The 16th annual Village Cup Regatta, a friendly competition between Mather Hospital and the Village of Port Jefferson, will set sail on Saturday, September 6, 2025.
Presented by the Port Jefferson Yacht Club in partnership with the Village of Port Jefferson, the Regatta raises funds for Mather Hospital’s Palliative Medicine Program and the Lustgarten Foundation, the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world.
Last year’s Regatta raised $80,000, which was divided between Mather Hospital and the Lustgarten Foundation. That brought the total raised over the 15 years of the Regatta to more than $1 million!
The Regatta 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, along with village residents, help crew the boats, which race in one of three classes based on boat size. Crew members and captains start gathering at 9 am in the lower Yacht Club lot next to Harborfront Park in Port Jefferson Village.
The festivities begin in the park at 10 am, where you can purchase shirts, commemorative hats, nautical bags and mugs. The Memorial Parade of Boats in remembrance of those lost to pancreatic cancer can be viewed from the Port Jefferson Village Dock beginning at 11 am.
All sailboats participating in the Regatta will pass by dressed in banners and nautical flags on their way out to the racecourse on Long Island Sound.
Following the Regatta, 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 visit Village Cup Sign up For more information contact Cindy Court at 631-476-2723 or ccourt1@northwell.edu
Businesses, organizations and individuals can support the Regatta and the programs it funds by sponsoring, donating, or purchasing tickets to attend the Skipper’s Reception. For more information and to purchase tickets please visit regatta ticket purchase or on Facebook.
The Port Jefferson Yacht Club started the Regatta primarily to call attention to and 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 setting we share.