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Omaha Sailors

Omaha Sailors

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

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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

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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.

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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

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Opening Day

Opening Day

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

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Police Sail

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

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Wedding

Wedding

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

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Sailing Safety

Sailing Safety

A hazardous PVC pipe was removed as a prank and dropped into the York River, making it a worse hazard to navigation.

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Stout Sailors

Stout Sailors

Stout Sailors show a US Navy destroyer coming into Yorktown en route to the Naval Weapons Station. Let’s go sail.

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Navy Sailors

Navy Sailors

Three couples got to see two Navy ships passing in the York River from/to the Naval Weapons Station.

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2 Ships

2 Ships

Two ships came into the York the same day, a Navy guided missile cruiser followed by a USCG buoy tender.

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Barge Anchors

Knot Refined

A tugboat pushed the empty sugar barge Knot Refined into the York River to avoid a tropical storm in Florida. Let’s go sail.

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