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Most of my info is first hand, off Ch 13 16 and 22. The Mate left the wheel house and another vessel tried to contact the Evening Tide and finally the goofball came up on 13 and it was too late.
The other vessel called the tide and told him he must have had a touch as he was laying a slick behind him. The CG sent a helo and a jet and a couple small boats and all confirmed a shine showing. The CG directed the Tide to the Anchorage Area North of Woods Hole. All this went on in the morning and after the tug/barge combo was anchored the CG got going to the MIO/Providence to get a team to inspect the casualty.
The barge/tug was boomed and the fiasco went on from there.
If the CG had directed him to get out of the Bay he could have done so without that much problem to the bay. The wind was Easterley, blowing out of the bay and the current was Westerly as well. The incident occurred off Westport and had he gone out the channel and thence offshore the natural currents would have tended to carry any waste offshore.
He then could have put a crew aboard the barge by helo and got a negative vacumn on the tank and then brought the barge back up into the bay for offloading and all that without screwing the Bay up.
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