My very first research cruise in the mid nineties was aboard the white hulled Endeavor. February off Georges Bank and I was in the top bunk in the anti-gravity room...learned a lot and loved every minute of it. "Always carry a pocket full of cotter pins!"
March 2, 2011 2:44 PM
by James Miller
Endeavor's New Look
From Dean Farmer:
Weather permitting, R/V Endeavor will return to the GSO pier next Tuesday after an extensive shipyard repair period at SENESCO Marine in Quonset. She was in drydock for over 2 months and still has some alongside work to be done prior to her sailing on her first cruise of the year on March 22. One of the most obvious changes you will recognize is her freeboard hull color is now BLUE. After close to 35 years at sea, with the same aging equipment on the upper decks, maintenance of a white hull was becoming impractical. So at the recommendation of marine coating experts we changed her hull to a darker color to enhance the longevity of her service life. I am confident you will agree she now "cuts a fine figure" with her new paint scheme.
Dr. Art Trembanis
CSHEL
109 Penny Hall
Department of Geological Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
302-831-2498
"Education is not the filling of a pot, but the lighting of a fire." -W. B. Yeats
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