I caught this small open boat eastbound on the KVK.
She passed Ernest Campbell. Clearly by her markings, she’s a survey vessel.
Between traffic, they seemed to focus their work near the transition between the KVK and the ConHook Range . . .
returning to their area of interest, as I said, between traffic.
Work completed, they headed back west
from where they’d first come.
That might be a cold job with minimal protection for employees of Aqua Survey Inc. in
a crowded waterway . . .!
All photos, WVD.
It appears that Aqua-Survey Inc. (ASI) has another boat called RV Tesla, which I’d love to see. I caught R. E. Hayes here over 10 years ago, also an ASI boat.
tugster: a waterblog 
3 comments
Comments feed for this article
December 18, 2020 at 1:24 pm
Les Sonnenmark
This might be a good time for ASI to invest in an unmanned boat, either remotely operated or autonomous. It’s becoming more common for survey work, though perhaps not in the Sixth Boro yet. Not that I want to put the mariners out of work, but it’s really cold out there; remote operators can sit in a warm van, drinking hot chocolate.
December 18, 2020 at 2:43 pm
tugster
i keep my eyes open. a friend saw one tested on Lake Michigan last year… https://tugster.wordpress.com/2019/06/16/usv-anyone/
December 19, 2020 at 10:22 pm
The Nostromo Files
It’s interesting to see the kind of “day-to-day” business like the survey vessel. Enjoyed this one.