Category Archives: sailing

It’s funny how “knots” seems to be everyone’s first thought about an activity for our first meeting. I confess I’ve forgotten some of them, but this is an opportunity to brush up. I’m compiling a list of possibilities for meeting activities–including … Continue reading →

A friend wants to sail Amanda Grace to Occoquan with me on a 3-day weekend trip down the Chesapeake Bay and up the Potomac River. He doesn’t have a lot of sailing experience, and mine is quite rusty. I told … Continue reading →

I took Caitlín and her friend sailing yesterday, 2 hours in a rented Flying Scot from Belle Haven. Chelsea hadn’t been sailing before, so it was fun watching her freak out when anything happened. She said “I knew it would … Continue reading →

I received an interesting email from someone who appears to be a prospective member of the new Sea Scout ship. He asked, “As this is Venturing, I was wondering if this is a guys only ship or a coed ship.” … Continue reading →

I found some more info about the US Yacht boats online, which indicates it is a nifty craft. Here are some owner reviews of the US Yacht 27, a US Yachts Owners Group, and a Yacht Information Gallery that provides some rigging and … Continue reading →

Today the Chair of the Sea Scout ship’s committee asked me if I would “by any chance be interested in being one of the Sea Scout leaders for the Occoquan Sea Scout group we are putting together?” He said they … Continue reading →