A sailing enthusiast and former US Navy Frogman (a precursor to the elite Navy Seals), Feeney is chief executive of Massachusetts-based Horizon Marine.

Through its Eddy Watch, Route Watch and Fast Eddy services, ­Horizon forecasts currents and their impacts worldwide. Feeney formed Horizon Marine in 1982, monitoring currents around Baltimore Canyon off the Atlantic Coast, where Shell was drilling exploration wells.

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