Capt. Bill O'Donovan, Author at Williamsburg Charter Sails

Sub Sighted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We toured George Washington’s Mt. Vernon and learned how dedicated he was to the place until he died.

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

She said yes while sailing on the York River.

Bachelorette Sail recounts the party on the boat for Emily Claar.

Memorial Sails describes a burial at sea and a commemoration of a fallen Navy sailor.

Summer Sails leads to swimming in the York River when the weather is hot.

Gal Pal Sail describes how three women from Richmond took the helm.

Delaware Sail recounts scooting around the tall ship replica Kalmar Nyckel as it visited Yorktown.

D Day Sail recounts an MIA discovery in France 80 years later.

Sail Impasse describes a Navy warship stopped in the water due to a stuck bridge.

Sail San Fran Bay relates the perils of sailing and watching the fireworks.