6 articles
A mid-life refit of Tidewright's hardest-worked vessel: what two seasons of reef surveys did to Drifter 7, and what the wear patterns taught the design team.
Jack Callum ·
A Tidewright field note from Chile's Coquimbo coast: twelve days of sonar, CTD casts and dive transects to write the first baseline for our newest kelp program.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Drifter Nine stopped phoning home mid-survey off Mendocino. Field notes on the search, the recovery at sea and what the fault log told us afterward.
Jack Callum ·
Four days off Fortescue Bay putting Drifter hull 9 through its first sea trials — what we test, what broke, and why the slow tests matter most.
Jack Callum ·
A Tidewright field dispatch: transecting the moving edge of an urchin barren by Drifter sonar and drop camera, and deciding where next season's Holdfast lines go.
Jack Callum ·
On Tidewright's solar-electric survey vessels, the battery pack is payload and lifeline at once. A field log of at-sea battery swaps — and what they taught the design team.
Jack Callum ·