B, 



B, 



B, 



SEA ,a' 



I I 



scl 



Figure 3,--Moored stations, types A, B, and C, diagrammatic, not to scale. Bj shows type B under calm conditions, B2 the same under windy 

 conditions, B3 tlie same as Bj b"' incorporating the propnsed self-reeling subsurface buoy. Skiff S, subsurface buoy B, anchor A, float F, ther- 

 mometer T, lower mooring cable M, nylon upper mooring cable N, shock-cord upper mooring cable ?>C, instrument cable 1, combined mooring- 

 and-instrument cable MI. (See text) 



system was mechanical, with an automatic 

 clock-winding mechanism gear driven from 

 the motor of the counter-printer and a posi- 

 tive camoperated contact on the second hand 

 of the clock. 



There were several tests of these stations 

 and various components, but as far as the 

 STOR program is concerned the main interest 

 was in the following moorings which were 

 made in the areas of the tropical tuna fishery 

 (see fig. I ). 



Skiff #21 was moored on June 27, 1958, in 

 153 fm. on the northwest edge of Uncle Sam 

 Bank, Baja California, at 25°38.3' N., 1 1 3°30.0' 

 W. It was seen in position and records were 

 obtained by a research vessel on July 11. 

 It was again reported in position on July 25, but 

 not sighted there by a research vessel on 

 August 3. On or about August 10, 1958, it was 

 picked up by a fishing vessel at 25 29' N., 

 115°20' W., and returned to the Scripps 

 Institution, 



Skiff #5 was moored on June 28, 1958, in 

 1,968 fm. about 30 miles offshore of #21, at 

 25°23.0' N., 114°02.5' W. It was seen in 

 position and records were obtained by a 

 research vessel on July 1 1 . It was again seen 

 in position by a research vessel on Aiigust 3, 

 It was reported far out of position by a naval 

 vessel on November 14. A fishing vessel re- 

 covered the records and instruments on Jan- 

 uary 28, 1959, but could not get the hull 

 aboard because of bad weather. 



Skiff #6 was moored on November 2, 1958 

 (cruise TO-58-2), to replace #21, in 168 fm. 

 at position 25°40.2' N., 113°30.0' W. It was 

 retrieved, adrift, by the installing vessel in 

 the neighborhood of the mooring position, on 

 December 5, 1958. 



Skiff #4 was moored on November 8, 1958, 

 in 2,310 fm. in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, 

 14°31.0' N., 95°00,4' W., but was not found 

 there by the installing vessel on November 25. 



