Yacht + Boat Donations

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Massachusetts Maritime Academy's Yacht & Boat Donation Program will continue to charter and sell donated vessels.  We are transitioning to an online format on which boats will be continually listed for charter and sale.

Our Program

For more than thirty years, the Academy has accepted vessels donated for significant intervening use, material improvements, or to sell to raise money for programs and scholarships.

All of the vessels listed below are currently available to be sold or leased. 

Sam Vineyard
svineyard@maritime.edu
(508) 830-5069

Meredith Randall
mrandall@maritime.edu
(508) 830-6423

How to donate

For more than thirty years, the Academy has accepted vessels donated for significant intervening use, material improvements, or to sell to raise money for programs and scholarships. Your donation supports this education. Whether it be the cash influx that comes from the sale of a boat or the experience a cadet gains at the helm of a donated tug or sailing yacht, you can be assured that your donation will positively impact the preparedness and heightened skills of countless Massachusetts Maritime Academy cadets.

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Want to Donate a Boat?

The Academy is qualified by the IRS as a charitable organization. Donated items are either (1) kept to improve and/or use, or (2) sold - a determination made at the start of the donation process. Generally speaking, if we accepts your boat for "Material Improvement" or "Significant Intervening Use," you qualify to receive a tax deduction equal to the lesser of its “cost basis” or “current market value,” as determined by the qualified marine surveyor you retain. If we accept your boat to sell, you qualify for a deduction equal to the amount for which it is sold.

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