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Surprise Birthday Sail
Kristen Yodis of Smithfield took her dad Ed sailing along the York River on his…
Charter sail, Cold weather, exciting, How to, Rain, Rates, Reservations, Sailing, Sailing School, Training, Trip Advisor, Uncategorized, Williamsburg, York River
Rigorous Sailing Class, Day 2
The rain held off and the wind held up for Williamsburg Area Learning Tree’s second…
Sailing Big
The Sefcik family of Ringoes, New Jersey, went sailing near Williamsburg while in town showing…
W&M Alumna Sail
Angela Goodhart brought two of her children from Northern Virginia to Williamsburg to show her…
2 Die in Marina Fire
Exactly one week ago a married couple perished on a 43-foot Hatteras when fire broke…
Children, Geography, Uncategorized
Toy Boat at Sea
A toy boat launched in the Atlantic Ocean by South Carolina school students has reached…
Coleman Bridge, Family, Military, Navy, Sailing, Uncategorized, Williamsburg, York River, Yorktown
Sailing Past the Navy
The US Navy has strict rules that no one can sail closer than 200…
Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Birthday Sail on the York River
Karen Solderitch took her girlfriends sailing near Williamsburg on her birthday. They enjoyed shrimp, cheese…
Birds Sail Along
Julie Gamez was intrigued to learn while sailing the York River that osprey…
Father’s Day Sail
Thom MacDonnell took his wife Kaja and friends out on the York River for a…
4th of July Sailing
Yorktown will be a busy place on the 4th of July, and hundreds of boats…
American Hero
George Washington secured his place as an American hero at Yorktown, where Continental and…
Children, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Father’s Day Sail
As a unique Father’s Day present, Jack Spain’s son and son-in-law took him sailing along…
Sailing, Uncategorized, Williamsburg
Sister Sailors
Andrea, Ashley and Jamie Kieffer of Shawnee, Kansas, reunited for a family vacation when…
Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Offshore Sailor
Ramona Findley of Los Angeles has crewed in offshore races from Newport Beach to Ensenada,…
Thursday, Uncategorized, Weather
Drizzly Thursday, May 21
FRI – Openings for two couples as 2:30 pm. Sunny. SAT – Openings for…
How to, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Sailing
Renee Williams took her husband Spencer sailing on the York River as a surprise…
Leisurely Sail
Walter Watson and his girlfriend Nahja spent a relaxing afternoon sailing off Yorktown in…
Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Hardly Cloudy Sail
Things brightened up considerably on a drizzly day in the aftermath of Tropical Storm…
Sailing, Uncategorized, Weather, York River, Yorktown
Weather Eye for Sailors
As we sailed on a clear bright day along the York River near Yorktown, we…
College, Sailing, Uncategorized
Sailing a Small World
Whenever I take people sailing, I eventually get around to what people do for a…
Sailing, Uncategorized, Weather, Yorktown
Ice Sailing
With the temperature approaching 80 and the sailing winds running 10 mph near…
How to, Sailing, Uncategorized
Buy a Goat, Not a Boat
One of the cruises offered by Williamsburg Charter Sails is for potential boat buyers. Sailboats…
How to, Rescue, Sailing, Uncategorized
Sailing nomenclature
It’s not necessary to know the jargon of sailing to enjoy the cruise, but it…
How to, Navy, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Medicare Sailing
Lynne Randall lives in Texas and is working on a social studies project…
How to, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Surgical Sailing
Working in an Operating Room is full of tension, excitement and success. “If you could…
Navy, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing Out of the Park
Alan and Val Domzalski of Gross Pointe Woods MI enjoyed a late afternoon sail…
Sea of Tulips
Thousands of tulips are in full bloom in the Palace Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg. A…
History, How to, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing to Freedom
Colonial Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance made their annual appeal to…
Why He Went Sailing
” A landlocked Navy veteran from West Virginia got to fulfill a lifelong dream by…
Sailing with the Coast Guard
Alec Willette is graduating high school in south central Virginia this spring and is enlisting…
History, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing into History
Marty McCurry and his wife went sailing on the York River with their…
Children, History, How to, Navy, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Happy Sailing Birthday
Every year, Chris and Marty McCurry of Spruce Pine NC try to do…
Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Season Opener
The first run of the sailing season was out to the York River to…
Hurricane Watch
Crossing the James past Jamestown on a late summer morning reveals ominous skies. Can it…
Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing to the Bridge
Dave Brockman of Christiansburg got a waterview perspective of the George P. Coleman Bridge…
Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing to Freedom
Some foreigners think America’s freedoms have made our nation weak. Claude and Gail Klink spent…
Summer Maintenance
NOTE: The fleet is laid up for a week for summer maintenance. We’re back on…
Elephant Hanged
“Our little town of Erwin [Tennessee] is famous in 1916 because a circus elephant named…
Sailing into Space
Gail and Claude Klink of Granville, Ohio, sailed into the sunset on a quiet evening…
Sailing to the Homeless
Williamsburg never developed a shelter for the homeless because officials feared it would become a…
Family, Sailing, Uncategorized, Yorktown
Family Day
Logan Chipman at age 2 is the youngest (and best behaved) child on the boat…
Highway, How to, Sailing, Uncategorized
Sailing Down the Highway
Traffic was backed up from time to time along I-64 at Willoughby Spit, as witnessed…
Children, Sailing, Special Ed, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing to Hope
I’ve had several special-ed teachers on board this season. All of them are special people…
How to, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing to Church
Newlyweds Angela and Josh Purdy just moved to Seaford from rural Indiana and are thinking…
Alabama, Auburn, Children, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Tornado, cont.
