OCEAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Wrote letter to Doak Cox in Hawaii to thank him for comments about my M.S. draft and to explain my "gross" and "growth" terms.
Also did my accounts and

packed a box to send to Rose with a Greek bell for her, a Bavarian Mecki Hedgehog Doll for our son Danny

and her 3x5-card diary (which showed we first met on March 10, 1963 . . .).

I then settled down and read some "Passages of Arabia deserta".
15:00 to airport where Rita's incoming flight had been delayed first, then postponed because of a storm. After a long wait and coffee, I roamed around in search of Robin's, where I arrived around 17:30, made several calls and had dinner with Diana and her kids.
Later that evening I visited Chris, who had a boisterous fisherman for company, so I left them and got back home before midnight.

March 23 through 25:
Rita's visit was postponed till next week, and fisherman Freddy played interference.
I prepared a draft "cookbook" for sampling operations aboard "Rockeater" and had a long and fruitful discussion with Prof. Fuller while Dave made numerous phone-calls.

March 26:
Trial run for "Rockeater": everything went wrong: Caterpillar, Generator, Harbourmaster, but we had a good lunch and put back in port by 15:00.
Willie van der Merwe and I drove to the "Windsor Castle" to say goodbye to
Kay Wright and her sweet red-head baby born posthumously after Joe's drowning.
We were all sad but promised to keep in touch.
(NOTE: Sorry to say this did not happen, and my questioning of Anglo people in Jan.2004 also bore no fruit)
In the evening, I baby-sat Gigi and little Erik Stephansen so Erik Sr and Rosemary could visit with Dave and his wife.

Another Rockeater trial was marginally more successful.
Afterwards, the Stephansens and I were invited for dinner at Captain Cook's.