Short answer is that the storyline is different than reality . When they were filming the port was expanding . They ' ve set cargo records again and again in the years that followed . The channel being dregged is a bit of a joke in the show , since they have to do it every few years we use the dredge material to rebuild islands further down in the bay . That grain Silo did become a highend condo building though , and won community of the year when it opened . <| sep |> I was running 2 Z ' s , Wedge and Norra in formation with the Z ' s in front for blocking . I place the 2 Z ' s range 1 apart from each other facing each other and the other two on either side of the Z ' s . For funsies I hard 3 turn both Z ' s to cross each other and the other two do hard 2 ' s to get into a square formation . Usually I place fairly middle of the board because tooting my own horn here I ' m pretty good at maneuvers through rocks with multiple small base ships . This just gives me about 2 turns to see what my opponent is doing .