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BEYOND THE HORIZON
15 July 2023. #12 GRAY FLEET Huntington Ingles turned the new destroyer, JACK H LUCAS (DDG-125), over to the Navy after she completed her trials in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the first of the new Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers that comes with the newest edition of the Aegis Combat systems that include an AN-SPY… Read more
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BEYOND THE HORIZON
1-July-2023 #11 ENVIRONMENT In an interesting tidbit of environmental news, during one of the myriad round-the-world sailing races, a boat teamed up with scientists testing water samples all over the globe, especially the Southern Seas around Antarctica. Sadly, each and every test tube of water showed microplastics. As mentioned in an earlier blog, Minnesota issued a… Read more
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BEYOND THE HORIZON
SPECIAL EDITION July 2023 #10 Due to an extraordinary amount of news, I decided to add a Middle of the Month blog. Another will be posted 1 July 2023. CONTEST A few months ago, I held a contest for a book; but in the fashion of the World’s Worst Sailor, I forgot to mention the… Read more
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BEYOND THE HORIZON
BEYOND THE HORIZON S.D. “Doc” Regan June 2023 # 10 ENVIRONMENT Supreme Beef, the company that desires to have an 11,600 cattle farm along Bloody Run Creek, a protected trout stream, lost a battle in court but a win in the legislature. The courts sent back a decision on the farm to the DNR that has been… Read more
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BEYOND THE HORIZON
S.D. “Doc” ReganMay 2023 #8 BEYOND THE HORIZON INLAND WATERWAYS The Congressional internecine war over the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) remains heated between the Democrats and the Republicans as politicians take their stances over what the government should have or should not have jurisdiction. The Democrats want an expanded classification to include streams,… Read more
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BEYOND THE HORIZON
BEYOND THE HORIZON APRIL 2023 #7 BOAT NEWS The wealthy have decided that they not only want to race with carbon fiber boats that merely have a foil that changes the wingspan of the boat to create greater lift, and a canting keel, but they wanted something for their semi-cruise yachts, hence, the Maxis. These… Read more
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Beyond the Horizon
March 2023. #6 By Doc Regan CONTEST !! Send your name and address to [email protected]. Put “CONTEST” in the subject line. PRIZE: “ The Dinghy Cruising Companion” by Roger Barnes. The winner will be selected at random. I am trying to sell some ads and need some data to make my pitch. Your names and addresses will… Read more
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BEYOND THE HORIZON
Issues #3. January 2023 BEYOND THE HORIZON Issue #3 By Doc Regan ENVIRONMENT The Ocheyedan River, in western Iowa, is a primary water source for towns in Iowa including Spencer, a medium-sized city for the region, and it ran dry this past summer killing hundreds of fish, plants, wildlife and proffered no water for livestock.… Read more
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BEYOND THE HORIZON Issue #2 By Doc Regan GRAY FLEET General Dynamics Bath Iron Works completed trials on the USS CARL LEVIN (DDG- 120) and will deliver it to the Navy for their tests before acceptance. Senator Levin was chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee for many years. This ship is similar to the DANIEL INOUYE (DDG-118) that… Read more