Category 'Yorktown'
History, Reviews, Revolutionary War, Sailboat charter, Yorktown
The Expanding Blaze
Before and after the final victory at Yorktown, the American Revolution was the first of…
Adventure, Children, Family, Navy, Rates, Reservations, Reviews, Revolutionary War, Sailing, Trip Advisor, Tugboat, Williamsburg, York River, Yorktown
Sailing Near the Navy
A couple and a family got a unique vacation adventure while listening to a…
Adventure, Children, History, Rates, Reservations, Reviews, Revolutionary War, Sailing, Trip Advisor, Williamsburg, Yorktown
Belonging to the Army
With great anticipation, a large area behind the $50 million American Revolution Museum at Yorktown…
Adventure, Children, Family, Florida, History, Rates, Reservations, Reviews, Revolutionary War, Sailing, Trip Advisor, Vacation, Williamsburg, York River, Yorktown
Best Kids Ever Sailing
I’ve taken thousands of people sailing over the years, including hundreds of children. These were…
Adventure, Navy, Rates, Reservations, Romantic, Sailing, Saturday, Trip Advisor, Tugboat, Williamsburg, York River, Yorktown
Sailing Past Navy Destroyer
While on a weekend getaway from Washington, DC, Dave Ramish took his girlfriend Ilana…
Chesapeake Bay, History, Revolutionary War, Sailing, Yorktown
Before Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown didn’t just happen. Douglas Cummings gave an excellent prelude as part…
Birthday, Boat, Charter sail, Chesapeake Bay, Children, Coleman Bridge, Family, Fun, Navy, Sailboat charter, Sailing, Williamsburg, York River, Yorktown
Naval Observatory
Every ten days or so a Navy ship cruises up the York River. It’s usually…
Coleman Bridge, College, Dolphins, Memories, Sailing, Spinnaker, Wiliamsburg, William & Mary, York River, Yorktown
Sailing Under Spinnaker
Question: What do you do in light breezes? Answer: We run the spinnaker sail downwind….
History, Sailing, York River, Yorktown
Sailing to Museum Confusion
Question: Why are we sailing to Museum Confusion? Answer: Because two new museums have the same…
Adventure, Charter sail, High School, History, Memories, Reunion, Revolutionary War, Sailboat, Sailboat charter, Sailing, Sailing School, Saturday, Wiliamsburg, York River, Yorktown
Sailing to a Reunion
Members of the Class of 1965 at a public high school in Hershey, Pennsylvania had…
History, Rescue, Wiliamsburg, Yorktown
Runaway Slaves
Runaway slaves found themselves in an unusual situation during the American Revolution. The new republic touted…
College, How to, Sailing, York River, Yorktown
Sailing to a New Future
Many people retire to Williamsburg, but few try to develop a new future by relocating…
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…
Dolphins off Yorktown
Several dolphins popped up Sunday off Yorktown Beach, bobbing up and down to the…
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…
Sailing, Uncategorized, Weather, Yorktown
Ice Sailing
With the temperature approaching 80 and the sailing winds running 10 mph near…
Family, Sailing, Uncategorized, Yorktown
Family Day
Logan Chipman at age 2 is the youngest (and best behaved) child on the boat…
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….
