Coming ... the 11th Women's Sailing Conference sponsored by BoatUS.

June 2, 2012 at the Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead MA.

The registration form is now available!  CLICK  for a printable copy.

Please be sure to print out the Waiver, Release and Assumption of Risk Form

and return it with your Registration Form.

 Closed Conference Workshops

 Take The Helm - morning session is closed

Sail Trim – afternoon session is closed

3:15p.m.    Diesel Engines

 

 The 2012 Leadership in Women’s Sailing Award will be honored at this conference.

 

Come hear our Featured Speaker Teresa Carey  

Teresa Carey is a US Coast Guard licensed captain, writer, and educator. She has worked aboard a variety of sailboats from dinghies to schooners since the age of 18 as an educator, delivery crew, and charter-boat captain. She has sailed the entire coastal US, most of BC, Canada, Newfoundland, Bahamas, Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Seaway, and Caribbean. She taught for sea programs such as Outward Bound that focus on personal development and an appreciation of the environment. She has also been a Marine Science and Performing Arts educator in a more traditional academic school. There is much more to Teresa’s story, which you will hear when you sign up to register for the June 2nd conference..

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Oregon Women's Sailing Association
AdventureSail® event in Portland, OR, on May 12th

 

Race for a cause – Saturday, August 18 in the MS Race Charity Regatt.. The Ms. Race is an annual charity sailing regatta hosted by the Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club (NJ) each August, to benefit 180 Turning Lives Around. It is a race sponsored by and for women, with the support of the AHYC race committee. The Ms. Race was inaugurated in 2005 by a group of female sailors who regularly participate and crew in the yacht club's Wednesday night race series. For more information, go to http://ahyc.net/msrace.htm

 

 

DIESEL ENGINE WORKSHOP A WINNER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ~photo courtesy of Kate Donahue

12 women came together at the Mack Boring Training Facility in Middleboro, MA, Saturday and Sunday, March 10 and 11th.

They were an eager group of women who had some very serious offshore sailing plans or were in middle of retrofitting their own boat. Others were frequent crew members on boats with engine and they wanted to learn more about the diesel engine.

As in most of the workshops, women shared their experience and worked together on their assigned engines when we got away from the classroom and into the shop. Lots of high fives and wide grins and applauses when those engines were started Sunday afternoon. Larry Berlin, the instructor, was ready with the answers, and when he could not give one, he had the direction to follow to arrive at the answer. We shared time and supper at a local restaurant Saturday night.

 

 

Lend a Hand ... Be a Leader!

 Consider being a member of the board of directors for the National Women's Sailing Association® and The Women's Sailing Foundation. If you are passionate about sailing and have a desire to see more women join us in this sport, lend a hand with being a leader in the organization. 

We are a working board. As a board member, you will travel to the site of the annual meeting. You will be proactive about identifying locations for AdventureSail® events and attend as the organization representative, if possible. You will be proactive about partnerships with the marine industry and all women's event in your local area.

If you are interested, please contact Joan Thayer, President, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 401-682-2064.