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ONR/MTS Buoy Workshop
Final Program
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Thursday, March 16, 2006
8:30 - 8:35 Announcements
SESSION 8: AT-SEA EXPERIENCE, FAILURE ANALYSIS, SURVIVABILITY
8:35 - 8:55 Noah Lawrence-Slavas and Christian Meinig, NOAA-PMEL, Seattle, Washington
The Kuroshio Extension Observatory: Success and Lessons Learned during the First 18 Months


8:55 - 9:15 James A. Cappellini, Mooring Systems Inc., Cataumet, Massachusetts, Henri O. Berteaux, Consulting Engineer, West Falmouth, Massachusetts
Failure Analysis and Redesign of the HAARP One-Hop Mooring

9:15 - 9:35 Andrew Hamilton, Mark Chaffey, Monterey Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), Moss Landing, California
Long Term Survivability of the MOOS EOM Cabled Mooring System

9:35 - 9:55 Richard P. Trask, WHOI, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Surface Mooring Synthetics: Can we Stretch More Life out of them
9:55 - 10:10 SESSION DISCUSSION - Panel Leader: Andrew Hamilton, MBARI
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break
SESSION 9: MOORING COMPONENTS
10:40 - 11:00 Norm Farr, Dan Frye, Mark Grosenbaugh, Walter Paul, Don Peters, WHOI,
Doug Bentley, Cortland Cable Company, Cortland, New York
Development of a Nylon EOM Mooring Cable for Moored Ocean Observatories

11:00 - 11:25 Walter Paul, WHOI, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
“Snubbers” and “Gumbys”, Combining Rubber and Nylon Reinforcement to Maximize Stretch in Mooring Elements

11:25 -11:35 SESSION DISCUSSION - Panel Leader: Walter Paul, WHOI
11:35 - 11:45 Closing Remarks, Critique and Suggestions, Buoy Workshop 2008
11:45 End of Workshop. Requested Box Lunches will be available.

Carpools to College Station Airport.
Groundshuttle Van to Houston International Airport will pick up at Meeting Site with prior reservation

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