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You can’t effectively and safely anchor with a poorly made, poorly designed ‘no name’ anchor. I’m a frugal guy who watches his pennies—but your ground tackle is no place to economize. Quality costs.

this a.m., I put the 69 HMG side by side with my 7′ HMG and my 7′ All Star "Redfish Special". From reel seat to rod tip, the 7′ HMG is longest (by 2") and has 1 more ferrule. The 69 HMG and the All Star are the same length with the same # of ferrules. The 7′ All Star is simply 3" longer from the reel seat to the butt.

Antarctica is the highest, in average elevation, of any continent on Earth due in part to the ice sheet that blankets it with an average thickness of two kilometers and a maximum thickness of almost five. The continent has been at least partially covered in glacial ice for 40 million years, and the oldest ice that scientists have been able to extract holds gases from the Earth’s atmosphere 2.7 million years ago. Antarctic ice is often described through monolithic metrics like these, but that vast expanse of glacial ice began as flakes of snow.

There was Jacqueline Bailey, who, as a sales associate at a Jared in Virginia, was making $11 an hour and had to listen to a male employee brag about being paid more than the women in the store.

Rain during a hurricane flies in every direction including up. Remove all cowl ventilators and replace with closure plates or tape off the vents using duct tape. Make sure Dorade box and cockpit drains are clear of debris. Close all seacocks except those used for drainage. Put bung plugs in unused thru-hulls and one in the exhaust to prevent water from flooding your engine. Deck drains and pump discharges located near the waterline can back flow when wind and waves put drains underwater.

The anchor chute/roller piece is simply massive, with a horizontal anchor windlass with remote control, fresh- and saltwater washdown, and an anchor locker to handle both chain and eight-plait rode. Another anchor hides aft for bow-stern anchoring whether at the beach or at a favorite dive spot. You’ll find room for dive tanks in lockers under the seating, and the high bulwarks forward are safe for kids. There’s even a dedicated tube for an 8-foot gaff. Get queasy? The DC 365 is pre-rigged for a Seakeeper g­yrostabilizer with ­mounting in the generator compartment.

Shell’s Prelude FLNG project offshore northwestern Australia continues to push the technology boundaries with a number of "firsts." The mooring turret system for the vessel is no exception. At almost 100 m (328 ft) in height it is the largest in the world. This part of the system weighs 4,300 metric tons (4,740 tons) alone.

In the era of climate change, ice is a hot topic. It makes headlines for calving, drifting, and melting in the polar regions at alarming rates. But what is marine ice exactly?

Per the station-keeping philosophy, BP required consideration of three cases beyond the ISO requirements. In particular, the two-line broken case is to be investigated in 100-year conditions to document robustness of the system. Furthermore, consideration of a “black ship” case in 100-year condition instead of 10-year conditions per ISO is included. Finally, a robustness case must be considered in 10,000-year conditions with the station-keeping systems intact (i.e both mooring and heading control systems intact). In these extremely rare conditions, the Skarv FPSO must remain on station, provide a safe shelter to the crew and safeguard the environment. In addition, the project assessed the maximum allowable metocean conditions for a continued production with a single mooring line failure, meeting the required factors of safety for a two-line and three-line failure. The Skarv mooring line shall have a fatigue life of eight times the FPSO service life; i.e., 200 years.

Led by the photographer’s heavy foot, the first stop lands us on the opposite side of Cortez, where Chef Gerard Jesse holds court over his own seaside kingdom—The Seafood Shack. With décor that screams Old Florida fisherman and the menu to match, Chef Gerard fixes up everything from crab cakes and smoked fish dip to Gulf shrimp, local caught specials and one of the best grouper sandwiches in the region (there is a special ingredient), but right now he’s cooking up tacos—made fresh with whatever fish comes in. Today, it’s mullet, prepared “Old Cortez-style”—necks broken, blood drained and then brined for maximum flavor—and blackened. Waiting at a bar adorned with old maps covered in sea monsters and treasure maps, Megan the bartender slides over a Seafood Shack classic—John’s Damn Yankee. Named after a longtime employee, it’s actually two drinks—a Bud Light and a shot of whiskey—but neither last long as Jesse emerges from the kitchen with three corn tortillas near overflowing with steaming mullet, cabbage, Colby jack cheese and creamy baja sauce. “And the atmosphere doesn’t get any better than that,” Megan says, gesturing to the blue skies, gentle waves and diving seabirds that I’m ignoring for the sake of my tacos. “I’ll probably never leave here,” she says. Chef Gerard brings out a surprise treat—lionfish bites—and I’m inclined to agree.

The salty brine that flows out of sea ice is also a habitat in itself. After one year, sea ice has almost no salt left in it, but during the extrusion process, when brine is flowing, small organisms such as copepods, nematodes, rotifers, and flatworms can find nutrients and a dearth of predators in the brine channels if they can survive the extreme microhabitat—under the ice, near freezing, super-saline, and temporary.

PS By the way, I support healthy food for all, not just those who can afford it so attacking me does you no good.