
Framework for 2023National Women’s Sailing Conference at the Sail Newport Saturday, June 3, 2023 from 8 am – 5 pm. The event welcomes women sailors of all levels and ages to workshops including the popular Take the Helm track — an introduction to sailing for women. The event at Sail Newport Marine Education and Recreation Center, a stone’s throw away from the historic mansions, the Sailing Museum, charming Thames Street shopping and the scenic Cliff Walk. Creating outstanding opportunities for women sailors to meet in person, or participate online, to learn sailing skills and gain seamanship knowledge is both complicated and expensive. Doing so in a new venue, in a new part of the country adds to the already intricate project. Please consider a $250 sponsorship or smaller donation to help us replenish the coffers for 2023. As our thank you for your donation of $250 or more, you will receive a limited edition signed print. Or make a donation of any size directly to AdvenutreSail®, the Sue Corl Youth Sailing Scholarship or the Women’s Sailing Foundation using the buttons at the bottom of the newsletter. The National Women’s Sailing Conference website nwsa.quvent.com opens February 1, 2023. NWSA Member registration will open April 1. Non-member registration will open April 16. A 10% discount will be available for NWSA members and groups of six or more attending together. Luckliy, the National Women’s Sailling Association has strong ties, many friends willing to share resources, including boats, teaching skills and of course time. To make up for a budget shortfall we are seeing both individual and corporate sponsors. We are very excited about the progress made to offer a stellar program in June. However to be able to host a fundraiser/afterparty we must raise additional funds to do so. Saturday’s programming at the conference includes a full day of classroom and on-the-water workshops taught by experienced female instructors from across the nation. Sailors will fine tune their sail trim. Learn hands-on diesel maintenance. Practice navigation using either paper or electronic charts. Learn when and how to call for help. And will learn proven rescue techniques needed for saving overboard crew. And women sailors will reunite with old friends and meet new ones! A highlight of the event is the announcement of the recipient and the presentation of the 2023 Leadership in Women’s Sailing Award, which is co-sponsored by NWSA and BoatUS. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. In person registration will include post-conference access to virtual topics for cruisers, racers and do-it-yourselfers. For a modest fee these topics will be offered virtually for those who want to participate, but can not attend in person. |

“CRUISE” – She Sailor Sea Story with Jeannie Zortman & Rebecca Stirling
Adventure sailor Jeannie Zortman and life long cruiser and author Rebecca Stirling share their stories of discovery on the high seas in National Women Sailing Association’s She Sailor Sea Story “Cruise”
“CRUISE” – She Sailor Sea Story with Jeannie Zortman & Rebecca Stirling
Monday, November 7 2022 Adventure sailor Jeannie Zortman and lifelong cruiser, liveaboard and author, Rebecca Stirling are our special "Cruise" guests for an evening of story telling hosted by Debbie Hunstman. Jeannie shares her voyage to the far North on a steel boat...
AdventureSail 2022 Wrap-up
AdventureSail programming served many happy girls so far this year. Racine and Boston’s Courageous Sailing Center, both long-standing program hosts, kicked off the East Coast sailing season fun by hosting 41 girls. Later, in the first two weeks of August alone, 100...
ADVENTURES: She Sailor Sea Story, Aug 2022
Hosted by: Anne Bryant Storytellers: Daisy, Allyson and Stephanie Our young guests all have been grateful recipients of scholarships from raised donations of either the NWSA, The Butterfly Effect Project or Mattituk Yacht Club. If you would like to help the next...
Diversity Toolkit: Let’s Go Sailing with Marie Rogers
On February 10, 2022 at the National Sailing Programs Symposium, in cooperation with US Sailing, WSF board member Capt. Marie Rogers presented "A Diversity Toolkit: Let's All Go Sailing". In this presentation, Rogers investigates reasons sailing became a sport...
“Wake” She Sailor Sea Story February 2022
In celebration of Black History Month 2022, NWSA hosted 3 inspirational sailors with stories both personal and eye-opening. Thank you to Marie rogers, Wanda Robertson and Pam Rice for sharing your stories with this month's theme "Wake". Sign-up to our newsletter to...
Help Wanted
HELP WANTED! Secretary on our Board of Directors! As a member of the Board of Directors, the secretary for Women’s Sailing Foundation / National Women’s Sailing Association has wide-ranging responsibilities. If you have good organization skills, the time required...
AdventureSail® Day in 2021
Congratulations and thank you to all the AdventureSail hosts, skippers, supported and volunteers. Outdoor in-person activities for young people were complicated or even cancelled this summer due to the COVID 19 Delta variant. Yet where conditions allowed,...