The horrible Tuscaloosa tornado was three years ago, but children still cringe whenever a thunderstorm…
Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing to the Orient
The controversy over extending the Keystone oil pipeline south through the U.S. Midwest has languished…
Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Dolphins Galore
The Verellen family of suburban Pittsburgh hit the jackpot as three pods of dolphin suddenly…
Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Margaritaville
Following repairs to the mast of the sailboat, Let’s Go Sail is back on the…
Great Debate
Should you buy a sailboat or rent one? That question weighed on Alberto Villanueva as…
Dolphin, Indiana, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Dolphin Sighted
Kelly Mikeselle took her family from Indiana on a sightseeing sail June 24, and they…
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Sailing beyond a Tornado
What’s it like to live through a tornado? Misty Brooks and her two daughters survived…
Sailing and Balloons
By chance, two newlywed couples enjoyed sailing together on the York River this week. Ryan…
Coleman Bridge, Navy, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing into Port
The opening of the Coleman Bridge is a nuisance for drivers, but from out on…
Sailing the World Cup
Brazil citizens have protested $11 billion spent on the World Cup in a country of…
Geography, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing Home
Wayne and Teresa Vick took their family sailing for a beautiful day on the York…
Geography, Sailing, Tall ship, Uncategorized, York River
Big Ship Sails Past
While driving up the Colonial Parkway from Yorktown, readers may recall seeing the US Navy…
Children, Sailing, School, Uncategorized, York River
Montessori Sailing
Tracy and Jim Schwartz took her parents sailing in a light breeze on the York…
How to, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Backing up a Sailboat
Corinna Caldwell is my first sailing student to take on the daunting task of backing…
Detroit, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Detroit Sailors
Matthew Menard and his wife Erin Dobbins of Livonia, Michigan, won a trip to Williamsburg…
Geography, History, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing into Yorktown
Delaware’s state ship Kalmar Nyckel roared up the York River under motor (and with aft…
Canada, Ontario, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Ontario Sailors
Claire and Keith Malek drove from London, Ontario, to spend their honeymoon in Williamsburg. They…
California, History, Sailing, Tall ship, Uncategorized, Yorktown
Lynx visits Yorktown
The tall ship Lynx stopped at Yorktown on the way to Harbor Fest in Norfolk….
Auburn, Children, College, Geography, Health, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Alabama Boaters
The Baeder family of Auburn, Alabama, took time out from Busch Gardens to sail the…
Oklahoma Extremes
Diann and Max Rudd said that lakefront marinas and everything else in western Oklahoma are…
Children, Geography, History, How to, Iowa, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing from Iowa
Paul and Linda Johnson brought their children east from New Hartford IA to tour American…
Geography, How to, Rescue, Sailing, Uncategorized
Fire at Sea
You’ll recall that Kevin Shaver specializes in disaster response for chemical, biological, nuclear and you-name-it…
Rescue, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing from Central Virginia
Linda and Kevin Shaver drove down from Montpelier in central Virginia to enjoy a day…
Geography, How to, Military, Navy, Sailing, Uncategorized
Sailing Course
Sam Melville, Jon Sargent and Robert Dexter Lilley concluded an intensive two-day course with SailTime…
Oklahoma Sailors
Diann and Max Rudd of Perkins OK were given a sailing trip on the York…
Navy, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
US Navy under Sail
USN destroyer Bulkeley transited the Coleman Bridge out of Naval Weapons Station Yorktown after a…
“Why does a sailboat lean?”
