The boat, a 35-foot Island Packet, is a combination of leisure activity center, vacation home and major investment.

Other local newspapers that serve the community include the Jasper County Sun, and the Island Packet.

The name stuck and soon every model was known as an Island Packet.

In most cases, the size designation followed "Island Packet".

Today, over 2,200 Island Packets have been built and can be found sailing throughout the world.

Island Packet produces five monohull models, from 29 to 44 feet.

The paper is printed at and has its staff physically housed inside The Island Packet.

The Island Packet, with a daily circulation on Hilton Head of about 10,000, is the monopoly paper in a wealthy community.

The Island Packet was started 19 years ago as a weekly and became a daily in 1985, adding a Sunday edition last year.

The Island Packet - Daily newspaper circulating primarily "south of the Broad"