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...
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...
Gail Hine — the mother of women’s sailing events
Join NWSA to honor and celebrate the retirement of WSF board of director, Gail Hine. Gala–4–Gail May 21, 2021 6:30 PM Pacific time Gail Hine has been a leading force in promoting women’s sailing for many, many years. She began these efforts in 1975 and has...
President’s Member of the Month for April 2021, Laura McCaleb
Laura McCaleb jumped in with both feet to help NWSA on our fundraising efforts. Laura grew up in Northern California loving all sports related to water. She learned to sail and race on the waters of San Francisco Bay. In 2004 she purchased a Ranger 28 and enjoyed...
President’s Member of the Month of February 2021, Sara Vey Ortiz
Meet Sara Vey Ortiz, the February 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month. Sara is a new NWSA member. She will be a panelist for the February 12th Girls + Coaches panel. As a matter of fact, speaking with Sara to welcome her to NWSA gave me the idea for the panel. I...