a “= ) A 16-ton anchor was put in the bottom of the hole and the whole backed over with concrete. Thaler suggested chipping into the conorete until the first good link of chain is found, attaching the new chain on it, “"“~and going on from there. Chain is needed back there rather than cable deoause they are afraid of chafing on the reef. This would probably be 1-1/2" chain. They would reactivate the deadman, mm the ohain out as far as one has to, hook the cable on, then begin paying out the mooring line and attaching the flotation buoys as they go. “ Ogle expressed worry about tansion on the line. Thaler hopes to get more information on the sise of barge and weapon cab and the configuration, then calculate the forces with various wind velocities. This is not the final proposal he is presenting nowe-it just indicates the general direction and how they will caloulate it when they get final numbers on sise of barge, eto. For the last 100 ft or so, the net laying people suggested 1-1/2" chain again be used because when the catenary is not tight it lies flat against the bottom. They would then hock into the clump and from there would be another chain going out to the anchor. Kingsley suggested that the longer this ghain, the better off one would be in safety. They have not yet decided on the length of anchor chain. It is a sand bottom, so presumably the anchor will bite in all right and the clump should dig itself in also, Ogle raised the question of the line being so close to vertical that if there is very much motion there is a serious chance of dragging the anchor. Kingsley suggested a scheme as in the sketch, said one could bring the deep sea moor up to a buoy. | Spain thought the bucy would have to be sised so it is submerged and RS could not be lifted. Ogle felt the sea anchor part should be designed for the case of appreciable wind in the wrong direction. Thaler agreed completely, said they had no intentions of relying on wind predictions. He, and the people he talked to, felt they had enough safety factors here unless there was a serious storm. Hooper raised the point that the barge will presumably not be put out very long in advance, will be unattended probably for not more than 12 bhrse Ae for the possibility of a storm wrecking the bucys before the barge is placed, Thaler stated that the surface area which the wind