Sails Up for the 2026 Sailing Season

Sails Up for the 2026 Sailing Season!

By making a gift during our Give Local 757! campaign,
you will join us in honoring those challenged by cancer in our community. 

Your support of the 2026 Sailing Season will provide meaningful relief through the experience of a private sailing excursion. Sail Beyond Cancer Virginia provides these three-hour mission sails aboard their fleet vessel, s/v Solace, on the York River, as well as aboard private vessels across the lower Chesapeake Bay.

Our mission sails offer Nominees meaningful experiences of relief from the challenges of cancer through two types of sailing excursions:

• RESPITE SAILS
  Anyone currently in treatment for, or living with, cancer is eligible to be nominated for a respite sail - any age, any diagnosis. Our Nominees are able to invite 5 guests to join them in this opportunity to rebuild courage and make lasting memories.
• MEMORIAL SAILS
  Designed to let those who have lost a loved one to cancer know they are not alone in the journey. Memorial sails offer individuals the time and space to celebrate loved ones lost to cancer in the past three years.

These special sailing excursions create opportunities for those challenged by cancer to rebuild courage and make lasting memories. Our sails bring people together to help ease the stresses, fears, and unknowns that cancer brings to an entire family.