Delphin 2 has been the subject of a series of experiments in the Boldrewood Towing Tank but last week the emphasis was to have spiral manoeuvring trails in the Eastleigh lakes.  So Kantapon and Sophia the two doctoral students who are using Delphin 2 for their research together with Prof Wilson transported Delphin 2  to the Eastleigh lakes.

 
At this time of the year the weather plays an important role, but in the morning we had nearly flat calm conditions as well as sun, so we were able to set up and get the tests started promptly.

 
Light stopped play at 3pm.  The tests were a success and we certainly achieved a great deal of outreach since there were a constant flow of people asking what were we doing.
Work on Delphin2 has been ongoing over a number of years and is part of the activities of the maritime robotics laboratory and is in collaboration with Drs Phillips and Furlong at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.