Archive August 2014
Geography, Sailing, York River
Sailing to Mexico
Jerry Lafferty of Cincinnati and Puerto Vallarta went sailing with his brother Ed Lafferty and…
Sailing & Robbery
“My daughter Erin had started work as a bank teller and had her head down…
Imperfect Storm
When Ivan smashed into the panhandle of Florida in 2004 as a Category 4 hurricane,…
Team Sailing
Two dozen young women who play field hockey for the University of Michigan went on…
Sailing Slimmer
Diet and exercise really work. “I weighed over 300 pounds,” said Stephen Coe of Virginia…
Sailing Politically
In 1973, “I was a lawyer and had just moved to Virginia Beach from New…
Troubled Waters
“We like to tell people that we met in jail,” laughed Ashley Bolden as she…
Mariner Aid
While sailing the York River late in the day with two couples from Williamsburg and…
Sailing Aground
People who love boats imagine having one in their back yard, but not quite like…
Sailing Small
It’s difficult to sail a small dinghy of 8 feet because it lacks maneuverability and…
Sailing from Saigon
Hue and Hung Ngo of Fairfax took their 9-year-old son sailing on a quiet day…
Sailing and Surgery
The last thing I would have thought about surgery is eating. But foods have to…
Sailing & Biking
“For years I was sitting on the couch, and had a belly to show for…
Sailing in the Rockies
High atop the Rocky Mounties lies Grand Lake, one of three connecting lakes where sailboats…
Sailing with Strings
While in graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, Mitchell Warmbein got the opportunity of…
Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing to Freedom
Some foreigners think America’s freedoms have made our nation weak. Claude and Gail Klink spent…
Sailing Reminescence
“My mom grew up near the water in Massachusetts,” said Molly Warmbein while sailing the…
Sailing and Shooting
“I went all season without shooting a deer and finally dropped a white tail deer…
Children, History, Jamestown, Sailing, York River
Sailing to Jamestown
“Emma’s third grade teacher led us to go to Jamestown, with her enthusiasm for the…
The Law at Sea
Some 450 paralegals assist Judge Advocate attorneys in the US Navy. Veda May has 22…
Sailing with Bernoulli
Albeit counterintuitive, sailboats have to stay close to the angle of the wind to get…
Summer Maintenance
NOTE: The fleet is laid up for a week for summer maintenance. We’re back on…
Sailing Indispensibly
While serenely sailing the York River, we got to talking with Carla and Claude Davis…
Elephant Hanged
“Our little town of Erwin [Tennessee] is famous in 1916 because a circus elephant named…
Sailing Past a Destroyer
While cruising the York River with the family of Grace and Scott Daugherty of Midlothian,…
Riding into the Garden
One of the more obscure (and expensive) hobbies these days is garden railroading, combining miniature…
Sailing, Tennessee, York River
Sailing into Genealogy
Michael and Julie Curnick of rural Tennessee traveled to Ireland recently for a reunion of…
Sailing into Space
Gail and Claude Klink of Granville, Ohio, sailed into the sunset on a quiet evening…
