Sail MVhas entered into an agreement with the Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard to become the hosting sponsor of the 2018 Vineyard Cup Regatta.

A convivial crowd filled the Black Dog Tavern Wednesday night for the first in this season’s Sail Martha’s Vineyard dinner lectures. Capt. Bob Douglas was the man at the microphone.

Sail MV is beginning its winter lecture series at the The Black Dog Tavern on Wednesday, Jan. 10.

Andrew Nutton will become the new director of programs at Sail Martha’s Vineyard in September. He has been running the sailing department at the Royal Hospital School in England for 10 years.

Maritime historian Matthew Stackpole will lead a voyage to the 19th century next week.

Brock Callen Jr. and his father, Sail Martha’s Vineyard executive director and maritime instructor Brock Callen Sr. recently spent two and a half weeks steaming across the Pacific aboard a research vessel.

On Dec. 27, the father and son team of Brocks Callen (they share the same name) headed out to sea.

Sail Martha’s Vineyard opens its winter lecture series with a discussion of black whaling captains by Skip Finley.

At the Vineyard Cup awards ceremony Sunday, which followed three days of spirited racing in Vineyard waters, it was Nantucketer Wendy Schmidt who took the top prize in the classic division.

Sail Martha’s Vineyard began 25 years ago with a simple mission: the founders of the nonprofit organization wanted to get Island kids on the water for free.