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Every
year the MMTA provides funding and in-kind services
to many community events around the Commonweath. If
you are the organizer of a waterside or on-the-water
event, please contact us for more information.
Sponsored
Events:
- Boston
Antique & Classic Boat Festival [Every August]
- Classic sailboats, powerboats and hand-powered
craft will be on display to the public ranging from
a 19th century canoe and steam launch to 1920a-30s
era mahogany runabouts and cabin cruisers. The purpose
of the Festival is to encourage owners of antique
and classic craft to keep up their boats.
- Onset Poker Run - Local powerboats travel between
various Buzzards Bay ports where they collect "cards"
and play their hand back home. Proceeds to benefit
the town of Onset and historical area.
- Celebrate Buzzards Bay, Coalition For Buzzards
Bay - Sponsored by many local businesses to promote
the well being and cleanliness of Buzzards Bay.
- Mattapoisett YMCA Waterfront Expo - Sponsored
by local businesses to promote a growing local sailing
program for area youth. Games, retail booths, nautical
yard sale, sailing demos and launch rides.
- Duxbury
Bay Maritime School - A non-profit sailing program
to stimulate the values of leadership, self-reliance,
sportsmanship, and respect for the environment.
- Green
Harbor Tuna Club's Bluefish Tournament - In
support of this fundraiser for the Special Olympics
- Lincoln
Sailing Center - A non-profit organization teaching
the youth of Hingham and surrounding communities
to learn to sail and row at an early age.
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