Within 24 hours of arrival, a military-base routine kicked in, governed by daylight hours, duty groups (Boat, Grounds, Kitchen, Tanks), Monday Camp Clean, Wednesday Weeklies (stores, data input, boat logs) and up to three research dives a day.
The boat grounded twice, and had to be towed back to harbour on Sunday.
The boat grounded on Saturday near Mangrove Cay, Andros Island, in heavy seas caused by Tropical Storm Isaac.
The afternoon is turning cloudy and raw, and we're all glad for an excuse to huddle in the cabin as the boat changes ground.
Three navy ships were sent to search and intercept the gunmen's boat, while ground units were also alerted to locate possible landing sites in southeastern Mindanao, an army commander said.
As I toured it, I became more and more outraged with each extravagance: the golf course, yacht basin, party boat, hunting grounds, mansions, landscaping, car museums, equestrian grounds and lined ponds stocked with trout and fountains.
The water suddenly got shallow, and the boat was grounded outside an apartment complex.
A week or two later when Bob was sailing in the bay he saw that a boat was grounded again, and coming closer realized that once again the man in the boat was Albert Einstein.
Acoustic methods have also been used for commercial and leisure fishing, whether to find fish and fish beds or to prevent ships and boats from grounding.
