Marine Link has an opinion piece talking about the Coast Guard’s new requirements being placed on the merchant marine community in hopes of preventing Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment (SASH). Perhaps inevitably, he asks how regulators who cannot get their own house in order, can establish rules for others.

I have avoided comment on the Fouled Anchor because I am not current on personnel policies and know I’m not really qualified to comment, but it is important to know what the public thinks of the service.