4.6.6 Operating Conditions. The weather conditions at the EPG during this test series wer:
moderate, and winds were probably never stronger than 35 knots. It is doubtful that the preseat
size of mooring wire would hold up under gale conditions, but such a taut wire mooringis easily
devised. Essentially, this would involve increasing the size of the mooring wire and someof the
components.
Extreme weather conditions would probably preclude the use of a commercial skiff
Some form of buoy might well be used as the instrument plat-
hull as the instrument platform.
form, since it could be designed to be more easily Serviced in heavy weather.
Many of the instrument platforms were moored on this operation in water as deep as 3 miles;
however, this is not necessarily the maximum depth attainable. On the basis of depth, the present type of mooring could be used in 99 percent of the ocean areas of the world.
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