Category 'History'
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Elegance of Sailing
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Mindfulness through Sailing
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Secrets to Getting Married on a Sailboat
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Let’s Go Sail Charleston
Let’s Go Sail Charleston recounts ideas for boats as found at City Docks.
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How Charter Sailing Started
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Who Goes Sailing
Animals, Birthday, Colonial Williamsburg, History, Humor, Memories, Museum, Navy, Rates, Reservations, Reviews, Revolutionary War, Sailboat, Sailing, South Carolina, Trip Advisor, Williamsburg, York River
20 Sailing Superstitions
Sailors, fisherman and pirates have developed wickedly weird superstitions through the ages. The pirate Blackbeard…
History, Reviews, Revolutionary War, Sailboat charter, Yorktown
The Expanding Blaze
Before and after the final victory at Yorktown, the American Revolution was the first of…
Revolutionary Conceptions
Women played divergent roles in the American Revolution. The new Museum of the American Revolutionary…
Adventure, Alaska, Dolphins, Family, Football, Grandchildren, History, Museum, Rates, Reservations, Revolutionary War, Sailing, Trip Advisor, Vacation, Williamsburg, York River
Sailing Near Dolphins
A lovely couple from Hampton Roads moved to Maryland and like to return to Williamsburg on vacation….
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Weathering a Hurricane
When he published “Travels with Charley” in 1962, John Steinbeck was arguably the most…
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Best Quick Guide to Cayman Paradise
We returned to Grand Cayman after an earlier vacation, looking for relaxation and the Caribbean…
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Belonging to the Army
With great anticipation, a large area behind the $50 million American Revolution Museum at Yorktown…
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Best Kids Ever Sailing
I’ve taken thousands of people sailing over the years, including hundreds of children. These were…
Charter sail, History, How to, Sailboat charter, Sailing, Williamsburg
Sailing Hall of Fame
At the foot of Prince George Street in historic Annapolis lies the National Sailing Hall…
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Last call of the season
A wonderful young couple from Ohio wasn’t sure whether they should choose the Adventure Cruise…
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Louisville sailors
Three people who grew up together 50 years ago went on a history binge through…
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Before Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown didn’t just happen. Douglas Cummings gave an excellent prelude as part…
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Sailing to England
On a hot and sultry afternoon, we went sailing to England with a delightful family….
History, Sailing, York River, Yorktown
Sailing to Museum Confusion
Question: Why are we sailing to Museum Confusion? Answer: Because two new museums have the same…
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Sailing to the Future
It’s an enduring cliché that young people have it tough coming out of school and…
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Sailing to a Reunion
Members of the Class of 1965 at a public high school in Hershey, Pennsylvania had…
History, How to, Navy, Sailboat charter, Sailing
Bay Sailing
Two experienced sailors from Boston blew into Tidewater for a government contract job and chose…
Algonquin Round Table
During my newspaper career in Williamsburg, our daughters came to work occasionally after school. The…
Sailing with FDR
Before Jack Kennedy made sailing glamorous, Franklin Delano Roosevelt enjoyed it as an elegant pastime….
History, Rescue, Wiliamsburg, Yorktown
Runaway Slaves
Runaway slaves found themselves in an unusual situation during the American Revolution. The new republic touted…
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Oysters in the Bay
They are comparatively few and far between today, but oysters used to clog the Chesapeake…
Boat, Coast Guard, History, Marriage, Memories, Sailing
Sailing on the Bow
Most of the time on a charter sailboat is spent in the cockpit having…
History, Sailing, Washington, York River
Kin to George Washington
Chris and Stetson Hoffman of Franklin, Tennessee, had a special reason to bring their friends…
History, Sailing, Vacatiion, Williamsburg
The Gunpowder Incident
We take a short vacation from sailing to report on the history of the Gunpowder…
Sailing to British History
A family from York, England, enjoyed sailing on the York River off Yorktown while recalling…
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Sailing from Iowa
Paul and Linda Johnson brought their children east from New Hartford IA to tour American…
History, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing to Victory
Family and friends of Bob Davies celebrated his 60th birthday by sailing along the York…