I have seen skimmimg boats work with great effectiveness in flat water and contained spills. There are various approaches, like old school oil water separators, filter media etc. The effectiveness of all the approaches drops dramatically with sea state.
The problem here is now scale. The amount of oil is getting so vast that even if every boom in the gulf is deployed you could only contain a small fraction of the oil.
I hate to say it brother - but your trip is toast. IMO - best case, book the same dates for 2011.
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