webb University Center – River Rooms
Norfolk, VA

The meeting minutes will be posted as they become available.

Appendices

Note - All presentations are in PDF format unless otherwise indicated. Large files are noted with their size.

I. Agenda
II. Participants
III. Geotraces Presentation - Greg Cutter
IV. Simplified Voyage Data Recorder - Al Suchy
V. Harkens Blocks - Steve Rabalais
VI. Jason's Cradles and FLIR System - Pete Zerr
VII. UNOLS Report - Mike Prince
VIII. Safety Committee Version 5 - Tom Althouse (HTML Format)
IX. DESSC Committee - Mike Prince
X. FIC Report - Al Suchy
XI. RHOV Report - Al Suchy
XII. MLSOC - Paul Ljunggren
XIII. NURC/NATO Report - Ian Sage
XIV. NERC Update - Robin Plumley (2.6 MB)
XV. Ocean Class Project Plan - Chris McDonald Project manager for NAVSEA
XVI. ARRV Report - Dan Oliver
XVII. Marcus Langseth Report - Paul Ljunggren (4.81MB)
XVIII. Marine Insurance and Law Update - Dennis Nixon (2.96 MB)
XIX 3 Point Solutions, Inc. - Fred Campbell and Dave Johnson (4.36 MB)
XX. Peak and Low Load Detection - Al Suchy
XXI. Markey Winches - John Davis (2.96 MB)
XXII. Rapp Hydema - Tor Andersen (2.69 MB)
XXIII. Winches - Steve Rabalais
XXIV. RCRV and ARRV NSF Report - Matt Hawkins
XXVa. General Arrangement of UMCES R/V - Bruce Cornwall
XXVb. Construction Photos for UMCES R/V - Bruce Cornwall
XXVI SWL Estimator Spreadsheet - Rich Findley
XXVII Wire Testing - Rick Trask (2.2 MB)
XXVIII NOAA Report - Captain Emily Christman
XXIX NSF Report - Matt Hawkins
XXX R/V Western Flyer Grounding - Chris Grech
XXXI Canada Shipping Act 2001 and Oil Spill Response Program - Dan Schwartz
XXXII Crew and Technician Recruiting and Retention - Stewart Lamerdin
XXXIII UNOLS Van Pool - Steve Rabalais and Pete Zerr
XXXIV California Regulations - Tom Althouse
XXXV PCA and Safety Statistics - Mike Prince
XXXVI Code of Conduct for Marine Scientific R/V's - Mike Prince