The power of the wind tilts the boat slightly. The breeze passing through the sails…
Health, Military, Navy, Rescue, Sailing, Uncategorized
Sailing and Therapy
Rachel and Stephen Spence work in military information technology at Ft. Eustis and Norfolk Naval…
History, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing to Victory
Family and friends of Bob Davies celebrated his 60th birthday by sailing along the York…
“Where do you sail?”
The question is answered magnificently in this photo by pilot Chris Herion of Queens Lake….
Sailing Credit
Carrie Mick is a kindergarten teacher, and her husband Thomas works in credit card applications…
Sailboats Blessed
More than a dozen sailboats from York River Yacht Club rolled out of York River…
Geography, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Let’s go sail
“The glory of God is man fully alive.” -St. Irenaeus
Second Honeymoon
Ed Bender flew his wife Susan down from Philadelphia on his private plane so they…
Houston Problem
This week’s snowstorm diverted our flight to Houston, where we were stuck for 24 hours….
Cold weather, Health, Rescue, Sailing, Uncategorized
Cold Weather Sailing
I’m grateful to Brian and Paula Adams of Lake Lanier (SC) Sailing Academy for sending…
Geography, History, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing the World
Andrea Lockwood and Yves Menard of Ottawa, Ontario, sailed the York River on a bright…
Sailing Upright
http://youtu.be/yrW7avH8PjA This YouTube video shows how dangerous it can be to sail a performance catamaran,…
Geography, Romantic, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing to Gilligan’s
I can’t tell you how many people out sailing on the York River find themselves…
Children, College, History, Military, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing into History
While his brother Henry Gaston adroitly sailed in a stiff and blustery breeze on the…
College, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
National Disgrace
Over the course of the sailing season, hundreds of guests articulated many problems facing America…
College, History, Sailing, Uncategorized
Sailing Surprise Birthday
Larry Alan Smith (far left) of Avon, Connecticut surprised his wife Margarita (at the wheel)…
Geography, Health, Hiking, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing vs. Hiking
Adrian Baird followed up with an account about hiking a meadow along the Pacific Crest…
Geography, Hiking, Rescue, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing vs. Bears
Sailing is easy. Walking is hard. Snookie and Adrian Baird sailed 20 miles on the…
No Malaria
Carter Thrash and his brother won an essay contest held by williamsburgfamilies.com for their annual…
Movable Sailboat
A client is selling a Seaward 32-footer, which is unique for its swing keel because…
Canada, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Geography Lesson
Sailing brings out the best in people’s thinking. Whenever people lament the decline of American…
Romantic, Sailing, Uncategorized
Will You Marry Me?
Sean Kosmann brought Jessica Pettrey to Williamsburg and took her sailing on a bright fall…
Children, College, How to, Military, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing through College
Keith, Louisa and MacKensie Thomas of Salem, Ohio, enjoyed a brisk afternoon brushing up on…
Children, How to, Rescue, Uncategorized
Adrenalin Rush
Sailing can be downright inspirational. Donna Schmoyer’s son is a Pennsylvania state trooper who happened…
Children, How to, Uncategorized, York River
Midwestern Ingenuity
Boating builds self-confidence, among other things. Mike Ahfield of Birdseye, Indiana, related to me while…
Children, How to, Uncategorized, York River
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…
Children, How to, Uncategorized, York River
Extraordinary Couple
Some amazing people enjoy sailing when they aren’t saving society. Megan Key and Justin Gerner…
Teenage Wimps
You meet the nicest people sailing. Karl and Sherri Snider (right) joined Karen Straight and…
Circumvent Congress
“If the states work to adopt term limits for Congress, that would circumvent Washington since…
Navy, Uncategorized, York River
Live Fire on the York
Boaters who sail or motor on the York River will be intrigued to learn that…
Parkway Petulance
The Colonial Parkway was open between Williamsburg and Yorktown during the initial days of the…
Tale of Two Couples
Two couples sailing the York River enjoyed opposite timelines. Jan and Bill Spendley have been…
Leadership Matters
Leadership matters When he arrived in Williamsburg and then Yorktown in September 1781, George Washington…
Proud Army Parents
Dorrie and Mark Tripp went sailing after they came up from the Orlando area. He’s…
Children, Hotel, How to, Uncategorized
Long Island Visitors
Seri Diamond of Valley Stream on Long Island took her family sailing in the warm…
America’s Cup Comeback
Wednesday’s improbable win by Oracle Team USA was the biggest comeback in sports history as…
Let Horses Run Barefoot
Lyrene and John Fast found sailing on the York River quite different from rural Tennessee,…
Children, How to, Uncategorized
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…
Colorado Floods
Betsy and Glen Miller are from Eagle County, Colorado, well known for the ski resort…
Dedication
Wayne and Connie Bentel found sailing the York River much easier than his career of…
By the bus
Nan Gillis of Tacoma, Washington, sailed on the York with a mixed experience of negotiating…
In the bucket?
