Pop goes the weasel

During the first leg of Endurance 17 the recovery of an inshore surface mooring did not go according to plan. The early steps of recovering this mooring (which sits in approximately 30 meters of water), connecting to the buoy and cabling that attaches it to the MFN (Multi-Function Node) went smoothly. With the buoy attached by line to the ship, the acoustic releases on the MFN were triggered to allow the MFN to float to the surface. However, even though both releases reported that they triggered successfully, the MFN did not appear on the surface. This was a problem.  Read more at Trenity Ford’s blog post here.