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Name: Bay Guardian
Captain: Valenta, Tracy
Length: 36 feet
Beam: 13 feet
Draft: 2.5 feet
Speed: 26 knots
Displacement: 11 tons
Hull: Welded aluminum
Year: 2010

Comments:

Vessel operating on Green Bay as of June, 2011. For more information see: newwater.us website

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Crew Size ( inc. Captain ): 2
Number of Scientists Vessel can Accommodate: 4
Field Season: Mid April - Mid October
Operation Days / Year: 120
Schedule Finalized in: May
- No, does not contain option.   - Yes, contains option.
Science Officer in Crew?:
Crew Provides Onboard Science Support?:
Payment In Kind? Time on Another Ship?
Fuel as a type of "Payment in Kind"?
Needed Equipment as a type of "Payment In Kind"?
"Piggyback" Research Permitted When Possible?
Encourage Crosstraining other Agencies with Vessel and Crew?
Vessel made available to outside Researchers?
Outside Research Payment: case by case
Electrical Power: 110V and 12V
Water Supplies: Potable and deck washdown
Refrigerators / Freezers: Small refrigerator
Incubators / Water Baths: no
Vacuum Pumps: no
P.H. Meters: yes
D.O. Meters: yes
Conductivity: yes
Lab Space: limited
Other:
Radar: yes
GPS: yes
Radio: yes
Depth Sounders: yes
Other:
Winches / Cranes: A Frame w/ elecric winch; 2,000 lb; sample davit w/ 12V winch; 450 lb.
CTD`s BT`s:
Niskin Bottles:
Corers: Gravity core system
Grabs: Petit ponar
Other:
Trawl Nets:
Plankton Nets:
Other:
Wind Speed / Direction: yes
Thermometer: yes
Barometer: yes
Other:
Institution Required Certification:
Certification Captain: USCG license
Certification Crew:
Certification Engineer:
Home Port: Green Bay
Home Port Lake: Green Bay, Lake Michigan
Institution: Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District
Contact Name: John Kennedy
Address: 2231 North Quincy Street
City: Green Bay
State / Province: Wisconsin
Country: United States
Postal / Zip Code: 54302
Phone: 920-438-1071
Fax:
Email: jkennedy@gbmsd.org
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