The ODP Operations and Engineering personnel aboard JOIDES Resolution for Leg 161 were:
Operations Manager: G. Leon Holloway
Schlumberger Engineer: Richard Sammy
The ship departed Napoli at 1815 hr, 6 May 1995 (all times in this report refer to ship time unless otherwise noted; ship time was UTC + 2 hr). The 105-nmi sea voyage to proposed site MedSap-5 required 9.75 hr at an average speed of 10.8 nmi/hr. During the transit, we collected navigation, 3.5 and 12 kHz reflection, and magnetic data.