Historical record or document so preserved. T o preserve the collections of material about yachting, the boats, the waters and the men who were a part of the last two hundred years of sail and pleasure boating.
T o promote a broader understanding of certain aspects of local, regional and world history.
T o facilitate academic research in a resource centre that would be open to the public by appointment and available, for example, to scholars, students and journalists. Both these collections have been gathered over half a century with a general focus on sailing vessels. A time period of 1700 to the present time A geographic region covering generally North America, the North Atlantic and Europe.