Sail San Fran Bay
Sail San Fran Bay relates the perils of sailing and watching the fireworks.
School Shooting
Grand jury hands down indictment for school shooting.
Ship Disaster
Ship Disaster recounts a similar failing as the Key Bridge in Baltimore.
Yorktown Sail
After a decade, they’re taking down the empty fuel tanks at the Yorktown Refinery.
Good Riddance
As many as 20 derelict sailboats and motorboats on the Hards at York River Yacht Haven are in the process of being crushed and trucked away. A few wooden boats date to the 1940s. Once the hill is cleared and graded, more current boats will move here from down the hill to make room for […]
Danger Sails
Danger Sails recounts the troubles people have boating.
Arts Quarter Sails
Award-winning actor Glenn Close was the star of the dedication of the William & Mary Arts Quarter, a massive reconfiguration of Phi Beta Kappa Hall into a half dozen buildings interconnected. Before several hundred alumni and guests in the new PBK, Close expressed heartfelt gratitude for their support, tearing up at one point from the […]
Hover Sail
Three couples from Georgia, South Carolina and Maryland converged on a cool, crisp Fall day to pursue the History Cruise. But first we sailed under the Coleman Bridge to view a Navy submarine in port. Doug Boyd reluctantly took the helm, having once sailed S-28s in Annapolis. He talked of the wind conditions there as […]
The World
Albeit pretentious, that’s the name of a massive cruise ship that anchored overnight in the York River. MS The World presages the coming (and controversial) Princess liner with 3,000 passengers disembarking at Yorktown. But this one has only 150-200 passengers who own 165 condo apartments worth millions. As the name implies, the cruising course extends […]
Last Call
Last Call recounts the end of dolphin season, plus flying the spinnaker.
