Mather Hospital won the Village Cup for the second consecutive year in the 14th annual Village Cup Regatta on Saturday, September 9, 2023.
Presented by the Port Jefferson Yacht Club, the Regatta raises funds for Mather’s Palliative Medicine Program and the Lustgarten Foundation, which funds pancreatic cancer research. This year’s friendly competition with the Village of Port Jefferson raised more than $94,000, which was divided between Mather Hospital and the Lustgarten Foundation. The event has raised more than $954,000 over the past 14 years.
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 help crew the boats, which race in one of three classes based on boat size. The festivities began in Harbor Front Park in Port Jefferson Village followed by the Memorial Parade of Boats viewed from the Port Jefferson Village dock. All sailboats participating in the Regatta passed by the dock 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 took place in a restored 1917 shipyard building that today serves as the Port Jefferson Village Center.
