07.26.2020 Community A life-changing opportunity aboard the Impossible Dream Rob Klein and Steve Baker both lost the ability to walk after bad accidents. For Mr. Klein, it was a diving accident in a swimming pool, and for Mr....
06.09.2020 Community Making a Difference: Local hero will win free sunset sail A world shuttered because of a global pandemic. The ever-present threat of COVID-19. A country rocked by George Floyd’s death. A shaken economy. An uncertain future. During times like...
07.27.2019 Columns Column: A mariner’s long journey toward Greenport A compass affixed to a table below deck of the sailboat Ness points south as the steel-hulled boat gently rocks while docked at Mitchell Park Marina in Greenport. Phillip...
10.07.2018 News Greenport teen sails the Pacific aboard Prospector Looking out into the distance during the overnight hours from the 68-foot yacht Prospector is to see nothing but black. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, there is...
07.14.2018 Sports Sailing: Eckart pulls away to Sunfish victory The World’s Longest Sunfish Race Around Shelter Island, NY is an unpredictable event in an unpredictable sport. A case in point was the 48th edition hosted Saturday by the...
03.31.2018 Letters Featured Letter: Another local connection to Clipper Race I read with interest the story on Duffy Drum and the Clipper Race. I was born and raised in Southold and graduated 1982. I’ve lived in Australia for the...
03.24.2018 News Mattituck man to set sail on 32-day, 5,400 mile voyage at sea Life aboard the 70-foot racing yacht Visit Seattle is a constant grind. Crew members sleep in stretches of two and a half to three hours. Walking a few feet...
07.12.2017 Sports Sailing: First-time winner of Race Around Shelter Island overcomes late start It’s not a strategy Jim Koehler would advise to other sailors, nor is it one he plans to try again. But his unusual start to Saturday’s Race Around Shelter...
10.11.2016 Slideshows Rain makes for a challenging Whitebread race: Photos Nearly 80 boats competed Saturday in the annual Whitebread regatta, a race that tests the skipper’s knowledge of local winds, tides, currents and bay bottom contours.
09.25.2016 Sports Local racers sail in global competition aboard Prospector Maritime history provides several examples of small places that punched above their nautical weight. Venice, Genoa and Nantucket come to mind. Somehow, the skills and determination of those geographically...