Do you have an item to donate for Victory at Sea 2005?
You’re invited to donate nautical antiques, as well as framed artwork, fine jewelry, sports memorabilia and vacation packages, for this charity auction to benefit Battleship Cove's youth sailing program and an educational mission that serves more than 60,000 youths each year. Please contact the director of development to learn how to contribute an item.

Thanks to the following generous parties who donated to the 2004 auction:

A & A Gaines Antiques
America’s Cup Charters
Charles Bascom
Boston Red Sox
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Robert & Kathleen Brunelle
The Collings Foundation
Columbia Trading Co.
J. Thomas Cottrell
Capt. Ernst M. Cummings, USCG (Ret.)
Dominic and Emily DiMaggio
East Bay Picture Framing
Foxwoods Resort and Casino
Herreshoff Marine Museum
Lannan Ship Model Gallery
Captain Joe Lombardi
Main Street Formals
Cdr. Strafford Morss, USNR (Ret.)
New England Patriots
Newport Vineyards
Northeast Auctions
Lt. Howard Oedel, USN (Ret.)
Stephen Plaud
Trident Studio
Armand Vigeant
Wanderer Imports

Did you know that President Kennedy watched the 1962 America's Cup Races from the deck of Destroyer Kennedy?

A 12-METER PRIMER: When the exorbitant expense of J-Boats drove them from competition as an America's Cup class after the Second World War, the Royal Yacht Squadron suggested contesting the cup in an International Rule 12-Meter. The British 12-Meter, a class that draws its title from the formula governing its design, first appeared in 1907 but didn't become popular in America until two decades later. The first 12-Meter defense of the Cup occurred in 1958 when Sceptre lost to Columbia, a yacht considered by many to be the most elegant example of the class.