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Sailing at 85
A Maryland family rescheduled a rain date and wound up sailing the York in a rising afternoon breeze that they found a magnificent adventure. Weeks earlier, Kathy Self had hoped to bring her uncle along with her father Jack Green as a birthday surprise on their 85th. “In retrospect this worked out better,” she said, “as he’s cranky and would have resisted the sailing. Dad loves this.” Jack is retired from a long career in graphics and printing in Washington. Kathy is finishing up her…
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Heave-To Simplified
Let’s say you’re out sailing the York River and want to stop and have lunch….
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8 Little-Known Ways to Sail
Caribbean Day Sail—The common expectation for a trip…
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Secrets to getting married on a sailboat
Getting married in a unique setting is like nothing else in the world. Forever…
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Junior Sailor Expertise
A junior sailor from suburban Buffalo got a chance to run a giant spinnaker…
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Rigorous Sailing Class, Day 2
The rain held off and the wind held up for Williamsburg Area Learning Tree’s second…
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5 Lessons Learned Sailing on the York
Having not sailed since he was 14, Scott Lints took his wife and four children…
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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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Oyster harvest comes up short
Commuters from Gloucester County who were headed south on the Coleman Bridge this week could…
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Sailing Hall of Fame
At the foot of Prince George Street in historic Annapolis lies the National Sailing Hall…
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Serenity Sail
Light and variable winds reduced the speed, so we experienced a serenity sail on the…
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Sailing on Rising Winds
Question: How do you sail on rising winds? Answer: Keep spilling wind from the sails. Wanda…
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Sailing Lessons
Four people from diverse backgrounds met to take introductory sailing lessons on the York River….
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Decking the Dock
Lonnie’s work crew at York River Yacht Haven replaced the decking at the end of…
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Bay Sailing
Two experienced sailors from Boston blew into Tidewater for a government contract job and chose…
Sailing into Retirement
They say you should phase in retirement and not do it cold turkey. John LaBossiere…
Sailing Like Ike
Students in Sail Time’s basic sailing course ventured out of Willoughby Bay into the…
Sailing a New Boat
Don Schreffler just bought an old sailboat with another fellow and then went sailing on…
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Sail Class Crescendo
The 16th fall sail class by the Williamsburg Area Learning Tree reached a crescendo Nov….
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Oysters in the Bay
They are comparatively few and far between today, but oysters used to clog the Chesapeake…
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Sailing to a New Future
Many people retire to Williamsburg, but few try to develop a new future by relocating…
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The Other Soaring
Anne and Mark Richards of College Station, Texas, went soaring on the York River near…
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Breaking Character
Colonial Williamsburg is known for its interpreters, many of whom have channeled the personas of…
Sailing the Current
It took me years to realize while sailing that once you cross the York…
Will I Get Seasick?
People occasionally ask if they’re likely to get seasick on a three-hour cruise along the…
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Sailing to Success
Two couples from New York City quit their jobs in fashion, corporate,…
Better Sailors
Klaus Hermanns and Candice Davies had a better time sailing near Williamsburg than they did…
Certified Sailor
Woody Kessler of Norfolk has been sailing all his life and decided to get certified…
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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…
Sail Fast
The fastest sailing on Earth took place during the 2013 America’s Cup in San Francisco…
Sailors Launched
Six adults excelled this spring in the class “Adventures in Sailing” class offered on the…
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Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Sailing
Renee Williams took her husband Spencer sailing on the York River as a surprise…
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Buy a Goat, Not a Boat
One of the cruises offered by Williamsburg Charter Sails is for potential boat buyers. Sailboats…
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Sailing nomenclature
It’s not necessary to know the jargon of sailing to enjoy the cruise, but it…
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Medicare Sailing
Lynne Randall lives in Texas and is working on a social studies project…
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Surgical Sailing
Working in an Operating Room is full of tension, excitement and success. “If you could…
My First Captain
One of the joys of charter sailing is putting an experienced hand behind the wheel….
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Sailing to Freedom
Colonial Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance made their annual appeal to…
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Happy Sailing Birthday
Every year, Chris and Marty McCurry of Spruce Pine NC try to do…
Hardy Sail
Four hardy sailors ventured out to Willoughby Bay on a brisk, cloudy day…
Crisscross
Optical illusion has two sailboats slicing into each other when in fact they’re several feet…
Budding Sailors
Six members of the Williamsburg Area Learning Tree sailing class graduated after a…
Sailing to Learn
Members of the fall sailing class of the Williamsburg Area Learning Tree encountered fluky and…
Boating Epihany
“When I was 17 I had a life-changing experience. My mentor was Jim Pihos, who…
Sail Class
Three friends from Norfolk who work in the medical profession also go to the…
Sailing with the Chef
Mike and Kate Cash of Kansas City enjoyed their honeymoon sailing on the…
Sailing Salesman
“At Pebble Beach, I met a golfer who been married six times. I told him…
Learning to Sail
The Green family of Carrollton spent two rigorous days at SailTime Virginia Beach learning the…
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…
Mariner Aid
While sailing the York River late in the day with two couples from Williamsburg and…
Riding into the Garden
One of the more obscure (and expensive) hobbies these days is garden railroading, combining miniature…
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Sailing Down the Highway
Traffic was backed up from time to time along I-64 at Willoughby Spit, as witnessed…
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Sailing to Church
Newlyweds Angela and Josh Purdy just moved to Seaford from rural Indiana and are thinking…
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Sailing by Feel
Wayne Kislinburg is a retired Navy lieutenant commander whose final sail before retirement was to…
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Backing up a Sailboat
Corinna Caldwell is my first sailing student to take on the daunting task of backing…
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Sailing from Iowa
Paul and Linda Johnson brought their children east from New Hartford IA to tour American…
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Fire at Sea
You’ll recall that Kevin Shaver specializes in disaster response for chemical, biological, nuclear and you-name-it…
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Sailing Course
Sam Melville, Jon Sargent and Robert Dexter Lilley concluded an intensive two-day course with SailTime…
Bungee Sailing
Kevin Schmoyer indulged his wife Donna with a sailing trip because it was on her…
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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…
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Midwestern Ingenuity
Boating builds self-confidence, among other things. Mike Ahfield of Birdseye, Indiana, related to me while…
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Made in America
Until now, sailing is about the only thing Mike and Tonya Ahlfield had not experienced…
Disaster Prone
The things you learn while sailing are amazing. Megan Key of Raleigh has worked disaster…
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Extraordinary Couple
Some amazing people enjoy sailing when they aren’t saving society. Megan Key and Justin Gerner…
Tenant Problems
“The residential rental business is stinky,†summarized Doug McSwain as he took his wife Valerie…
Circumvent Congress
“If the states work to adopt term limits for Congress, that would circumvent Washington since…
Colorado Sailors
Linda and Bill Schmidt of Westminster, Colorado, had a blast sailing the York River as…
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Long Island Visitors
Seri Diamond of Valley Stream on Long Island took her family sailing in the warm…
Let Horses Run Barefoot
Lyrene and John Fast found sailing on the York River quite different from rural Tennessee,…
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Living the Dream
Living the Dream Debbie and Kevin Weber of Appleton, Wisconsin, are immensely proud of their…
Ohio Sailors
Bill Ackenbom and Andrea Anes moved from the foothills of the western Appalachians to a…
Reservation Tip
If you’re booking a hotel, consider a tip from one of the crew sailing with…
Making Meth
During a lovely afternoon sail, it turned out one member of the crew did time…
