Figure 1. Bay Defender being tested at Ohmsett. The system is being towed from right to left.

Figure 2. Great Bay/Piscatagua River estuarine system. The Sprague-Newington terminal is indicated by a red star; the three other terminals by blue cylinders. Field experiments will take place in the STUDY AREA expanded in Figure 3.

Figure 3. A close-up view of the Study area where field experiments took place.

Figure 4. The containment configuration with Bay Defender II at the apex. Two angled lead-in booms increased the effective width for intercepting oil slicks.

Figure 5. Drogue tracks off Hilton Park.

Figure 6. Bathymetry in the vicinity of the Dover Point convergence zone.

Figure 7. BDII deployed off Sprague-Newington.

Figure 8. BDII deployed off Hilton Park.