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

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

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

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.
Navy Twofer

We got to see two Navy warships transit the Coleman Bridge in one day.
Future Sailors

Couple returned for second sail in advance of retirement cruise to the Caribbean.