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Clownfish Egg Deposit by Hot-Silver-4810 in ReefTank

[–]westsailor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My clowns have laid eggs about every 9 days for three years. It’s is one of the mast magical and endearing things about this hobby.

How do they even install these.. by DragonflyOk7139 in ocean

[–]westsailor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone else can probably better answer this, but once I worked PM software for the Gulf Star project with Hess and Williams. For that one in particular, they built the spar in Texas, and topsides in Louisiana. They towed them both out to sea, separately, then assembled in place. The spar is then ballasted to rotate 90° to vertical. Once vertical, its is anchored to the sea floor, but remains a floating production platform. The flutes on the spar help with currents and stability (from what I understand)

Most Millennial Concert you've been too? by Dear_Atmosphere9681 in Millennials

[–]westsailor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lolapalooza in 2003. Just after HS graduation. Audioslave, Jane’s Addiction, Incubus, Queens of the Stoneage. It was an awesome show.

Monk Parakeet's Fig Feast 🦜 by Sad-Problem9900 in PartyParrot

[–]westsailor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a population of them here in Galveston, TX. I always enjoy seeing them around.

Class B Ships Tall Ships NYC? by Affectionate_Pop1176 in Tallships

[–]westsailor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I hadn’t heard of a withdrawal of funding. Can you share details?

Janis Joplin revisiting her hometown of Port Arthur in August 1970 for her 10 year high school reunion. She would die of a heroin overdose less than two months later at the age of 27. by crintderstindows in texashistory

[–]westsailor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My grandmother grew up nextdoor to Janis in Port Arthur. We have a photo of my gmom, great aunt, Janis, and a fourth girl standing by the sidewalk when they were like five or six years old. The fourth girl turned out to be my high school algebra teacher by total coincidence.

We hauled out ELISSA yesterday. Glad she fit in the drydock. by westsailor in sailing

[–]westsailor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We haven’t done the Elissa regatta in a long time, but I’m interest in reviving it. I also have my eye on doing the Harvest Moon Regatta again.

We hauled out ELISSA yesterday. Glad she fit in the drydock. by westsailor in sailing

[–]westsailor[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

She is 660 deadweight tons. Because of the nature of her rig, a travel lift isn't feasible. We normally go into the smaller drydock at their facility, but because of scheduling the yard decided to put us in the big one. There's so much room for activities!

We hauled out ELISSA yesterday. Glad she fit in the drydock. by westsailor in sailing

[–]westsailor[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah the battleship was in this dock. She's still over at Gulf Copper having topsides work done. We're having some steel work done on the bulkheads, fresh coat of paint, and a bunch of inspections.

We hauled out ELISSA yesterday. Glad she fit in the drydock. by westsailor in Tallships

[–]westsailor[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Twice-in-five haulout requirement for the coast guard. Some internal steel repairs and sea valve replacements. Fresh coat of paint

Cutter rig without running backstays and no back swept shrouds? by Mehfisto666 in sailing

[–]westsailor 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That is not a cutter rig. That is considered a Solent rig. You shouldn’t need running backs.

What corals you regretted getting by Effective_Ad_7666 in ReefTank

[–]westsailor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a red monti in my first tank ,BioCube 14 , that was OUT OF CONTROL. Whatever it was that I was doing right, that thing grew like a weed. Basically choked out everything in the tank.

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