Sometime in the past few days, a Navy submarine glided into Yorktown Naval Weapons Station from the Norfolk Navy Base. It was tucked behind a guided missile cruiser and otherwise invisible except for the distinctive conning tower. The giveaway from afar is a crane parked nearby to load the Tomahawk missile and the Moran tug tied off to the pier. Normally the tugs return to NOR, but they stay 24/7 for the subs.
We saw all this while taking a mom and her three kids sailing on a warm and breezy day. Andrea Demers lives in Saratoga Springs NY but went to William & Mary Law School years ago. “We have a Navy base in Saratoga, but obviously not with the water,” she said.
Andrea is a malpractice attorney, with a twist. She defends doctors and hospitals from patient claims. The crux is the consent decree that everyone signs. Without substantial proof of negligence, the cases go nowhere. She said around half fit the criteria.
She did a fine job on the helm in stiff winds that eventually died off. “I sailed with my parents in the Caribbean as a child. It was 44 feet and my mom was the captain. We sailed from island to island for a week at a time. I loved it but my sister hated it. I could sleep anytime on a sailboat. Mom was good in the storms but admitted, “Perhaps we bit off more than we could chew.”
Sub Story
In the afternoon, two more couples went out. Timothy French and his wife Kimberle are electricians in Arizona. He used to be in the Navy. “I went in in 1990 and went to Sub School, then served in Key West. This was during the Gulf War, so we were on high alert.
I’m always curious about claustrophobia on a sub. Tim said they get them right off the boat before it gets any worse. Seasickness? “Get over it.”
I asked if they served long stretches underwater, and he said no. How frequently did you come for air? “Every eight hours or so,” he said nonchalantly. Eight hours? “We had to surface to get radio traffic to receive messages. Mostly it was officers finding out what the sports score was that day.” Go Navy.
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