Category 'York River'
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7 Menu Ideas for a Sailboat
Everything is better on a sailboat, especially…
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Sailing the High Seas
Two couples from New York and Virginia went sailing on the high seas of the…
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Sailing at 85
A Maryland family rescheduled a rain date and wound up sailing the York in a rising afternoon breeze that they found a magnificent adventure. Weeks earlier, Kathy Self had hoped to bring her uncle along with her father Jack Green as a birthday surprise on their 85th. “In retrospect this worked out better,” she said, “as he’s cranky and would have resisted the sailing. Dad loves this.” Jack is retired from a long career in graphics and printing in Washington. Kathy is finishing up…
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Heave-To Simplified
Let’s say you’re out sailing the York River and want to stop and have lunch….
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Sailing the Great Outdoors
Spring winds are at once fluky and gusty on the York River. We observed a…
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Sailing with Widows
A most unusual party of women went sailing on a bright and breezy day on…
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Secrets to getting married on a sailboat
Getting married in a unique setting is like nothing else in the world. Forever…
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Sailing the Open Sea
Two wonderful ladies with exciting jobs went sailing on a serene afternoon along the York…
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Boating Stories, Good & Bad
Stephanie King stopped off in Williamsburg from North Carolina on her way to Alexandria to…
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Sail Army
Some men have their heart set on buying a sailboat as a life-long dream. No…
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Go fish in the York River
As a professional mariner, I regret to report I don’t know about fish. Growing…
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Sailing Near the Navy
A couple and a family got a unique vacation adventure while listening to a…
Cars, Children, Cold weather, Education, Family, Flying, High School, How to, Lessons, Math, Pennsylvania, Rates, Reservations, Sailing, Trip Advisor, Williamsburg, Work, York River
Junior Sailor Expertise
A junior sailor from suburban Buffalo got a chance to run a giant spinnaker…
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Sailing to Church
Two couples who never met before had the extraordinary career of part-time ministries in common….
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Sailing with Experience
In the annals of “Sailing Fails” there lies the successful outcome of a bad situation….
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Serene Sailing on the York
On a serene afternoon, we sailed the York for an hour before the wind shifted…
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Four Couples Sail the York
Sailing gets in your blood, as discovered with two of four couples sailing the York…
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Sailing Near Dolphins
A lovely couple from Hampton Roads moved to Maryland and like to return to Williamsburg on vacation….
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Sailing with Dogs
Two cousins who’ve known each other for decades took a therapeutic sail on the…
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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…
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Sailing into USCG Smoke
While sailing the York River with Kevin and Jennifer Brown and their children, we spotted…
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5 Lessons Learned Sailing on the York
Having not sailed since he was 14, Scott Lints took his wife and four children…
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Best Kids Ever Sailing
I’ve taken thousands of people sailing over the years, including hundreds of children. These were…
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Sailing Past Navy Destroyer
While on a weekend getaway from Washington, DC, Dave Ramish took his girlfriend Ilana…
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Season Opener, Let’s Go Sail
For the season opener of Let’s Go Sail, Hannah and Jeff Davis drove up from…
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Unusual Navy ship
This very large and unusual Navy ship has been in port for two weeks at…
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Oyster harvest comes up short
Commuters from Gloucester County who were headed south on the Coleman Bridge this week could…
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Last call of the season
A wonderful young couple from Ohio wasn’t sure whether they should choose the Adventure Cruise…
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Power sailing with the Navy
A power couple from Washington celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary by observing the power of…
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Louisville sailors
Three people who grew up together 50 years ago went on a history binge through…
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Sailing past Busch Gardens
Every year Busch Gardens in Williamsburg ramps up in the fall for a massive theme…
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Sailing with a Sub Rescuer
Of all the military veterans I’ve taken sailing, none had a more peculiar stint than…
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The Future of Sailing
The future of the world and the future of sailing are in good hands with…
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Recounting Navy Sails
Ed Jones Jr. of Williamsburg took his family to Water Country as the summer heat…
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Spinnaker Sailing Twice
It’s a rare day that we can fly the big blue and red spinnaker…
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Summer Wedding on York River
Jody Longstreet and Ed Hollin rode his Harley from central Indiana to Williamsburg for their…
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Sailing with Shoeless Wonders
You meet some fascinating people sailing. Rob Spain took Sara Elizabeth Timmins out on the…
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Sailing to England
On a hot and sultry afternoon, we went sailing to England with a delightful family….
