Fontaine arrived at our engineering site on the Big Island yesterday and is now station-keeping just offshore.  Benjamin is almost there.  Papa Mau - the one whose Iridium link got messed with is getting closer.  The currents were pretty fierce and he got knocked about pretty badly.  Piccard Mau is “at the mercy of the sea”, having lost control of its rudder.  We’ll be heading out to fix or retrieve it soon. The graphs at the bottom show power (blue) and water temperature (red).  It’s bright and sunny, so power levels are high (the lowest point on the graph is far above zero, the flat regions on the tops of the curves are when the batteries are fully charged.  The water temperature is a balmy 25° C  (77° F).

Fontaine arrived at our engineering site on the Big Island yesterday and is now station-keeping just offshore.  Benjamin is almost there.  Papa Mau - the one whose Iridium link got messed with is getting closer.  The currents were pretty fierce and he got knocked about pretty badly.  Piccard Mau is “at the mercy of the sea”, having lost control of its rudder.  We’ll be heading out to fix or retrieve it soon.

The graphs at the bottom show power (blue) and water temperature (red).  It’s bright and sunny, so power levels are high (the lowest point on the graph is far above zero, the flat regions on the tops of the curves are when the batteries are fully charged.  The water temperature is a balmy 25° C  (77° F).