Beyond the Horizon

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Stephen D. (Doc) Regan March 2026 \ SEA NEWS AXIOMA, a 236-foot super luxury yacht replete with 3-D movie room and infinity pool, was built for meager $400 million as a toy for Russian Oligarch Dmitry Pumpyanskiy who is close to President Vlad Putin. Since he did not have $400 million in cash, he received a

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February 2026 Stephen D. (Doc) Regan, Ed.D. GRAY FLEET I can’t make this up. President Trump has decided that he wants a series of Trump-class battleships to be built that will project our image and provide significant warfare capabilities. Unfortunately, this ship will never sail. The cost of building this mega-ship for the Golden Fleet

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January 20026 INLAND WATERWAYS INLAND WATERWAYS Sitting in snow after two blizzards, it is hard to comprehend that the Missouri River is very low impeding tows and forcing barges to be half full. By adjusting the Gavin’s Point Dam near Yankton, SD, the Army Corps of Engineers can regulate flow; however, tow companies are pointing

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December 2025 GRAY FLEET Rachel Riley, recently a major DOGE figure, moved to Chief of Naval Research replacing VADM Kurt Rothenhaus who shifted to Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, an alignment that has many in the Navy grinding their teeth. A sizable number of Gold Braids complained that Riley has no knowledge of the Navy,

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BEYOND THE HORIZONNovember 2025 CRUISE NEWS Pacific Princess aka LOVE BOAT The PACIFIC PRINCESS that served as the stage for the TV hit THE LOVE BOAT has been junked for scrap. A lovely cruise ship that, perhaps, became the most beloved cruise vessel simply died of old age. CARNIVAL LEGEND made an unexpected stop at Acapulco Mexico when storms prevented

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October 2025 BEYOND THE HORIZON October 2025 COAST GUARD The Coast Guard stemmed two leaking oil pipes in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, through the usage of divers, auto-crawling cameras to map the structure, inflatable plugs to stop the flow, capturing spillage, and capping and sealing further issues. This response using highly technical equipment verifies

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September 2025 SEA NEWS If you have not spent too much time on the computer tracking ships on www.marinetraffic.com then you are in for a treat because every single vessel from a pleasure craft to the largest cruise liner or freighter is shown exactly where it is according to their AIS, and if you touch on the ship

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BEYOND THE HORIZONAUGUST 2025 SMALL BOATS Mice are notoriously foul rodents noted for nothing good in nature and are a burden to humanity. I, for one, am all about killing mice, rats, voles, and anything else resembling such creatures. My wife found a vole in the house, captured it, took it to the garden, and released it

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July 2025 Beyond the Horizon July 2025 ENVIRONMENT My home state of Iowa has one of the fastest growing cancer rates in the nation, and now some research scientists are creating waves of unhappy corporate leaders stating that the primary cause is overuse of pesticides. As mentioned before, Iowa is the leading polluter of the

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June 2025 COMMENTARY The wind seemed strong, the mast was finally up, the rigging was correct after multiple corrections, and it was time for the first sail of the season with good ol’ GENNY SEA, the West Wight Potter 15 that has been my primary instructor in experiential learning to sail. From the dry slip