Best Winds to Sail

Learn About Best Winds to Sail

Let’s go sail the York River, where couples enjoy a serene three hours. Find happiness and health outdoors near Williamsburg with exciting fun on an anniversary or birthday. Great memories! Learn navigation to become a sailor. See birds, dolphins, maybe a Navy submarine. Bring your dog.  People always ask, “What are the best winds to […]

Spinn Sailing

Spinn Sailing

Let’s go sail the York River, where couples enjoy a serene three hours. The best Williamsburg boat tour offers safe “social distance sailing” daily for up to 6 people. It’s an extraordinary experience for couples. Leave your worries behind. Enjoy the thrill of moving with the wind without a care in the world. Take one […]

Sailing Past a Navy Freighter

Sailing Past a Navy Freighter

Let’s go sail the York River, where couples enjoy a serene three hours. The best Williamsburg boat tour offers safe “social distance sailing” daily for up to 6 people. It’s an extraordinary experience for couples. Leave your worries behind. Enjoy the thrill of moving with the wind without a care in the world. Take one […]

Myths About Sailing

Correcting 6 Myths A bout Sailing

Let’s go sail the York River, where couples enjoy a serene three hours. Take one of 6 sailing adventures near the Chesapeake Bay for your best vacation excursion: Adventure, Event, Appreciation, History, Lessons, Boat Buying. People ask, “Are there are many myths about sailing?” Yes, many myths abound. Here are the big ones. HARD TO […]

Lessons Learned for Advanced Sailors

Lessons Learned for Advanced Sailors

Let’s go sail the York River where couples enjoy a serene 3 hours. Take one of 6 sailing adventures near the Chesapeake Bay for your best vacation excursion: Adventure, Event, Appreciation, History, Lessons, Boat Buying. Sit in the catbird seat or up on the bow. People ask, “Can you repair the boat yourself?” Out of […]

10 Things to Do

Top 10 Things to Do After Sailing

Take one of 6 sailing adventures near the Chesapeake Bay for your best vacation excursion: Adventure, Event, Appreciation, History, Lessons, Boat Buying. Sit in the catbird seat or up on the bow. First-timers or skilled mariners can learn to sail fast on a cruise Near Williamsburg VA. They get to sail a modern 32-foot sailboat […]

Big Winds & Big Noise by Navy

Big Winds, Big Noise by Navy

I’m sometimes asked, “What’s it like to sail in big winds?” Adventurous, but the winds come and go. On this day, big winds for days suddenly calmed by the time Debbie Kremer of Arizona brought her beau Bob Wickley of San Antonio to sail the York River. We quietly tacked back and forth near Yorktown […]

Sailing with AARP

Sailing with AARP

I get asked, “What’s the best publicity you ever got for sailing?” The best promotion I ever encountered was a page 1 piece in the AARP newspaper, supplemented by a terrific video. We had a blast sailing with AARP. Let’s go sail the York River, where couples enjoy a serene three hours. Take one of […]

Sailing to Simplicity

Let’s go sail the York River, where couples enjoy a serene three hours. Take one of 6 sailing adventures near the Chesapeake Bay for your best vacation excursion: Adventure, Event, Appreciation, History, Lessons, Boat Buying. Sit in the catbird seat or up on the bow. People often ask, “What’s the magic of sailing?” This is […]

Ultimate Hobby

Ten reasons why sailing is the ultimate hobby for people to consider. Plus 102 boat names.

Stout Sailors

Stout Sailors

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

2 Ships

2 Ships

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

Sailing George

Sailing George

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

Memorial Sails

Memorial Sails

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

Gal Pal Sail

Gal Pal Sail

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

D Day Sail

D Day Sail

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

Sail Impasse

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

Anchors Away II

Anchors Away II describes the departure of a second Navy warship from Yorktown NWS on the same day.

Navy, Finally

Navy, Finally

Navy Finally recounts how two ships came onto Yorktown for the first time in eight weeks.

Big Winds

Big Winds

Big Winds recounts several days of 15-20 mph winds on the York. It was fabulous.