CHICAGO 2021 — Anchoring
The basics of anchoring, shown in an unusual way, to make it easy to see and understand how it all works. Premered at the Chicago NWSA conference on Septemeber 11, 2021.
CHICAGO 2021 — Leadership in Women’s Sailing Award
Enjoy the award ceremony for CAPT. Marie Rogers at Jackson Park Yacht Club on September 11, 2021 as recipient of the BoatUS / NWSA Leadership in Women's Sailing Award. Although the Delta Variant of Covid 19 kept the in-person audience small, it was good fortune and...
CHICAGO 2021 — Your Best boat
Picking your best boat is like picking a partner. There is a lot to consider and mistakes can be painful. On the other hand, a good choice can bring the owner great rewards. Speakers: Gail McCarthy Turluck and Captain Chiaka Patterson
CHICAGO 2021 — Sustainable Sailing
We all love our beautiful oceans, lakes and ponds and the amazing critters that inhabit them. Learn from a trio of professionals practical ways all of us can help protect and preserve the beauty and abundance found in our oceans. Speakers: Captain Rachael Zoe Miller,...
CHICAGO 2021 — Sharing Sailing (part 1 and 2)
Part One Enjoy a conversation with NWSA founder Doris Colgate, Margaret Pommert, Marie Rogers, Lynda Stephens and Debbie Huntsman as they discuss reasons behind their desire to share the joys of sailing. Part one of two from the 2021 National Women's Sailing...
Chicago Conference
Windy City hosts Women’s Sailing Conference Sharing Sailing was not only the theme for the 21st annual National Women’s Sailing Association (NWSA) Conference on September 11th, it was the purpose of the event. Held at the "Friendliest Yacht Club in America", Jackson...
HELP WANTED
NWSA is seeking women active in sailing, with an established sailing network, varied skills and creative thinking. We need women who are eager to do the work of our national non-profit focused on improving the lives of women and girls through sailing. If you...
Betsy Alison, August 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month
Betsy Alison, who has a long bowing shelf of sailing trophies and a large wall of yachting honors, has made my major goal as NWSA’s president closer to realization. With the belief in the value of women teaching women to help achieve equity, I dreamed of helping more...
From the president
It began storming in the desert last week. Temperatures dropped like a rock, to provide pleasant but muggy conditions, a sign the monsoon is back after a two year absence. The storm brought a full day of thunder and lightning, a rocking display from Mother Nature. She...
Join us for the National Women’s Sailing Conference
The National Women’s Sailing Association Conference at Jackson Park Yacht Club in Chicago on September 11. Hurry! Visit our conference site to check out the great selection of instructors and sessions. Then register for either in-person or virtual attendance! Click...
She Sailor Sea Story — WIND July 1, 2021
Duirng the July 1, 2021 episode of She Sailor Sea Story — WIND hosted by Skipper Jennifer Harkness — three female sailors tell their wind-themed stories of discovery, beauty, growth and survival. Enjoy a She Sailor Sea Story with the theme WIND as Mo Villalobos...
Marie Rogers
An exemplary leader of sailors Race has been at the top of peoples’ minds for the past year. Much of the nation has taken a few small steps forward in recognising white privilege and the turmoil and pain caused from a long history of deep-rooted racial inequities. A...
Anne Bryant May 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month
Anne Bryant the May 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month, sails a 27’ Thomas Gillmer-designed wooden sloop out of Brooklin, Maine. Bryant occasionally produces a podcast, The Water Society. In general she considers herself to be a storyteller working through...
“CRUISE” – She Sailor Sea Story with Jeannie Zortman & Rebecca Stirling
Monday, November 7 2022 Adventure sailor Jeannie Zortman and lifelong cruiser, liveaboard and author, Rebecca Stirling are our special "Cruise" guests for an evening of story telling hosted by Debbie Hunstman. Jeannie shares her voyage to the far North on a steel boat...
AdventureSail 2022 Wrap-up
AdventureSail programming served many happy girls so far this year. Racine and Boston’s Courageous Sailing Center, both long-standing program hosts, kicked off the East Coast sailing season fun by hosting 41 girls. Later, in the first two weeks of August alone, 100...
ADVENTURES: She Sailor Sea Story, Aug 2022
Hosted by: Anne Bryant Storytellers: Daisy, Allyson and Stephanie Our young guests all have been grateful recipients of scholarships from raised donations of either the NWSA, The Butterfly Effect Project or Mattituk Yacht Club. If you would like to help the next...
