Omaha Sailors

Omaha Sailors

Omaha Sailors has a couple from Nebraska joining their teenage daughter who has already completed ASA 101.

Sailing to Simplicity

Let’s go sail the York River, where couples enjoy a serene three hours. Take one of 6 sailing adventures near the Chesapeake Bay for your best vacation excursion: Adventure, Event, Appreciation, History, Lessons, Boat Buying. Sit in the catbird seat or up on the bow. People often ask, “What’s the magic of sailing?” This is […]

Navy Ship Arrives

Navy Ship Arrives

A West Viginia family got to see a US Navy missile cruiser transit Yorktown to the Naval Weapons Station. Let’s go sail.

Sub Sails In

Sub Sails In

Sub Sails In recounts how a Navy sub glided quietly into the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station.

Cleaning Up

Cleaning Up

The National Park Service has been removing invasive bamboo from the shoreline of historic Yorktown. Good luck with that. In a related note, I asked York County about the moorings off Yorktown. One is sinking (at right) and another is listing badly (below). Capt. James Scruggs, dockmaster at nearby Riverwalk Landing, replied: “We are aware […]

Opening Day

Opening Day

Within 72 hours of Opening Day, a Chicago family got to see a US Navy warship come into Yorktown.

Boat Delivery

Kroc yacht

What it takes to deliver a boat or yacht, from an experienced captain.

Police Sail

Police Sail recounts dispatcher’s account of two bad accidents on the Rappahannock and James Rivers. Let’s go sail.

Wedding

Wedding

We went to Florida for the marriage of our daughter Robin Ann O’Donovan to Christopher Tucker.

Sub Sighted

We saw a Navy sub for the first time this season, and the glare was obvious.