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SKQ Cals 2025

Completed
Sikuliaq

Sikuliaq

University of Alaska Fairbanks · USA

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PortTrack / waypointPlanned route

Planned route: 17 segments · ~13 hours steaming

Operating area: Main Hawaiian Islands

Route: Honolulu (Hawaii) - United States → Honolulu (Hawaii) - United States


Feb 3 – Feb 6, 20253 days at seaactual: departed Feb 3, 2025, arrived Feb 6, 2025

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Project aboard

Now that Sikuliaq's vessel coordinate survey is complete, we can correct inconsistencies in relation to the actual origin, rather than the previously calculated origin. Once these geometries are updated in the sonar systems, it is necessary to conduct calibrations for system verification of measured offsets. In addition, we can use the 3D laser scans from the survey results to finally implement motion compensation for winches overboarding from the stern A-frame. This requires dedicated ship time to tune the regulator settings in the winch control system while a clump weight is deployed in moderate sea states.


People aboard

  • Ethan Roth · Principal investigator

Party size: 4

Estimated vacant berths: 20

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Navigation - Heading/Position
  • Dynamic Positioning (DP)
  • Underway Seawater System
  • Multibeam - Shallow-water (EM710/712/2040/Seabat 7100)
  • Multibeam - Mid-Water (EM302/304)

Pooled / portable

  • CTD
  • XBT
  • Gyrocompass

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SKQ2025-03S · MFP reference 24/4742 · synced Sep 24, 2026