08.15.2025 Featured Story Remembering Michael Coles: A very full life captured in the Islander’s memoirs Mr. Coles passed away on Aug. 4, 2025 This story appeared in the October 9, 2020 issue of the Reporter. When Islander Michael Coles’ book “A Boyhood in Wartime...
08.09.2025 Featured Story Shelter Island Race Week Report The 2025 edition of a week-long regatta was just hosted by the Shelter Island Yacht Club (SIYC). This was the event’s 5th year. Days one and two were for...
07.09.2025 Featured Story This one was fast — Heatherton Trophy 2025 There was a palpable sense of giddiness at the 9:30 a.m. skipper’s meeting Sunday held at the Shelter Island Yacht Club (SIYC) sailing center. With good reason. The forecast...
07.03.2025 Featured Story Afloat Column: Victory at sea Islander Andrew Ward sailed to victory in a J111 Bravo at Block Island Race Week. The regatta, held the week of June 22, is a multi-class race that is...
06.21.2025 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Column: Over-steering … in sailing and in life “Would you like to take the helm?” I ask at some point in the sail. Taking non-sailors on Sachem, a 38-foot Maine-built boat, is a particular joy. Seeing how...
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