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Adventure, Children, Family, Navy, Rates, Reservations, Reviews, Revolutionary War, Sailing, Trip Advisor, Tugboat, Williamsburg, York River, Yorktown
Sailing Near the Navy
A couple and a family got a unique vacation adventure while listening to a…
Cars, Children, Cold weather, Education, Family, Flying, High School, How to, Lessons, Math, Pennsylvania, Rates, Reservations, Sailing, Trip Advisor, Williamsburg, Work, York River
Junior Sailor Expertise
A junior sailor from suburban Buffalo got a chance to run a giant spinnaker…
Air Force, Boat, Charter sail, Children, Family, Michigan, Navy, Rates, Reservations, Sailing, Spinnaker, Trip Advisor, Williamsburg, York River
Sailing with Experience
In the annals of “Sailing Fails” there lies the successful outcome of a bad situation….
Children, Dolphins, Grandchildren, Rates, Sailing, Trip Advisor, York River
Serene Sailing on the York
On a serene afternoon, we sailed the York for an hour before the wind shifted…
Adventure, Australia, Boat, Boat Buying, Canada, Caribbean, Cars, Charter sail, Children, Geography, History, Hotel, How to, Kayak, Museum, Navy, Rates, Reservations, Romantic, Sailboat, Sailboat charter, Sailing, Trip Advisor, Vacation
Best Quick Guide to Cayman Paradise
We returned to Grand Cayman after an earlier vacation, looking for relaxation and the Caribbean…
Adventure, Children, History, Rates, Reservations, Reviews, Revolutionary War, Sailing, Trip Advisor, Williamsburg, Yorktown
Belonging to the Army
With great anticipation, a large area behind the $50 million American Revolution Museum at Yorktown…
Adventure, Children, Family, Florida, History, Rates, Reservations, Reviews, Revolutionary War, Sailing, Trip Advisor, Vacation, Williamsburg, York River, Yorktown
Best Kids Ever Sailing
I’ve taken thousands of people sailing over the years, including hundreds of children. These were…
Adventure, Children, Navy, Sailing, Williamsburg, York River
Season Opener, Let’s Go Sail
For the season opener of Let’s Go Sail, Hannah and Jeff Davis drove up from…
Charter sail, Children, Coleman Bridge, Family, New York, Reunion, Sailboat, Sailing, Training, Vacation, Williamsburg, York River
The Future of Sailing
The future of the world and the future of sailing are in good hands with…
Adventure, Charter sail, Children, Cold weather, Family, Football, High School, Memories, Sailboat, Sailing, Williamsburg, York River
Sailing with Shoeless Wonders
You meet some fascinating people sailing. Rob Spain took Sara Elizabeth Timmins out on the…
Adventure, Charter sail, Children, exciting, Family, Fire, Fun, Racing, Reunion, Sailboat, Sailboat charter, Sailing, Vacation, Wiliamsburg, York River
Best and Worst Sails
Cruising along the York River on a lazy summer day inspires people to recall their…
Birthday, Boat, Charter sail, Chesapeake Bay, Children, Coleman Bridge, Family, Fun, Navy, Sailboat charter, Sailing, Williamsburg, York River, Yorktown
Naval Observatory
Every ten days or so a Navy ship cruises up the York River. It’s usually…
Birds, Children, Dolphins, exciting, Family, Florida, Sailing, Vacation, York River
Birds of Virginia
Question: What is it with the birds of Virginia? Answer: They sometimes fly right at…
Algonquin Round Table
During my newspaper career in Williamsburg, our daughters came to work occasionally after school. The…
Children, Geography, Uncategorized
Toy Boat at Sea
A toy boat launched in the Atlantic Ocean by South Carolina school students has reached…
Children, History, How to, Sailing, York River
Breaking Character
Colonial Williamsburg is known for its interpreters, many of whom have channeled the personas of…
Sailing for Love
Shannon O’Bryan got to talking about teaching second grade why sailing off Yorktown…
Sailing for Merit Badge
Boys aren’t always the best on a sailboat, but Wendy and Rick Cehon’s…
Sailing for Folds of Honor
Hundreds of people turned out to the inaugural Patriot Boating Days at York River Yacht…
Sailing on Vacation
A new poster encourages families to take vacations because…
Sailing to Certification
Too many teens come out of high school and go to college reluctantly, only to…
Children, How to, Sailing, York River
Sailing to Success
Two couples from New York City quit their jobs in fashion, corporate,…
Children, Navy, Sailing, York River
Warship Sails Past
The Coleman Bridge swung both spans open for the warship USS John S….
