system 64 the anchor 3d is shown in the base 82 of the canister the two halves of the canister are held together by breakable straps 83 which are too weak to resist the expansion force created by the inflating raft inflation of the raft effectively disengages the inflatable raft from the canister 80 and will prevent the support 10 from sinking fig1 shows the raft partially inflated and being ejected from the lower half 82 of the canister this lower half not yet having sunk the upper half 81 has been discarded and is sinking the lower half 82 arranged to sink when the raft is fully inflated once the raft has been fully inflated and is in position over an oil spill a remote control device checks the circuits in the control to see that all circuits are functioning properly at this point the system for firing the gas propelled rockets is activated this system is preferably additionally controlled by the x and y sensors which check for pitch and roll of the platform 46 in addition the accelerometer is read to make sure that the firing takes place at the top of a wave rather than in the trough as a result when the platform 46 reaches the top of a wave and is level the eight rockets will be discharged by activating the firing mechanism 44 and the puncturing mechanism 42 which propelles the cutter 76 through the burst disk 75 this releases the gas pulling the cords 22 and deploying the cover 24 in its extended pattern at this point the raft 10 anchor 30 and inflation cylinder 62 are in the general position shown in fig1 the anchor.