Beam Reach

Searching Haro and measuring receive levels

Thursday 8/30/07
Garrison Bay to Fish Creek
Winds S 5-20 kts, sunny

Pump out at Roche Harbor. Travel south into Haro Strait winds, practicing tacks and going with the ebb. Search for killer whales on E/W beam reaches just N of Middle Bank. In late afternoon, ride flood through Cattle Pass (at 12 knots over the ground) and anchor in Griffin Bay, just N of Fish Creek. Spend evening processing spreading experiment data from dock experiment, learning how to measure Vrms and compute calibrated receive level of both test signals and background noise.