City Island Yacht Club is proud to announce that in keeping with the club’s storied racing tradition, two members and their crews successfully competed in the prestigious, 168 nautical mile, 2024 Block Island Race, sponsored by the Storm Trysail Club.

Photos courtesy of Steve Landy

We congratulate both Steven Landy and the Sanguine crew, as well as Todd Aven and the Thin Man crew, who placed first and second in their respective divisions! 

Earlier this month, on May 4th, the Garden Club of City Island and Girl Scout Troops #1095 and #1096 planted flowers in CIYC’s flower beds and containers.

Garden Club members, Joan Higgins, Carol Hansen, Judy Judson and Carmela Bellocchio were there with troop leader Mirella Vargas to provide instruction and equipment.

Girl Scouts help the Garden Club of City Island plant herbs at CIYC.

The Girl Scouts planted herbs in the containers near the kitchen entrance, additional perennials on the path to the front door, and native plants under the west porch. They then put down an organic compost/mulch combination, to create a finished look. The girls all worked hard and were pleased with the results. This is not their first time to garden at CIYC and we all look forward to continued help from the two organizations in the future.

The native plants should survive the hot summer sun on the west side and Garden Club members, Joan Higgins and Lorraine Nicoletti, will be watering these beds regularly as they have for several years. Please say hello to them when you see them and offer thanks for helping to beautify the CIYC grounds.

The City Island Yacht Club cordially invites all cruisers, day sailors, and racers alike, to come out for a series of relaxed Sunday jib and main races. The races will be short, approximately one hour, and the courses will be triangles. No windward–leeward courses and no spinnakers. Also, no poling out jibs or genoas with spinnaker poles or whisker poles. Non-racers and racers are encouraged to bring family members, sailors, and non-sailors.     

DATES: June 9, June 30, August 4, August 18, September 1
LOCATION: Approx 1/2 mile north-northwest of buoy 46A
START TIME: 4:00 p.m.

There will be a long start line with plenty of room for everyone to start. The start line will be between a white mark and the yellow flag on the Race Committee boat. You will not be able to miss it. The committee boat will monitor VHF channel 71.  Results will be announced on the CIYC porch after the race.

Boats will be scored PHRF, time on distance, and racing boats will be scored separately from cruising boats. If you don’t have a PHRF certificate, we’ll figure out what your rating should be. There is no entry fee.  If there is a NOAA small craft advisory in effect as of 10:00 a.m. on the day of the race, the race will not be held.

If you want to come out, contact Jim Dennis at  or 914-714-2195.  We will send you a course sheet, instructions, and answer any questions. Instructions and course sheets will also be available the day of the race from the committee boat.

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Open to CIYC and HYC members.