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Christchurch girls sailing team excels

Christchurch School girls sailing team members won the school’s first girls state championship in school history last month. Maddie Janzen ‘25, daughter of Erich and Kelly Janzen of Atlanta, and Maria del Rosario...

Former Urbanna yacht builder passes

Yacht builder Joseph “Joe” Conboy, 87, passed away in North Carolina recently. From 1966 to 1984, Conboy built wooden and fiberglass boats at his yard on Robinson Creek in Urbanna. He specialized in custom-built...

Sailing class sessions meet in Deltaville

The Colonial Seaport Foundation, the Mathews Outdoor Club and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Mathews Flotilla 66, are teaming up to offer an introductory “Sailing Skills and Seamanship” class, Saturday, June 18, from...

Replica Sloop Luna Christened

Hundreds attend Deltaville ceremony introducing reproduction of 1700s sailing vessel; will be used to promote sailing history, eco-friendly transport by Larry Chowning - A $3...

Christchurch sailors chart a winning course

The Christchurch School (CCS) sailing team raced to a second-place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Interscholastic Sailing Association (MASSA) Team Racing Championship at the U.S....

Aug. 13-15 Urbanna sailing regatta described as “rip-roaring success”

The Hampton National Championship is the longest running one-design sailboat championship on the Chesapeake Bay. The annual championship began in 1935, and was first conducted in Urbanna in 1948 when local sailor Lloyd Emory won the event and brought the cup back to Urbanna

Sailboat races return to Urbanna

by Larry Chowning –  A longtime tradition of Hampton One Sailboat racing on Urbanna Creek and Rappahannock River will be back again this Friday, Saturday...

Urbanna, the town that almost wasn’t

(Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of background stories submitted by the organizers of Urbanna Founders Day, which was officially celebrated...

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