The last few days were filled with hard work around the clock. One of the highlights during that time was the KIEL276. In the morning of the 21st of April we finally reached our mooring position at 33°N, 22°W and initiated the recovery of the 5200m long mooring line, the so called KIEL276. We have used acoustic signals to send the code down through the water column to the bottom and to open the releasers. The releasers were in sleep-mode for the last 24 months, but all went well. Few minutes later I have got the message from the bridge that the subsurface buoy is sighted, and the ship sailed towards the buoy. In that moment I felt really happy! Originally in bright yellow, the buoy was covered with ousters and other shells, really hard to see for someone who is not used to such a situation. With my colleagues and the decks crew 4 hours long we were recovering the instruments and buoyancy spheres and meter by meter of the 5200m long mooring. It was great to have all the instruments back; everyone was really relieved after all the gear was on deck. The mooring was deployed two years before from the POSEIDON, and each time it is really stressing moment, because so many things could go wrong. Two days later again in the early morning, the opposite procedure started, by deploying the KIEL276-28. Starting with the surface buoy all instruments and lines and a 1.3t weight was put into water for another two years. Right now I have a 31 years long time series of temperature and currents from this position in 6 different depths. It is the longest in-situ time series in the world, from a mooring. It is really great, and I’m absolutely certain that in two years time I will feel exactly the same excitement like few days ago.