1. Hyannis Marina
City: Hyannis, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 790-4000
Address: 1 Willow St.
Description: Offering a calm, sheltered refuge, Hyannis Marina has 180 slips, diesel fuel and gasoline, water and electrical hookups, and a complete parts and service department. The marina can accommodate everything from motor boats to mega-yachts up to 200 feet. It has a full restaurant and bar; swimming pool; cabana bar; courtesy and rental cars; showers; dockside telephone, Internet, and TV service; a coin-operated laundry; and game room. The facility also includes an electronics and canvas shop, valet rack service, a marine store, and emergency service. It is open year-round.
2. Eastern Mountain Sports
City: Hyannis, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 362-8690
Address: 1513 Rte. 132
Description: Open year-round on Route 132, this store has access to sit-on-top kayaks, which have no cockpit and are often used by scuba divers. The store also carries flat-water kayaks, which are shorter, and sea kayaks, which range in length from 15 to 22 feet and are used for touring, because they have a lot of storage capacity. Eastern Mountain Sports also has a full range of paddles, flotation vests, safety equipment, maps and charts, camping and backpacking equipment, and clothing for sale in their retail store. EMS recently started to offer an occasional basic kayak tour for beginners to intermediates. Call for a schedule and rates.
3. Boarding House Surf Shop
City: Hyannis, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 778-4080
Address: 302 Main St.
Description: This year-round Hyannis shop sells everything to do with the three sports of surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding. They offer all the clothing and accessories you’ll need as well as videos to help you learn the techniques, and also a repair service.
4. The Dive Locker
City: Hyannis, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 775-1185
Address: 237 Falmouth Rd.
Description: This store offers full scuba and snorkel gear rentals, swimming supplies, and scuba instruction classes and leads local dives and charters. Call ahead to reserve equipment or schedule a dive during the summer months. Open daily year-round.
5. Sea Sports
City: Hyannis, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 790-1217
Address: 195 Ridgewood Ave.
Description: A full-service scuba-diving shop, Sea Sports caters to snorkeling. Sea Sports organizes an informal dive club and night dives, and also has a full-service surf shop. The shop is open year-round.
6. Sports Port
City: Hyannis, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 775-3096
Address: 149 West Main St.
Description: One of the Cape’s oldest tackle shops still run by its original owners, Sports Port sells all salt- and freshwater tackle as well as shellfishing gear and fly-tying equipment. This shop is open year-round.
7. Cape Cod Crusaders
City: Hyannis, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (781) 891-7900
Address: 349 Main St.
Description: Soccer has come to Cape Cod with the Cape Cod Crusaders. All home games are played at Barnstable High School. Game time is 6:15 p.m. The Crusaders, who compete in the Premier Development League, considered the top amateur league in the country, won back-to-back PDL championships in 2002 and 2003. Players come from as far away as Ireland and England, and others hail from nearby New England colleges. Games can draw as many as 2,000 spectators. Ticket prices are $8 for adults and $5 for children younger than 12. Tickets are sold in packages if you know that you will be attending three or more games during the season. Call for ticket and schedule information.
8. Ryan Family Amusements
City: Hyannis, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 775-3411
Address: 441 Main St.
Description: Ryan Family Amusements’ downtown Hyannis location features tenpin, candlepin, and bumper bowling and hosts “Mystic Bowling” parties on Fri and Sat nights.
9. Hyannis Youth And Community Center
City: Hyannis, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 790-6345
Address: 141 Bassett Lane
Description: Slated to open in the fall of 2009, this facility replaces the now-demolished Joseph P. Kennedy Memorial Skating Park. The new facility will have two ice-skating rinks, a teen center, and a walking track. The $25 million building will also have a basketball court and is close to outdoor basketball courts, ball fields, and the town’s skateboard park. A semipro hockey team is expected to play at the new center.
10. Willy’S West Woman’S Workout Company
City: Hyannis, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 771-1600
Address: 865 Attucks Lane
Description: Willy’s West Woman’s Workout Company offers a variety of creative alternatives to help members achieve their fitness goals with cross-training workouts. They offer more than 100 aerobics classes per week, a full cardiovascular room, swimming lessons, full dance programs, and a Nautilus and free-weight room. The center also offers babysitting, tanning, a hot tub, steam room, and a beauty shop.