Some good news: Jules and Hector have removed the plastic capillary tubes from the CTDs at La Parguera. It's too soon to draw any definite conclusions but it looks like the depth numbers are once again behaving properly. See for example at:
ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/ocd/jankulak/lppr1-2006.xls
Shoe reports that the capillary tubes (which he is sending back to Falmouth) are clogged with growth. Falmouth is either going to send us some wider tubes, or perhaps tell us to deploy the instruments without the tubes from now on, I'm not sure which.
This doesn't explain 100% of the problems we've had but it's a promising sign.
regards,
Mike J+