On August 20, 2006 the cable laying boat was deployed to start the process of laying the four electrical cables and a fibre optic cable which will take the energy generated by the turbine to the energy building on Race Rocks.
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- The bow of the cable-laying boat docked at Pearson College
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- The cable was mounted on this drum. Four cables, each over 400 meters were to be installed.
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- The barge is pulled by tugboat out to Race Rocks for the beginning of the cable laying.
The cable laying barge is towed to the site to begin laying the cables
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- A california sea lion looks on.
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- Cable coming off the spool
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- A sea Urchin near the path of the cable
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- A kelp greenling inspects the electrical conduit
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- At the end of the docks, Chris and Mike installed a set of concrete blocks
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- These blocks serve to protect the cable from the storm surges in the winter
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- This is the most vulnerable area for exposure of the cable where the transition from sea to land occurs.
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- Side profile of the concrete protector
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- The bundled cable arrives from the seafloor into the trench near the boathouse where it will be sealed.
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- Mike slater had spent some time creating a trench in the concrete for the running of the cable from the docks to the boat house.
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- Mike adjusts the bundle of conduits for additional wires, water intake and the electrical cables so they can be sealed in with concrete
Photos taken by Mike Slater, Chris Blondeau and Garry Fletcher