ship is trusty, but in need of repair

well, we lost propulsion last night as i was getting ready to nap
after my shift... apparently, one of the engines needs to be repaired
in some way. in order to prevent losing propulsion when we enter
newport harbor this coming sunday, we will be heading to neah bay on
mon/tues to get these repairs made. we will probably stay on the ship,
regardless of how interested we would be in an adult beverage (which
is prohibited on the ship). if this were a french ship, we would have
a glass of wine for lunch every day. good thing is that the rough seas
we are expecting (4m mean high wave height) will hit us when we are in
neah bay.

also, the multibeam had been troubling us for a while in the last day.
this was troubleshot to be related to the supply voltage. the ups
system was kicking in every now and then when the pings hit off.
brandi (super science tech from UW) and terry (head engineer) worked
this out. they simply changed the source of power for the ship. now,
the multibeam is operating within specs. so, we will not need to get
parts sent nor head for port to repair it (which was considered a
likely option earlier today).

other than all this, it has been a great monday!