Omaha Sailors

Omaha Sailors has a couple from Nebraska joining their teenage daughter who has already completed ASA 101.
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 […]
Navy Ship Arrives

A West Viginia family got to see a US Navy missile cruiser transit Yorktown to the Naval Weapons Station. Let’s go sail.
Sub Sails In

Sub Sails In recounts how a Navy sub glided quietly into the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station.
Cleaning Up

The National Park Service has been removing invasive bamboo from the shoreline of historic Yorktown. Good luck with that. In a related note, I asked York County about the moorings off Yorktown. One is sinking (at right) and another is listing badly (below). Capt. James Scruggs, dockmaster at nearby Riverwalk Landing, replied: “We are aware […]
Opening Day

Within 72 hours of Opening Day, a Chicago family got to see a US Navy warship come into Yorktown.
Boat Delivery

What it takes to deliver a boat or yacht, from an experienced captain.
Police Sail
Police Sail recounts dispatcher’s account of two bad accidents on the Rappahannock and James Rivers. Let’s go sail.
Wedding

We went to Florida for the marriage of our daughter Robin Ann O’Donovan to Christopher Tucker.
Sub Sighted
We saw a Navy sub for the first time this season, and the glare was obvious.
Navy Twofer

We got to see two Navy warships transit the Coleman Bridge in one day.
Future Sailors

Couple returned for second sail in advance of retirement cruise to the Caribbean.
Sailing Alternatives

Sailing Alternatives covers other ambitious outdoor activities in America.
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
Derelict boats are being crushed and removed from the marina yard.
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 […]