We wish to thank Dr. Giuliano Brancolini of INOGS who gave us the opportunity to test and use the software onboard the R/V OGS-Explora, and to M.Grossi and the technical staff of the ship for help in the installation. The use of AcutimeTMfor the highly accurate event timestamping was encouraged by Dr. B.DellaVedova of the University of Trieste. Mr. G. Lioi and Mr. Cattini of AEP helped and assisted us while interfacing the AEP Load Cells. We thank also Dr. D.Jones of ISOF CNR for reviewing the manuscript.