Diversity Toolkit: Let’s Go Sailing with Marie Rogers
On February 10, 2022 at the National Sailing Programs Symposium, in cooperation with US Sailing, WSF board member Capt. Marie Rogers presented "A Diversity Toolkit: Let's All Go Sailing". In this presentation, Rogers investigates reasons sailing became a sport...
“Wake” She Sailor Sea Story February 2022
In celebration of Black History Month 2022, NWSA hosted 3 inspirational sailors with stories both personal and eye-opening. Thank you to Marie rogers, Wanda Robertson and Pam Rice for sharing your stories with this month's theme "Wake". Sign-up to our newsletter to...
Help Wanted
HELP WANTED! Secretary on our Board of Directors! As a member of the Board of Directors, the secretary for Women’s Sailing Foundation / National Women’s Sailing Association has wide-ranging responsibilities. If you have good organization skills, the time required...
AdventureSail® Day in 2021
Congratulations and thank you to all the AdventureSail hosts, skippers, supported and volunteers. Outdoor in-person activities for young people were complicated or even cancelled this summer due to the COVID 19 Delta variant. Yet where conditions allowed,...
CHICAGO 2021 — Anchoring
The basics of anchoring, shown in an unusual way, to make it easy to see and understand how it all works. Premered at the Chicago NWSA conference on Septemeber 11, 2021.
CHICAGO 2021 — Leadership in Women’s Sailing Award
Enjoy the award ceremony for CAPT. Marie Rogers at Jackson Park Yacht Club on September 11, 2021 as recipient of the BoatUS / NWSA Leadership in Women's Sailing Award. Although the Delta Variant of Covid 19 kept the in-person audience small, it was good fortune and...
CHICAGO 2021 — Your Best boat
Picking your best boat is like picking a partner. There is a lot to consider and mistakes can be painful. On the other hand, a good choice can bring the owner great rewards. Speakers: Gail McCarthy Turluck and Captain Chiaka Patterson
CHICAGO 2021 — Sustainable Sailing
We all love our beautiful oceans, lakes and ponds and the amazing critters that inhabit them. Learn from a trio of professionals practical ways all of us can help protect and preserve the beauty and abundance found in our oceans. Speakers: Captain Rachael Zoe Miller,...
CHICAGO 2021 — Sharing Sailing (part 1 and 2)
Part One Enjoy a conversation with NWSA founder Doris Colgate, Margaret Pommert, Marie Rogers, Lynda Stephens and Debbie Huntsman as they discuss reasons behind their desire to share the joys of sailing. Part one of two from the 2021 National Women's Sailing...
Chicago Conference
Windy City hosts Women’s Sailing Conference Sharing Sailing was not only the theme for the 21st annual National Women’s Sailing Association (NWSA) Conference on September 11th, it was the purpose of the event. Held at the "Friendliest Yacht Club in America", Jackson...
HELP WANTED
NWSA is seeking women active in sailing, with an established sailing network, varied skills and creative thinking. We need women who are eager to do the work of our national non-profit focused on improving the lives of women and girls through sailing. If you...
Betsy Alison, August 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month
Betsy Alison, who has a long bowing shelf of sailing trophies and a large wall of yachting honors, has made my major goal as NWSA’s president closer to realization. With the belief in the value of women teaching women to help achieve equity, I dreamed of helping more...
From the president
It began storming in the desert last week. Temperatures dropped like a rock, to provide pleasant but muggy conditions, a sign the monsoon is back after a two year absence. The storm brought a full day of thunder and lightning, a rocking display from Mother Nature. She...
Join us for the National Women’s Sailing Conference
The National Women’s Sailing Association Conference at Jackson Park Yacht Club in Chicago on September 11. Hurry! Visit our conference site to check out the great selection of instructors and sessions. Then register for either in-person or virtual attendance! Click...
She Sailor Sea Story — WIND July 1, 2021
Duirng the July 1, 2021 episode of She Sailor Sea Story — WIND hosted by Skipper Jennifer Harkness — three female sailors tell their wind-themed stories of discovery, beauty, growth and survival. Enjoy a She Sailor Sea Story with the theme WIND as Mo Villalobos...
Marie Rogers
An exemplary leader of sailors Race has been at the top of peoples’ minds for the past year. Much of the nation has taken a few small steps forward in recognising white privilege and the turmoil and pain caused from a long history of deep-rooted racial inequities. A...
Anne Bryant May 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month
Anne Bryant the May 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month, sails a 27’ Thomas Gillmer-designed wooden sloop out of Brooklin, Maine. Bryant occasionally produces a podcast, The Water Society. In general she considers herself to be a storyteller working through...