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...
08.13.2016 Sports Sailing: It’s Montes triumphing in wild finish at Sunfish Race The sailing race they call a nautical marathon ended with a sprint to the finish. Even in a race like The World’s Longest Sunfish Race, Around Shelter Island, NY,...
08.11.2016 Sports Sailing: A good read can spell victory for Condon Being a good reader is important in sports. Really? Just ask a quarterback who reads a defense or a batter who can read the seams on a baseball being...