Warships Under Sail
Kevin and Kason Sookwah of Long Island reenacted the Battle of the Capes…
Children, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Father’s Day Sail
As a unique Father’s Day present, Jack Spain’s son and son-in-law took him sailing along…
Children, How to, Sailing, York River
Born Sailors
Evan and Carter Henley of Williamsburg turned out to be natural-born sailors after…
Dinghy Sailing
To my mind, sailing a dinghy is like riding a unicycle. Few people can do…
Youngest Sailor
Meet Braedan Cossgrove, 1 month old when he sailed the York River near Yorktown for…
Children, History, How to, Navy, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Happy Sailing Birthday
Every year, Chris and Marty McCurry of Spruce Pine NC try to do…
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…
Children, Sailing, Special Ed, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing to Hope
I’ve had several special-ed teachers on board this season. All of them are special people…
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Tornado, cont.
The horrible Tuscaloosa tornado was three years ago, but children still cringe whenever a thunderstorm…
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Sailing beyond a Tornado
What’s it like to live through a tornado? Misty Brooks and her two daughters survived…
Children, Sailing, School, Uncategorized, York River
Montessori Sailing
Tracy and Jim Schwartz took her parents sailing in a light breeze on the York…
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Alabama Boaters
The Baeder family of Auburn, Alabama, took time out from Busch Gardens to sail the…
Children, Geography, History, How to, Iowa, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing from Iowa
Paul and Linda Johnson brought their children east from New Hartford IA to tour American…
Children, Geography, Sailing, York River
December Sailing
Who says it’s too cold to sail? Tonya and Chad Adamson of Newport News took…
Children, College, History, Military, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing into History
While his brother Henry Gaston adroitly sailed in a stiff and blustery breeze on the…
No Malaria
Carter Thrash and his brother won an essay contest held by williamsburgfamilies.com for their annual…
Children, College, How to, Military, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing through College
Keith, Louisa and MacKensie Thomas of Salem, Ohio, enjoyed a brisk afternoon brushing up on…
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Adrenalin Rush
Sailing can be downright inspirational. Donna Schmoyer’s son is a Pennsylvania state trooper who happened…
Children, How to, Uncategorized, York River
Midwestern Ingenuity
Boating builds self-confidence, among other things. Mike Ahfield of Birdseye, Indiana, related to me while…
Children, How to, Uncategorized, York River
Made in America
Until now, sailing is about the only thing Mike and Tonya Ahlfield had not experienced…
Children, How to, Uncategorized, York River
Extraordinary Couple
Some amazing people enjoy sailing when they aren’t saving society. Megan Key and Justin Gerner…
Children, Hotel, How to, Uncategorized
Long Island Visitors
Seri Diamond of Valley Stream on Long Island took her family sailing in the warm…
Children, How to, Uncategorized
Living the Dream
Living the Dream Debbie and Kevin Weber of Appleton, Wisconsin, are immensely proud of their…
Seat belts on buses
Cathy and Ron Johnson tacked out the York River and sailed on the spinnaker all…
Birthday Sail
Drew O’Neal’s family threw him a wonderful birthday party while sailing all afternoon on the…
Key Sailors
Aron and Caryn Arias took their boys sailing on the York and helped deploy the…
An Education
Two Long Island families enjoyed an afternoon of sailing while discussing a wide range of…