Notice: Scholarships No Longer Available for 2021

Welcome to The South Haven Boating Foundation (SHBF)

Safety. Fun. Learning.

Help fund Junior Sailing!

Sailing Programs

Juniors, Adults, Families – we do it all. Take a look at our course offerings and sign up here!

Junior Sailing

Friday Family Sailing

Tuesday Adult Sailing

THURSDAY – LEARN TO RACE/SAIL – NEW!

About us

The South Haven Boating Foundation (SHBF) is a 501 C 3 non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting junior and adult sailing. The foundation awards scholarships each year so that local children who live in the South Haven school district can learn to sail. Since the foundation’s inception in the early 90’s junior sailing has been its primary focus. Serving over 100 youth each year — with more than a third learning to sail by way of a Boating Foundation Scholarship

SHBF also owns the sailboats used in Junior and Adult sailing and makes them available for the South Haven Yacht Club to utilize via a formal use agreement. This allows generous donors to make tax deductible contributions to the Foundation, that can be leveraged to buy boats and equipment. In 2018 an anonymous donor provided funds for the Foundation to buy a 24’ cargo trailer and convert it into a mobile classroom and technology center which greatly improved operations for junior sailing.

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