Sinking Sailboats
A Chesapeake couple who sailed previously with Let’s Go Sail returned with some friends and a story. “I have to tell you something,” Denise Osenbaugh said gravely when she arrived at the dock. “Yesterday we sank our sailboat.” What? “We were in Currituck Sound in North Carolina,” her husband Mark explained. “It’s a little 16-foot […]
Drowning Suspected
Searchers probed the York River for a 50-year-old man suspected of drowning Sunday night off Gloucester Point Beach.
York Sailing
Ever since 1982, a blind man has always wanted to be on the water sailing, and he did it here. Let’s go sail.
York Rescue
Let’s Go Sail alerted a nearby powerboat to rescue a stranded small sailboat with three people on board. They returned safely.
Siren Sail
While observing a US Navy ship in dock, Navy patrol boats zipped past while one had its siren screaming. Let’s go sail.
Kamal Returns
Kamal Returns identifies the Kamal Nyckel as the state tall ship of Delaware, visiting Yorktown. Let’s go sail.
York Rescue
Three people were rescued by the Abington VFD when their small fishing boat capsized Saturday morning near the entrance to Sarah Creek on the York River. Later, the Conservation Police towed the wreck off the river. Running Aground Doug Drummond has sailed numerous times with Let’s Go Sail and recently reported on a boating accident. […]
Secret Sub Sighted
Ten people got up close and personal with a US Navy submarine docked at the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station.
New Sailor
“I grew up in Rhode Island and always went on motorboats with my dad,” said Hannah Zaino as she slipped behind the helm on windy day of 15 mph southerlies. “It had never occurred to me to take a sailing lesson.” He daughter Maureen arranged the trip for Hannah’s 70th birthday, bringing along three guests […]
Omaha Sailors
Omaha Sailors has a couple from Nebraska joining their teenage daughter who has already completed ASA 101.
Cleaning Up
The National Park Service has been removing invasive bamboo from the shoreline of historic Yorktown. Good luck with that. In a related note, I asked York County about the moorings off Yorktown. One is sinking (at right) and another is listing badly (below). Capt. James Scruggs, dockmaster at nearby Riverwalk Landing, replied: “We are aware […]
Opening Day
Within 72 hours of Opening Day, a Chicago family got to see a US Navy warship come into Yorktown.
Navy Twofer
We got to see two Navy warships transit the Coleman Bridge in one day.
Future Sailors
Couple returned for second sail in advance of retirement cruise to the Caribbean.
Sailing Alternatives
Sailing Alternatives covers other ambitious outdoor activities in America.
Sailing Safety
A hazardous PVC pipe was removed as a prank and dropped into the York River, making it a worse hazard to navigation.
Stout Sailors
Stout Sailors show a US Navy destroyer coming into Yorktown en route to the Naval Weapons Station. Let’s go sail.
Navy Sailors
Three couples got to see two Navy ships passing in the York River from/to the Naval Weapons Station.
2 Ships
Two ships came into the York the same day, a Navy guided missile cruiser followed by a USCG buoy tender.
Knot Refined
A tugboat pushed the empty sugar barge Knot Refined into the York River to avoid a tropical storm in Florida. Let’s go sail.