Hockwim C.D 1965 February 9 Journal Hull Island Four of the sailors paddled what was left of the deflated raft out through the surf. They caught about 12 big waves, several almost dumped them, hope they got passed the surf line. The ship lay off Hull until 1800 and then departed for Brinie Island. February 10 Brinie Island Arrived off the island at 0800 and made the two landings through 1 foot surf- ideal surf conditions. Left setting up camp. Max, Larry + Dick checked the reef for Coelenterates and found one variety to be abundant. The rest of us worked around camp collecting nets, doing landing records, etc. Around 3 p.m. we discovered that one of the navigation lights had lost all of its battery charge so we shut off a flow and contacted the ship. Within 30 minutes a new battery was brought ashore and the lights were then set up on the north and south ends of the island. The rest of the day was spent on an island survey. During the survey a dead turtle was found on the east beach crest. A wedge-tailed shearwater was seen flying over the southern portion of the island during the survey. Since the moon was so bright we stayed out until 2:00 am before attempting to do any landing. We Mitchell camp at tented next dawn.