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31st Annual MS Regatta
MS Harborfest Regatta
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Casco Bay
REGATTA
The MS Harborfest Regatta is the cornerstone event of the MS Harborfest weekend. Now in its 31st year, the MS Regatta draws well over one hundred sailboats to Portland Harbor. The MS Regatta is the longest running—and largest—sailing event in Northern New England. This is a great way for every sailor to be part of the action. You can have a great time on the water while helping raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Your support funds MS education, support, advocacy, services, and research that helps 3,000 people who have MS and their families in Maine.
How You Can Participate
Enter a Sailboat
The MS Regatta is open to all sailboats over 20 feet in length. Multiple divisions sail one of three different race courses. The divisions include monohull, multihull, and one-design racing classes, non-spinnaker cruising classes, and a class for classic sailing vessels.
Fundraise with your Crew
Our online tools make fundraising easy with personal and crew web pages, and convenient e-tools to contact crew members, friends and colleagues. Invite local businesses to support this fundraising effort and reach people who would have no other way of understanding the importance of what we do. Now is the time to make your move and help end MS.
Congratulations to the ACETO/Tolford families and the s/v White Hawk for being the first recipients of the Merle Hallett Fundraising Trophy. Special thanks to these remarkable people, because of their fundraising efforts online and in person they were able to raise over $4000!
Sponsor a Sail Boat
Sponsoring a sailboat for the 2012 MS Harborfest Regatta is a visible and important way to join in the excitement of the MS Harborfest weekend. Your company will gain valuable exposure and help support the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in its effort to raise funds to create a world free of multiple sclerosis. Learn more about the benefits of being a sponsor and view our list of 2011 sponsors.
Schedule
Friday, August 17, 2012
Location: Portland Yacht Services, Portland
- MS Regatta Skipper Check-in, 5:30-6:30pm
- MS Regatta Skippers Meeting, 6:00pm
- MS Benefit Auction 6:00pm
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Location: Handy Boat Services, Falmouth and Portland Harbor
- Parade of Sail, 10:45am
- First Gun, 12:30pm
- BBQ & Awards, 6:00pm
For information on participating in the MS regatta, please contact:
Jody Cady
Fleet Coordinator
(207) 781-5242 or (207) 781-4547
jodyfalmouth@yahoo.com
Sue Tidd, Director of Development - Maine
Greater New England Chapter, National MS Society
(207) 781-7960, Fax (207) 781-7961
Sue.Tidd@nmss.org
Merle Hallett
MS Harborfest Chairman Emeritus
For sailing and boating conditions in Portland Harbor: