■ RESERCH EQUIPMENT Navigation : 　 Gyro compass, Radar & ARPA, Auto-pilot device, Joystic control system, Auto-nav. system including GPS, Doppler Log, EM Log, Data logger and track display Deck Gears : #1 Heavy duty winch with 15,000 m of 14 mm steel wire #2 Armoured cable winch with 12, 000 m of 8.15 mm φ Ti-wire for CTD Swell Compensator (1. 5 m stroke) for the above 2 winches #3 Hydrographic winch with 12,000 m of 6. 4 mm φ Ti-wire #4 Heavy duty winch with 7,000 m of 9 mm φ steel wire #5 Rope winch for 6, 000 m x14 mmφ nylon rope #8 BT winch with 1,500 mxs mm a steel wire [bow starboard] A-shaped stern gantry : 7. 0 m (W) x 8.0 m (H), 11 ton max.load Deck crane: on aft #2 deck 3 tons max. load