“He wants to be a _____, Noah, that’s fine – but not at the expense of this family. I won’t stand for it!"

My father’s ticket was worse- he was doing 93 on the _____.

The Coral Queen had gone down _____- first in twelve feet of water

He’s untied the ropes and started one of the engines and idled out to the mouth of the _____, where he’d opened the seacocks and cut the hoses and disconnected the bilge pumps and then dived overboard

Two small _____ and a Coast Guard inflatable were nosing around the Coral Queen

Meanwhile he’s sitting in jail, talking about fighting for his _____.

“Mom heard you might get transferred to the ______ in Key West,” I said.

The blue-green water of Snake Creek was pouring in over the _____, but nobody in the johnboat moved.

He beached the skiff, took out his tarpon _____, and flattened every single tire – I think there were, like, eight of them – on the Carmichael’s RV.

Definition: having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw

Definition: a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls

Definition: the rear or aft-most part of a ship or boat

Definition: a partially enclosed, sheltered area along a shore, often partly man-made or dredged to a greater depth, where boats may be moored

Definition: any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person

Definition: a rule or standard, especially a good behavior

Definition: 1.) one who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce religious principles_OR 2.) one who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause

Definition: an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes

Definition: a flat support or framework to a stern on a boat, above the waterline

Definition: an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish