MS Harborfest Weekend

August 18-20, 2017

MS Harborfest is a three-day festival (August 18-20, 2017) of sailboats, tugboats, and lobster boats combined with a shoreside benefit auction celebrating the glory of the Portland waterfront. Founded in 1982 as the MS Regatta by Merle Hallett of Handy Boat and Dan Wellehan of Sebago, Inc., it has grown into an array of pleasure boats and working boats all under the banner of MS Harborfest. Since that first race 35 years ago, the weekend-long event has raised more than $3 million to help the National Multiple Sclerosis Society help everyone affected by MS to live their best lives as we stop MS in its tracks, restore what has been lost, and end MS forever.

Join the fleet of sailboat captains, lobster boat racers, tugboat crews, and auction attendees and join the movement to create a world free of multiple sclerosis.  The money you raise at MS Harborfest provides vital MS services and cutting-edge MS research to help more than 3,000 Mainers and 2.3 million worldwide who are living with multiple sclerosis.

Friday, August 18

• MS Harborfest Benefit Auction
  58 Fore Street, Building 2, Portland, Maine
• MS Regatta Skipper/Sponsor Meeting & Reception
  Room with a View, 58 Fore Street, Portland, Maine

Saturday, August 19

• MS Regatta
  Portland Harbor & Fore River, Portland
• Post-Race Party and Awards
  58 Fore Street, Falmouth, Maine

Sunday, August 20

• MS Lobster Boat Races
  Portland Yacht Services, Fore Street, Portland

• MS Tugboat Muster & Races
  Portland Ocean Terminal/Maine State Pier, Portland

Help support the MS Harborfest by becoming a sponsor. There are a variety of options available to businesses and for all budgets. The National MS Society is proud of the fact that eighty-four cents of every dollar goes towards our mission and helps over 3,000 Mainer’s who have MS and their families. To learn more on how you can be part of the waterfront fun during the MS Harborfest Weekend, contact Sue Tidd at sue.tidd@nmss.org.

Past Photos and Results

• 2015 MS Harborfest Lobster Boat Races
• 2015 MS Harborfest Regatta
• 2015 MS Harborfest Benefit Auction
• 2014 MS Regatta Results
• 2014 Lobster Boat Race Results

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