The HYC Foundation, which directly supports the Youth Program at HYC, has begun its 2024 giving campaign. Please consider a tax-deductible donation before the end of the year. Your donations help support the Youth Program as it looks to improve for the 2025 season. Click HERE for more information.
The Hyannis Yacht Club Foundation’s mission is to provide instructional programs and scholarships
that promote a love of sailing and swimming for all ages in Barnstable and surrounding communities.
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The purpose of The Foundation is to promote, develop, maintain, and oversee a sailing and swim school; to engage in the promotion and
development of sailing and swimming activities; and to develop and engage in educational instructional and educational activities and programs
related to sailing and swimming in the Town of Barnstable and surrounding communities.
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2024 Accomplishments
* Increase the availability of swim/sail scholarships from 6 to 10
* Expand participation in the 2024 ScholarFish Tournament
* Host 2nd Annual Casino Night
* Provide additional boats and gear to enhance the swim/sail program
* Purchase a trailer to move Laser sailboats
* Purchase 6 sets of 420 sails
* Purchase 8 Opti dollies
* Accept donation of an 18′ hard bottom inflatable with motor and trailer
Procurement
* 1 Quest sailboat purchased
* 1 pre-owned Laser sailboat purchased
* 1 new Laser sailboat with land dolly donated by US One Design
* 2 previously owned Laser sailboats donated by Norm MacLean and John Kettlewell
* 3 new sailing “wings” donated
* 1 Opti sailboat with land dolly donated by the Gadkowski family
* 1 Skittle Pram donated by Simmons Boat Works
2025/2026 Primary Goals
* Increase the availability of HYC Youth Program scholarships from 10 to 15
* Expand visibility of the Foundation to reach more children of diverse racial, ethnic, and/or socioeconomic backgrounds
* Subsidize costs for youths enrolled in Boat Safety certification sessions (new MA boating safety requirement)
* Encourage broader participation in the ScholarFish Tournament (both juniors and adults)
* Support HYC Sound Bound 100 Yacht Race fundraising opportunity
* Enhance HYC Youth Program by supporting Sailing & Swimming Program Director requests for equipment as often as possible
* Purchase 6 Optis for the 2026 season
* Maintain current fleet of 6 HYCF-owned lasers to high standards
* Start to build up a financial reserve over time that will ultimately cover one year of annual program and scholarship costs
* Begin long range strategy discussions with key donors to evaluate whether building a learning center, swimming pool and housing for youth program staff could significantly expand the Foundation’s community impact
Scholarships
Provided 10 scholarships to the youth swim/sail program. These scholarships provided a sailor full access to the entire swim/sail program at Hyannis Yacht Club and ensured participation in all activities such as off-site regattas and other competitions. This promoted an understanding of sailing and swimming, and also a developmental path toward safety, self-sufficiency, proficiency, and mastery for individuals of all ages presenting at differing levels along the path toward mastery.