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Sailing Under the Bridge
Traffic picked up on the York River once the winds came up for the first…
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Serenity Sail
Light and variable winds reduced the speed, so we experienced a serenity sail on the…
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Sailing to Coincidence
Here’s a cruise that came close to six degrees of separation. Or at the very…
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Best and Worst Sails
Cruising along the York River on a lazy summer day inspires people to recall their…
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International Sail
Guests from different cultures graced the boat on a day of light breezes for an…
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Sail on the Bow
There is perhaps no better place than to sail on the bow of a boat…
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Naval Observatory
Every ten days or so a Navy ship cruises up the York River. It’s usually…
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Community Sailing
Question: Why are some people more compassionate than others? Answer: They serve their community nobly….
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Birds of Virginia
Question: What is it with the birds of Virginia? Answer: They sometimes fly right at…
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Sailing on Rising Winds
Question: How do you sail on rising winds? Answer: Keep spilling wind from the sails. Wanda…
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Sailing Under Spinnaker
Question: What do you do in light breezes? Answer: We run the spinnaker sail downwind….
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Sailing Good Winds
Question: Who should run the boat in brisk winds? Answer: A former Navy jet…
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Sailing to Museum Confusion
Question: Why are we sailing to Museum Confusion? Answer: Because two new museums have the same…
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Sailing Lessons
Four people from diverse backgrounds met to take introductory sailing lessons on the York River….
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Sailing on High Seas
Two couples from Heritage Landing went sailing in building seas on a bright, sunny day…
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Sailing to a Reunion
Members of the Class of 1965 at a public high school in Hershey, Pennsylvania had…
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Sailing to Afghanistan
Jennifer and Curtis Miller took their family on a “glam camping” trip to the York…
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Norfolk Boat Memories
While taking their gals sailing near Williamsburg, two fellows recalled their Norfolk boat memories, having…
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Decking the Dock
Lonnie’s work crew at York River Yacht Haven replaced the decking at the end of…
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Sailing to Bahrain
Before he ships out to Bahrain near Saudi Arabia this summer, US Coast Guard Chief…
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Sailing the USS Constitution
Three experienced sailing couples went out on the York River and got to run three…
Sailing to Scholarships
Kyle Voors and Sarah Bevier drove up from Chesapeake to go sailing on the York…
Sailing into Retirement
They say you should phase in retirement and not do it cold turkey. John LaBossiere…
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Testing Oneself Under Sail
You never know what your limits are for personal endurance, and sailing under extreme…
Sailing a New Boat
Don Schreffler just bought an old sailboat with another fellow and then went sailing on…
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Sail Class Crescendo
The 16th fall sail class by the Williamsburg Area Learning Tree reached a crescendo Nov….
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Oysters in the Bay
They are comparatively few and far between today, but oysters used to clog the Chesapeake…
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Kin to George Washington
Chris and Stetson Hoffman of Franklin, Tennessee, had a special reason to bring their friends…
Blue Sky Over the York
Finally we got to see blue sky over the York River as the storm that…
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Where’s that, Sailor?
You can name your boat almost anything except Mayday and Vessel In Distress. As long…
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Sailing to a New Future
Many people retire to Williamsburg, but few try to develop a new future by relocating…
Sailing to College
Sue Jennings and Cindi Love picked up where they were years ago when they went…
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The Other Soaring
Anne and Mark Richards of College Station, Texas, went soaring on the York River near…
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Privilege of Sailing
Colonial Williamsburg teaches history in many ways, sometimes with subtle nuance that carries tremendous impact….
