Sail Martha's Vineyard

Connecting Island youth to their maritime heritage & building skills to last a lifetime

Sail Martha’s Vineyard, headquartered at  the historic Mayhew Schoolhouse on Main St. in Vineyard Haven, was established in 1992 to offer programs for Island children in elementary sailing, seamanship and wooden boat building and to attract historic vessels to the community. From modest beginnings, Sail MV has grown into an organization that has taught more than 3,000 children at the Sailing Camp Park in Oak Bluffs. It underwrites and teaches a Maritime Studies class at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School and sponsors a successful high school sailing team. It continues to offer an extensive range of other programs in maritime education, rowing and sailing for young and old, seasonal and year-round residents.

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Have you read our Fall 2011 Newsletter?

 

Our thanks to the Black Dog Tavern and Nat Benjamin for a wonderful evening with great food, interesting talk and warm friendship on January 25. 

Our next dinner/lecture will be on February 22 at 6 pm.  Dan O'Connor from Life Raft and Survival Equipment will talk on how a tragedy on a grand scale was narrowly avoided during the 2011 Fasnet Race and how seamanship, training and safety equipment made the difference. Dan and his LRSE team had trained the crewmembers of Rambler 100 who lost its keel during the race and capsized in the North Atlantic. As a result of that training, no one was lost.

 

We look forward to your joining us.

 

To register your child for Sail MV's  2012 Summer Sailing

You can:

 

Download the SUMMER SAILING REGISTRATION

Go to the ON LINE REGISTRATION

Come to the Sail MV office in Vineyard Haven and pick up a form

For more information call: 508-696-7644

 

 

 Be the first to learn about breaking Sail MV news and programs by signing up for our periodic electronic newsletters! Just click here to send a note to the Sail MV office and we'll add you to the email list.

 

 

 

Sail Martha's Vineyard Corporate Members

We are deeply grateful to our sponsors for their support.

  • Cronigs Market

    A Sustaining Member of the Sail Martha's Vineyard Fund for Generational Integrity


  • Patrick Ahearn

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  • Edgartown National Bank

    The Edgartown National Bank is an independent community bank that has been serving the island of Martha's Vineyard for over 100 years


  • Taylor Duane

    When it comes to complex litigation, Taylor Duane delivers results


  • Desorcy

  • MV Tile

    Martha's Vineyard Tile Company Inc. works closely with architects, designers, decorators and builders to insure the client is getting the very best the tile industry has to offer. Martha's Vineyard Tile Company Inc. also offers design services to the homeowner and "do-it-yourself" client.


  • Martha's Vineyard Savings Bank

    On Nov. 1, 2007, the banking operations of Dukes County Savings Bank and The Martha’s Vineyard Co-operative Bank combined to become the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank, an independent mutual savings bank headquartered in Edgartown. Established in 1955, Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank is the last mutual savings bank created in Massachusetts. The Bank traces its financial roots back to 1909 when a group of people dedicated to the Island introduced co-operative banking to Martha’s Vineyard. 


  • Martha's Vineyard Shipyard

    Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard is a full service, year round, boat yard that has been serving the Cape and Islands for over 150 years. We offer a wide range of services with exceptional customer care.


  • Our Market

     

                                      


  • Tilton Tents

    The Martha's Vineyard Wedding Tradition is Tilton Tents and Party Rentals. Established in 1974.


  • Tisbury Wharf Co.

    Tisbury Wharf is located in the well protected harbor of Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard. Our facilities can accommodate ships up to 200 feet in length with a maximum of an 11 foot draft. Tisbury Wharf offers dockage Shell fuel and lubricants, water, electricity, heads and showers, ample parking and a friendly & knowledgeable staff.


  • Permanent Endowment Fund

    Sail Martha's Vineyard is supported, in part, by a fall 2009 grant from the Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha's Vineyard.






Sail Martha's Vineyard is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and protecting the island's maritime heritage.Sail Martha's Vineyard is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and protecting the island's maritime heritage.