Kamal Nyckel, the tall ship of Delaware, returned to Yorktown on Wednesday for what has now become an annual visit. The ship will be here through June 14. Tours along Riverwalk Landing are usually free. To go sailing on it, tickets run $40-$75 for morning and afternoon runs June 11-14. Better yet, join Let’s Go Sail and we’ll zoom past them.
Correction: It left Yorktown the next day for Harborfest 2025 in Norfolk and will return next week.
Canadian Sailors
Rod Nickel and Darlene May went sailing on a mild day in light winds. They’re from Ontario and I wanted to show them the famous tall ship that resembles his name, but it had already left.
They talked about the Rideau Canal, which stretches 202 kilometers from Ottawa to Lake Ontario. “In the winter, people skate on it,” Darlene said. “In Ottawa, it extends seven miles and people skate to work,” Rod added.
They have a comedian named Rich Mercer who has done man-in-the-street interviews with Americans to demonstrate their ignorance about Canada. He asked people if Canada deserved a Navy and many said no because it doesn’t have any need for one. The country is landlocked, right? The video is hilarious.
Florida Sailors
Bryan and Ashley Dowdell of Vero Beach FL took their two daughters sailing for the first time. For the first time in several days, the wind picked up and offered exciting heeling. The couple work in public education. “I teach first grade!” Bryan said proudly.
I was surprised by that. “So are the parents,” he added. “Being a man helps during the parent-teacher conferences because parents are less confrontational with me than they are with women. I tell my colleagues that it’s clearly discriminatory but there’s nothing we can about parental behavior.”
Ashley, who’s starting work in the private sector of education, said parents push hard for individualized education programs, even at first grade. “There’s a financial incentive because they get a stipend for it from the state.”
Sure enough, I looked it up and parents can qualify for an IEP Scholarship that awards $500 per child.
Women enjoy sailing today more than ever, and particularly a romantic cruise. Couples get to enjoy a romantic getaway as they sit up on the bow for privacy, and Let’s Go Sail provides professional photos for free. First-time or skilled mariners are welcome to sail a modern-32-foot sailboat in a unique setting of wildlife and Fall foliage or Spring bloom. It makes for an extraordinary anniversary idea.
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