After she was done with her Subway lunch, a woman guest discreetly asked me about…
Round and Round
Rick Hines stopped me at the Kiwanis Shrimp Feast for a ribbing. “Here you are,…
Reservation Tip
If you’re booking a hotel, consider a tip from one of the crew sailing with…
Counterfeit this
When retired ad exec Bob Fleck of Toronto learned about the meth-maker who went on…
Boating Dangers
As they sailed into brilliantly orange sunset off Yorktown, Ann and David Gross recalled…
Making Meth
During a lovely afternoon sail, it turned out one member of the crew did time…
Students Today
Sean and Sue Ellen Fitzpatrick invited Bob and Shelagh Fleck to go sailing off of…
Taxi!
Stan Myers and Laura Brun sailed the York under a steady breeze in quiet solitude….
Seat belts on buses
Cathy and Ron Johnson tacked out the York River and sailed on the spinnaker all…
Adoption Scandal
While sailing along the York River the other afternoon, Katie and Steve Day got to…
Vexing question
Janice and Clint Cox went to graduate school with John and Donna Dooley and have…
Summer memories
While becalmed sailing in the York River, Andrea Dougherty and her friend Ray recalled their…
Tale of 3 Boats
It’s not every day that you see a house ladder standing on the water (far…
Like the BVIs
Members of the Cassels family recalled sailing in the British Virgin Islands as they ran…
Old Friends
Steve McLaughlin and Tom Zultowski of New York took their wives and close friends out…
Key Sailors
Aron and Caryn Arias took their boys sailing on the York and helped deploy the…
Argentina Arrivals
Williamsburg Charter Sails helped Sebastian Salsa and his son Santiago, 13, transit their newly acquired…
An Education
Two Long Island families enjoyed an afternoon of sailing while discussing a wide range of…
Meltdown explained
David and Judy Shepherd are mortgage lending executives who cogently explained the housing meltdown of…
Wednesday night races
We dodged the Wednesday night sailboat races (in background), but they were colorful as boats…
Historic honeymoon
Brooke and Nate Wallinga got married in Sioux City and hosted a reception for 350….
Met my Waterloo
The delightful Humpal family of Waterloo, Iowa, enjoyed an evening sail on the York River,…
Heeling is fun
Look at the serenity of the helmsman from a wonderful sail on Friday. He powered…
Redoubt 10, Yorktown
Nondescript cliff at left is part of Redoubt 10, the pivotal point of the Battle…
Ministry of hope
Pastor Steve and Connie Caronna of Raleigh sailed 14 miles Wednesday evening on the York…
They said it
“What a wonderful way to spend a few hours…sailing on a summer breeze with friends…
Calling a rain-out
As heavy rain passed through Williamsburg early Tuesday morning, I elected to cancel today’s sail…
Power of heeling
When learning how to sail, novices are put off at first because the boat tends…
How to fix schools
Had a marvelous sail with three couples that lasted almost five hours with extended conversation…
What’s that dredge?
A large and rather unsightly dredge has moved from downriver in the James to off…
Gridlock twist
A woman on the boat mentioned yesterday that doctors’ patients are reluctant to drive from…
An entertaining sail
Last evening we hosted three couples, all of whom are nurses at a big New…
Sailing metaphors
To sail professionally is to be above board, even if one is adrift, against the tide, or at…
More dolphins
Helen Lane, graphic artist for York County Tourism Parks & Rec, managed to do what…
Dolphins!
For at least the second time this month, dolphins popped up Wednesday in the York…
Fast Pitch
Kristi Olsen and a contingent of York County tourism officials sailed Wednesday. Brian Fuller of…
Red sails myth
“Red skies at night, sailor’s delight. Red skies in morning, sailors take warning.” This old…