10.06.2021 Sports For another year, the Whitebread around the Island is a joy The 28th running of the Whitebread ‘round the whirl sailboat race took place this past Saturday. The Peconic Bay Sailing Association sponsors the race, which is a spoof on...
10.05.2020 Sports Regattas highlight the joy of sailing around Shelter Island The last weekend in September saw the waters surrounding Shelter Island alive with sailors aboard their boats. Two regattas were held. One, the 27th Annual Whitebread race, the other,...
10.04.2018 Sports The Whitebread at 25: Race around Shelter Island an East End tradition Sitting on bar stools at the former Galley Ho restaurant in New Suffolk on a fall evening in 1994, a small group of skippers planned a way to cap...
10.06.2014 News Rescue at sea: Crew goes into bay off Shelter Island The wave hit hard and washed over Optimistic just off Ram Head and then the wind pushed the boat down. The 28-foot sailboat immediately began to take on water...
10.04.2014 News Sailboat sinks during Whitebread race, crew rescued by fellow racers A 28-foot sailboat participating in Saturday’s 21st annual Whitebread race sank off the coast of Shelter Island during rough seas this morning, the U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed.