During a visit to Quanzhou City in Fujian Province of China this Chinese lunar new year, the LOTE team took the opportunity to visit the largest temple in East Asia dedicated to Mazu. Mazu was a learned lady who lived between 960AD and 987AD and was honoured as a sea goddess by the emperors for her wisdom. Given our work at sea, it seemed appropriate to write a tile message, and request the blessing of Mazu on our research and our surveys at sea !