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The Zen of the Great Outdoors
Here’s what the Zen of the Great Outdoors can do for you. Amy and Jeff…
Flying to Sail
You would think airline pilots would be blasé about sailing since it’s not nearly so…
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Engineering Marvels while Sailing
Allastair Jackson of England spent 50 years working on bridges and rigs all over the…
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Breaking Character
Colonial Williamsburg is known for its interpreters, many of whom have channeled the personas of…
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Rescue Dog Can’t Sail
Carrie and Kevin Smith of Greenfield, Indiana, got to talking about their rot chow dog…
Sailing the Current
It took me years to realize while sailing that once you cross the York…
Sailing for Merit Badge
Boys aren’t always the best on a sailboat, but Wendy and Rick Cehon’s…
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Sailing to Greece
Mary and Philip Kotsios of Chelmsford MA joined two other couples to sail the York…
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Sailing from Snow
Debbie and Ken Johnson are looking to retired to Tidewater after years of living in…
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Sailing Past the Navy
The US Navy has strict rules that no one can sail closer than 200…
Sailing for Folds of Honor
Hundreds of people turned out to the inaugural Patriot Boating Days at York River Yacht…
Sailing on Vacation
A new poster encourages families to take vacations because…
Will I Get Seasick?
People occasionally ask if they’re likely to get seasick on a three-hour cruise along the…
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Floodwaters on their Mind
Kurt and Lauren Young were visiting Williamsburg with their son, and went sailing nearby on…
Sailing Memories
Elizabeth Blatz and her friend Heidi Smith went sailing while visiting Williamsburg, and it brought…
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Sailing Back to Water
After living in Iowa, Matt and Rhonda Spaulding were glad to move to Williamsburg and…
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Sailing to Success
Two couples from New York City quit their jobs in fashion, corporate,…
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Sailing Past College
Among six people sailing the York River near Williamsburg, two had close connections…
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Birthday Sail on the York River
Karen Solderitch took her girlfriends sailing near Williamsburg on her birthday. They enjoyed shrimp, cheese…
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Warship Sails Past
The Coleman Bridge swung both spans open for the warship USS John S….
Better Sailors
Klaus Hermanns and Candice Davies had a better time sailing near Williamsburg than they did…
Deadline Sailing
While sailing in a wonderful breeze, I explained to the Bartlett family of Minnesota how…
Sloops of War
People ask while sailing the York River how Gen. George Washington could communicate with Admiral…
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Father’s Day Sail
As a unique Father’s Day present, Jack Spain’s son and son-in-law took him sailing along…
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Born Sailors
Evan and Carter Henley of Williamsburg turned out to be natural-born sailors after…
Happy Birthday Sail
To celebrate his birthday with a unique surprise, Galina Hamlett took her husband Neal sailing…
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Offshore Sailor
Ramona Findley of Los Angeles has crewed in offshore races from Newport Beach to Ensenada,…
Youngest Sailor
Meet Braedan Cossgrove, 1 month old when he sailed the York River near Yorktown for…
Sail Fast
The fastest sailing on Earth took place during the 2013 America’s Cup in San Francisco…
Sailors Launched
Six adults excelled this spring in the class “Adventures in Sailing” class offered on the…
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Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Sailing
Renee Williams took her husband Spencer sailing on the York River as a surprise…
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Hardly Cloudy Sail
Things brightened up considerably on a drizzly day in the aftermath of Tropical Storm…
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Weather Eye for Sailors
As we sailed on a clear bright day along the York River near Yorktown, we…
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Sailing the Plains
Iowa is home to Big Ag, with some of the largest farms in…
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Medicare Sailing
Lynne Randall lives in Texas and is working on a social studies project…
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Surgical Sailing
Working in an Operating Room is full of tension, excitement and success. “If you could…
My First Captain
One of the joys of charter sailing is putting an experienced hand behind the wheel….
