Wind Watch Salish Sea Expedition April 18-20, 2009 Hannah Caht Hayes, Kayla Stewart, Krystal Stewart, Elena Larson, Sarah McCollum, Traci Recor, Bryce Karalus, and Ryan Hartwell.

Boat Information Carlyn is a 61 foot yawl Built in 1996 Coast Guard certified to hold thirty passengers, and can hold sixteen passengers to sleep Four sails: mizzen, jib, staysl and main, two cabins, and two toilets Student participation includes: releasing and lowering of sails, line handling, navigation and steerage. –Includes an onboard oceanographic laboratory for the benefit of research

Day 1: Science Went over hypothesis Learned Materials: - Plankton nets - Niskin Bottle - Flow Meter - oxygen Probe Worked out the variables of our experiment Created procedures for the science launch Looked at the weather and tides Learned knots for tying the equipment Did our first science launch

Day 1: Sailing Learned the different types of sails - Main - Jib - Staysl - Mizzen Learned the different lines - Halyard - Sheet Knots - Square - Figure eight

Day 1: Evening--Camping Anchored at Spencers Spit and boated to the island We set up camp, made dinner, and ate We then walked the beach and the spit - Played Camouflage - Found and played with Geo-Ducks Campfire Fun - Played Fun Fun - Had Smores - Bonded

Day 2: Science Gathered all plankton and info without help Sifted phytoplankton and zooplankton into graduated cylinders Observed plankton under microscopes

Day 2: Sailing Raised the sails Steered the boat Tacked the sails Chose a rout to James Island

Day 2: Night on Carlyn Cleaned the Carlyn - Scrubbed deck - Wrote log for the day - Made dinner - Cleaned the Heads Hiked around James Island 3 students went out on the row boat Did some dredging around the dock Had dinner Played Games -Fantasy -Mafia

Day 3: Sailing & Science Both groups worked together to divide into jobs Everyone was doing something - Setting sails - Navigate to destination - Steer - Deploy science equipment - Work on flow charts Sailed into harbor, docked, unloaded - Major cleaning of the Carlyn and equipment Final fair wells!

Map of Island The different color lines represents the 1 st (orange), 2 nd (blue) and 3 rd (black) day trips.

Hypothesis If you take samples at two meters and eight meters Then there will be more phytoplankton, zooplankton, and oxygen at two meters Because phytoplankton needs sunlight to survive, and zooplankton needs oxygen produced by the phytoplankton

Materials Dissolved Oxygen Probe- Measures the oxygen in the water Niskin Bottle-Collects water samples Flow Meter-Measures current speed Phytoplankton Net-Collects Phytoplankton Zoo plankton Net-Collects Zoo plankton

2 Meter Data DeploymentsZoo Plankton (ml) Phyto- Plankton (ml) Oxygen/temp Celsius S /8.4 S /8.5 S /8.9 S /8.3 S /8.7

8 Meter Data DeploymentsZoo Plankton (ml) Phytoplankton (ml) Oxygen/Temp Celsius S /8.2 S /8.2 S /8.6 S /8.1 S /8.4

Conclusion Our information did not support our hypothesis. More Phytoplankton and Zooplankton at 8m instead of 2m Oxygen levels were higher at 2m than 8m but only slightly, but still supports prediction that more oxygen would be at 2m

Bibliography McColloch, Jenny. Salish Sea Expeditions May 13, Salish Sea. Mount Si High School. Google Maps. 14 May