Anniversary Sail
Young couple celebrated their first wedding anniversary by sailing on the York River.
April 5, 2019
Young couple celebrated their first wedding anniversary by sailing on the York River.
People ask, “What are some strange things you see on the river?” They had to open the Coleman Bridge for a tiny tug pushing a tall crane down the York River from Cheatham Annex pier. The crane is taller than the typical Navy cruisers that transit the bridge to Yorktown
People ask, “When is it too cold to sail?” 50 degrees is pushing it unless you’re a hardy outdoors type. Two families from the upper Midwest braved brisk winds and chilly March temperatures of 50 degrees to sail sharply on the York River. Stacy and Joe Rider of Golden Valley
By Lea Maxwell, Sailor and Scribe When I signed up for sailing school at the age of 43, I had never been on a sailboat. I agreed to do it because the boy I was dating wanted me to. Typical. But I secretly dreaded it. It isn’t that I don’t have talents,
spor People ask, “When is Opening Day?” Usually April 1. Jamie Rodriquez brought her Texas family to Williamsburg for Spring Break and went sailing on Opening Day of Let’s Go Sail. Brisk winds of 10 mph were a bit chilly on the York, but the bright sunshine warmed everyone up.
People ask, “What was slavery like?” During the winter at Valley Forge, General Washington faced chronic shortages of manpower. Rhode Island General James Varnum proposed that Rhode Island recruit an all-African American regiment to serve in the Continental Army. Years later the first award for injuries in battle was won
By Pat Reynolds, ASA Opinions Matter Everyone has a different opinion in this world of sailing. When I got my first cruising boat, a Catalina 30, I quickly realized this thing was full of systems I knew nothing about. The motor wasn’t running and what I knew about
The Mariners Museum in Newport News has landed the Oracle, winner of the 2017 America’s Cup off Bermuda. The behemoth sailboat is suspended from the ceiling of a specially made wing of the museum. It harkens back to the Spirit of St. Louis suspended from the ceiling of the
People ask, “How deep into Fall do you still sail?” Deep into November, I took veteran sailors Jeanne Kushabar and Ugo Boggio out on the York in a light breeze from the east. I hadn’t see Ugo in a year, during which time he bought a 24-foot sailboat for his
On a whim, Daniel Katekovich took his bride Connie sailing along the York River on their 30th anniversary. She had never been on a sailboat before, “if you don’t count a small catamaran.” She did great as we zoomed across the river in 10 mph winds and building seas. Then
