Big Winds Return
On a whim, Daniel Katekovich took his bride Connie sailing along the York River on their 30th anniversary. She had never been on a sailboat before, “if you don’t count a small catamaran.” She did great as we zoomed across the river in 10 mph winds and building seas. Then we tacked to go under […]
Giant Cranes Delivered
Philadelphia had a big winter with the Eagles winning the Super Bowl and Villanova winning the NCAA basketball crown. Here’s more big news: an extraordinary video of two “post- Panamax” gantry cranes delivered to the Port of Philadelphia. Post-Panamax refers to the mega-ship that can navigate the wider Panama Canal. My sailing buddy John Alewynse […]
Minnesota Sailors Race the York
Korine and Mitchell Arseneau of Hampton took her parents Kathy and Paul sailing on a sunny, breezy afternoon along the York River. They used their extensive sailing skills to race downriver on five tacks at 10-15 degrees heeling before running with wind upriver. Paul spent 25 years in the US Navy. “I was only five […]
Returning for a Second Sail
A Philadelphia couple reprised their sail from August 2015 by returning on a sunny but cool spring afternoon. They sailed in moderate winds that clocked around north and occasionally gusted. Iris Carter is a hospital administrator who coordinates admissions thousands of children among nine hospitals. The last time we talked, she and Raymond Bey were […]
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Rigorous Sailing Class, Day 2
The rain held off and the wind held up for Williamsburg Area Learning Tree’s second rigorous sailing class. Seas built to three feet as a northeast wind rotated north with chilling breezes. Participants felt the tug of a vigorous close reach, taking the boat to 15 degrees heeling but no farther. They tacked and turned […]
Sailing Big
The Sefcik family of Ringoes, New Jersey, went sailing near Williamsburg while in town showing their oldest daughter the College of William & Mary. W&M is a small liberal arts university, with 5,000 undergrads and 2,500 graduate students. The size is still daunting to incoming freshmen who find the place overwhelming. That shouldn’t be a […]
Toy Boat at Sea
A toy boat launched in the Atlantic Ocean by South Carolina school students has reached the coast of Wales, after a stopover in Bermuda. The Royal Gazette reports that the Carolina Dreamer was built by the St. Andrew’s School of Math & Science in Charleston and fitted with a GPS tracker. The little vessel went […]
Kudzu to the Rescue
Chesapeake Beach is midway up the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. People think that hurricanes are the Bay’s worst nightmare, but historically nor’easters have been worse. That’s because they’re more frequent and often pound the coast for days instead of the hours of wind and rain usually associated with a hurricane. Margaret […]
Sailing Past the Navy
The US Navy has strict rules that no one can sail closer than 200 yards to the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station when a ship is in port. Nash Skiles took his family out sailing in a light wind that carried us under the Coleman Bridge and well safe of that range. We watched as […]