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Sailing Out of the Park
Alan and Val Domzalski of Gross Pointe Woods MI enjoyed a late afternoon sail…
New Yorktown Museum Opens
The public got its first peek at the new American Revolution…
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Sailing to Freedom
Colonial Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance made their annual appeal to…
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Sailing into History
Marty McCurry and his wife went sailing on the York River with their…
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Happy Sailing Birthday
Every year, Chris and Marty McCurry of Spruce Pine NC try to do…
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Season Opener
The first run of the sailing season was out to the York River to…
Crisscross
Optical illusion has two sailboats slicing into each other when in fact they’re several feet…
Sailing Perspective
Kay and Don Peterson sailed the York River with another couple the day after the…
Sailing into History
While sailing on a brisk afternoon along the York River, Corrin and Bob Sellen described…
Sailing to Safety
Paul and Pauline LaRoche of Mays Landing, New Jersey, enjoyed a brisk afternoon sailing…
Sailing through November
With daytime temperatures in the 60s during November, winds are still warm as the water…
Nor’easter Aftermath
Yorktown was a ghost town Sunday morning after overnight howling winds subsided. Tents at the…
Sights to See on the York
Dolphins showed up late in the season in the York River, with a pod of…
Budding Yachtsman
Shayna Maust took her beau Oliver Ross to lunch on their second anniversary of dating,…
Sailing off Alaska
As we sailed along the York River past the Yorktown Coast Guard Training Center,…
Dolphin Run
Among unrelated people sailing on the York River one day, we wound up having an…
Sailing Crazy
“Right out of college, I worked for the state of New Hampshire under Governor…
Sailing Big
“My son is a professional photographer and worked the Annapolis boat show one fall. A…
Sailing the Kearsarge
Geri and Rick Voran of Sterling, Virginia, took their two daughters and their boyfriends sailing…
Back to the Bay
Bob Norman of northern Virginia used to sail a MacGregor 26 and a Catalina…
Sailing into Beyond
Pathologist Tricia Cottrell does autopsies at Johns Hopkins Hospital, but not all of them. “The…
Boating Epihany
“When I was 17 I had a life-changing experience. My mentor was Jim Pihos, who…
Sailing to Security
“My husband I operate a hardware and country store way outside Richmond. One night after…
Sailing with the Chef
Mike and Kate Cash of Kansas City enjoyed their honeymoon sailing on the…
Sailing Salesman
“At Pebble Beach, I met a golfer who been married six times. I told him…
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Sailing to the Bridge
Dave Brockman of Christiansburg got a waterview perspective of the George P. Coleman Bridge…
Sailing for Show
“Whenever we do an evolution (event) of 15 or 20 ships at sea, we have…
Mariner Gift
The tall ship Eagle departed Yorktown on the York River with a special gift…
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Sailing & Diving
“Colorado has more divers per capita than any other state. We like to dive…
Soaring with the Wind
For their 28th wedding anniversary, Denise Ward took her husband Richard sailing and sightseeing on…
Sailing the World
Navy Ensign Marie Gallant and Navy Lt. Addison Carr met at sea on the USS…
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Sailing to Mexico
Jerry Lafferty of Cincinnati and Puerto Vallarta went sailing with his brother Ed Lafferty and…
Sailing & Robbery
“My daughter Erin had started work as a bank teller and had her head down…
Imperfect Storm
When Ivan smashed into the panhandle of Florida in 2004 as a Category 4 hurricane,…
Sailing Slimmer
Diet and exercise really work. “I weighed over 300 pounds,” said Stephen Coe of Virginia…
Sailing Politically
In 1973, “I was a lawyer and had just moved to Virginia Beach from New…
Troubled Waters
“We like to tell people that we met in jail,” laughed Ashley Bolden as she…
Mariner Aid
While sailing the York River late in the day with two couples from Williamsburg and…
Sailing Aground
People who love boats imagine having one in their back yard, but not quite like…
Sailing & Biking
“For years I was sitting on the couch, and had a belly to show for…
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Sailing to Freedom
Some foreigners think America’s freedoms have made our nation weak. Claude and Gail Klink spent…
Sailing Reminescence
“My mom grew up near the water in Massachusetts,” said Molly Warmbein while sailing the…
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Sailing to Jamestown
“Emma’s third grade teacher led us to go to Jamestown, with her enthusiasm for the…
The Law at Sea
Some 450 paralegals assist Judge Advocate attorneys in the US Navy. Veda May has 22…
Sailing Indispensibly
While serenely sailing the York River, we got to talking with Carla and Claude Davis…
Sailing Past a Destroyer
While cruising the York River with the family of Grace and Scott Daugherty of Midlothian,…
Riding into the Garden
One of the more obscure (and expensive) hobbies these days is garden railroading, combining miniature…
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Sailing into Genealogy
Michael and Julie Curnick of rural Tennessee traveled to Ireland recently for a reunion of…
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My Sailing Tis of Thee
Two couples who never met before turned out to have much in common as they…
Sailing with Splendor
Luxury is in the beholder, and a magnificent sail on the York River is about…
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Sailing to Hope
I’ve had several special-ed teachers on board this season. All of them are special people…
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Sailing to Church
Newlyweds Angela and Josh Purdy just moved to Seaford from rural Indiana and are thinking…
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Tornado, cont.
