VILLAGE CUP REGATTA

2023 Village Cup Regatta Sail, Celebrate & Support

WE NEED SAILORS!

Port Jefferson, NY – The 14th annual Village Cup Rega a, a friendly competition between Mather Hospital and the Village of Port Jefferson, will sail on Saturday, September 9, 2023.

Presented by the Port Jefferson Yacht Club, the Rega a raises funds for Mather’s Palliative Medicine Program and the Lustgarten Foundation, which funds pancreatic cancer research. Last year’s Rega a raised more than $109,000 – a record sum - which was divided between Mather Hospital and the Lustgarten Foundation. The event has raised almost $860,000 over the past 13 years.

The Rega a consists of Yacht Club-skippered sailboats divided into two teams representing Mather Hospital and the Village of Port Jefferson. Employees from the Hospital and Village help crew the boats, which race in one of three classes based on boat size. The festivities begin in Harborfront Park in Port Jefferson Village at 10 am, where you can purchase shirts, , commemorative hats, nautical bags and mugs. The Memorial Parade of Boats begins at 11 am at the Port Jefferson Village dock. All sailboats participating in the Rega a will pass by the park dressed in banners and nautical flags on their way out to the racecourse on Long Island Sound.

Following the Rega a, a celebratory Skipper’s Reception and presentation of the Village Cup will take place in a restored 1917 shipyard building that today serves as the Port Jefferson Village Center.

To sign up as a crew member for the Port Jefferson Village team, contact Sylvia at 631-473-4724 Ext. 219 or email clerk@portjeff.com.

Businesses, organizations and individuals can support the Rega a and the programs it funds by making a donation or purchasing tickets to a end the Skipper’s Reception or view the Rega a on a spectator boat. For more information and to purchase tickets please visit h p://portjeffersonyachtclub.com/community/village-cup/ or www.facebook.com/villagecuprega a. Sponsorships also are available.

The Yacht Club initiated the Rega a primarily to call a ention to and to support efforts to combat pancreatic cancer, which had claimed the lives of two of its members. The event also promotes a closer relationship between the Club and the Village in the wonderful maritime se ing we share.