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.

Navy Sailors

Navy Sailors

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

Knot Refined

Barge Anchors

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

Memorial Sails

Memorial Sails

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

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.