/83 Lehner, P. 1964 Nov. 22 Binion and I started the first watch at 6:30 A.M.; rain fell almost continuously throughout the day and the storm petrels lived up to their name by flitting about the ship at frequent intervals; the 12 guage pump shot- gun is now broken and must be reloaded by hand: both guns are a sorry sight, being completely covered with rust, sand and corn meal: the fact that two guages of shotgun (12 and 16) were brought on this trip still amazes me - there is a far greater range of firepower among the different shells of each guage than there is between guages - not only this, but the safety hazard of forcing 16 guage shells into the 12 guage and the time consumed sorting, seems to me to be a great waste - I can remember clearly in one instance having to sort through shells in the musette bag to find 16 guage shells while the Black-naped Terns made good their escape in front of me - if there was ssome method to this two guage madness, it has escaped me; with one gun broken it has now been the procedure to have Larry on the bow with the 16 guage when the spirit (usually a shot) moves him; this morning both Binion and Larry were driven off the bow by heavy rains and retreated to lab #1 where they could leave the door open and see a limited section of the ocean on he port side of the ship; Al LaPalme was startled and I was amazed when Al had to duck back out of the way while walking up the deck in order to avoid a shot blast issuing from a barrel stuck out of the lab - I can say without hesitation that I have never seen a worse display of gun handling and less respect for the weapon and innocent bystander than I have on this trip; the fact that someone was not shot or that a gun did not explode is amazing(we still have (over)