The horrible Tuscaloosa tornado was three years ago, but children still cringe whenever a thunderstorm…
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Sailing to the Orient
The controversy over extending the Keystone oil pipeline south through the U.S. Midwest has languished…
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Dolphins Galore
The Verellen family of suburban Pittsburgh hit the jackpot as three pods of dolphin suddenly…
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Margaritaville
Following repairs to the mast of the sailboat, Let’s Go Sail is back on the…
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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…
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Sailing into Port
The opening of the Coleman Bridge is a nuisance for drivers, but from out on…
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Sailing Home
Wayne and Teresa Vick took their family sailing for a beautiful day on the York…
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Sailing by Feel
Wayne Kislinburg is a retired Navy lieutenant commander whose final sail before retirement was to…
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Big Ship Sails Past
While driving up the Colonial Parkway from Yorktown, readers may recall seeing the US Navy…
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Montessori Sailing
Tracy and Jim Schwartz took her parents sailing in a light breeze on the York…
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Backing up a Sailboat
Corinna Caldwell is my first sailing student to take on the daunting task of backing…
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Detroit Sailors
Matthew Menard and his wife Erin Dobbins of Livonia, Michigan, won a trip to Williamsburg…
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Sailing into Yorktown
Delaware’s state ship Kalmar Nyckel roared up the York River under motor (and with aft…
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Ontario Sailors
Claire and Keith Malek drove from London, Ontario, to spend their honeymoon in Williamsburg. They…
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Alabama Boaters
The Baeder family of Auburn, Alabama, took time out from Busch Gardens to sail the…
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Sailing from Iowa
Paul and Linda Johnson brought their children east from New Hartford IA to tour American…
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Sailing from Central Virginia
Linda and Kevin Shaver drove down from Montpelier in central Virginia to enjoy a day…
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US Navy under Sail
USN destroyer Bulkeley transited the Coleman Bridge out of Naval Weapons Station Yorktown after a…
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Sailing to Victory
Family and friends of Bob Davies celebrated his 60th birthday by sailing along the York…
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Let’s go sail
“The glory of God is man fully alive.” -St. Irenaeus
Children, Geography, Sailing, York River
December Sailing
Who says it’s too cold to sail? Tonya and Chad Adamson of Newport News took…
Geography, History, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Sailing the World
Andrea Lockwood and Yves Menard of Ottawa, Ontario, sailed the York River on a bright…
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…
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…
Canada, Sailing, Uncategorized, York River
Geography Lesson
Sailing brings out the best in people’s thinking. Whenever people lament the decline of American…
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, 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…
Children, How to, Uncategorized, York River
Extraordinary Couple
Some amazing people enjoy sailing when they aren’t saving society. Megan Key and Justin Gerner…
Tenant Problems
“The residential rental business is stinky,†summarized Doug McSwain as he took his wife Valerie…
Navy, Uncategorized, York River
Live Fire on the York
Boaters who sail or motor on the York River will be intrigued to learn that…
