EARLY BIRD Conference Discount for NWSA Members
RUNS FROM APRIL 1- 16 An exclusive discount for NWSA Members only! Take advantage of this early-bird opportunity get the workshops you want AND get $50 OFF the regular Conference Pass cost. This opportunity will be available from April 1 - April 16 (midnight) CLICK...
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...
March 2021 President’s Member of the Month, Karen Harris
I’d had been ruminating on who to honor well into the month of March. Listening to US Sailing’s Starboard Portal featuring stellar sailors, Karen Harris was honored with US Sailing's 2020 Outstanding Organizational Leader award. Hearing how NWSA member Karen...
“Sloop Clearwater” She Sailor Sea Story March 29, 2021
Enjoy the second out of two full episodes Sloop Clearwater episodes celebrating Women's History Month 2021. NWSA She Sailor Sea Story episode featuring three of Sloop Clearwater's women captains: Gioia Blix, Sam Hicks and Amy Nelson. This special episode is an apt...
She Sailor Sea Story — Sloop Clearwater Captain Cindy Smith
To Celebrate Women's History Month, the Sloop Clearwater invited six of their former women captains to share a She Sailor Sea Story. In this segment of the March 22 episode, Captain Cindy Smith revels in the generous Clearwater community and the life's lessons she...
NWSA’s She Sailor Sea Story – Sloop Clearwater Captain Betsy Garthwhaite
March 22, 2021 Women's History Month celebration Three Captains -- all women -- sailed the Sloop Clearwater. Listen to their stories of coming of age, community, equity and the renewal of natural beauty along the Hudson River Valley. In this episode 's Captain Beth...
She Sailor Sea Story — Sloop Clearwater and Captain Cate Cronin
NWSA is celebrating Women's History Month with the Sloop Clearwater. The boat was the home ship of several women tall ship captains, including Cate Cronin. Enjoy Captain Cronin's She Sailor Sea Story of how the ship and Clearwater's community of sailors was an...
She Sailor Sea Story — Sloop Clearwater #1 full episode
Three Captains -- all women -- sailed the Sloop Clearwater. Listen to their stories of coming of age, community, equity and the renewal of natural beauty along the Hudson River Valley.
February 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month, Sara Vey Ortiz
The February 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month is Sara Vey Ortiz. Sara is a new NWSA member. She volunteered to be a panelist for the February 12th Girls + Coaches panel. As a matter of fact, speaking with Sara to welcome her to NWSA engendered the idea for...
Melissa Grudin, the NWSA President’s Member of the Month for January, 2021
Commodore of the Island Yacht Club, Melissa Grudin is the NWSA President’s Member of the Month for January, 2021. Close to age 50, Melissa found herself behind the wheel of a sailboat and thought, "Where's the wind coming from?" She hasn't stopped asking since! She's...
NWSA President’s Member of the Month for December 2020, Janna Cawrse Esarey
NWSA President’s Member of the Month for December 2020 is Janna Cawrse Esarey. Janna is a sailor, author, and the book curator for the Women Who Sail newsletter. Janna’s first book, The Motion of the Ocean, is about how she sailed across the Pacific on her...
NWSA President’s Member of the Month for November 2020, Stephanie Webb
NWSA President’s Member of the Month for November 2020 is Stephanie Webb. Webb devotes endless hours mentoring and helping girls and young women grow through sailing. Her goal has always been to give young women the strength, confidence and skills to become successful...
October 2020 NWSA President’s Member of the Month, Lisa Goodwin
The October 2020 NWSA President’s Member of the Month, Lisa Goodwin holds a USCG 100 Ton Master Near Coastal and 200 Ton Mate Oceans licenses with sailing and towing endorsements. She is also active in the US Coast Guard Auxiliary as Flotilla Staff Officer...
Angelica Lopez, NWSA President’s September 2020 Member of the Month
NWSA President’s Member of the Month for September 2020, Angelica Maria Lopez joined NWSA then jumped right in an volunteered to help review, edit and update the website. She is excited to be a part of the women's sailing sisterhood, helping with editing the NWSA...
MEET DEBORAH GRIMM — WSF/NWSA Board Member
WSF/NWSA welcomes Deborah Ann Grimm, Ph.D. to the Board of Directors. Debby was female sailor of the year at New Orleans Yacht Club in 2001 and outstanding woman sailor at Southern Yacht Club in 2012. She was a founding member of the Lake Pontchhartrain Women’s...
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...
March 2021 President’s Member of the Month, Karen Harris
I’d had been ruminating on who to honor well into the month of March. Listening to US Sailing’s Starboard Portal featuring stellar sailors, Karen Harris was honored with US Sailing's 2020 Outstanding Organizational Leader award. Hearing how NWSA member Karen...
“Sloop Clearwater” She Sailor Sea Story March 29, 2021
Enjoy the second out of two full episodes Sloop Clearwater episodes celebrating Women's History Month 2021. NWSA She Sailor Sea Story episode featuring three of Sloop Clearwater's women captains: Gioia Blix, Sam Hicks and Amy Nelson. This special episode is an apt...
She Sailor Sea Story — Sloop Clearwater Captain Cindy Smith
To Celebrate Women's History Month, the Sloop Clearwater invited six of their former women captains to share a She Sailor Sea Story. In this segment of the March 22 episode, Captain Cindy Smith revels in the generous Clearwater community and the life's lessons she...
NWSA’s She Sailor Sea Story – Sloop Clearwater Captain Betsy Garthwhaite
March 22, 2021 Women's History Month celebration Three Captains -- all women -- sailed the Sloop Clearwater. Listen to their stories of coming of age, community, equity and the renewal of natural beauty along the Hudson River Valley. In this episode 's Captain Beth...
She Sailor Sea Story — Sloop Clearwater and Captain Cate Cronin
NWSA is celebrating Women's History Month with the Sloop Clearwater. The boat was the home ship of several women tall ship captains, including Cate Cronin. Enjoy Captain Cronin's She Sailor Sea Story of how the ship and Clearwater's community of sailors was an...
She Sailor Sea Story — Sloop Clearwater #1 full episode
Three Captains -- all women -- sailed the Sloop Clearwater. Listen to their stories of coming of age, community, equity and the renewal of natural beauty along the Hudson River Valley.
February 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month, Sara Vey Ortiz
The February 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month is Sara Vey Ortiz. Sara is a new NWSA member. She volunteered to be a panelist for the February 12th Girls + Coaches panel. As a matter of fact, speaking with Sara to welcome her to NWSA engendered the idea for...
Melissa Grudin, the NWSA President’s Member of the Month for January, 2021
Commodore of the Island Yacht Club, Melissa Grudin is the NWSA President’s Member of the Month for January, 2021. Close to age 50, Melissa found herself behind the wheel of a sailboat and thought, "Where's the wind coming from?" She hasn't stopped asking since! She's...
NWSA President’s Member of the Month for December 2020, Janna Cawrse Esarey
NWSA President’s Member of the Month for December 2020 is Janna Cawrse Esarey. Janna is a sailor, author, and the book curator for the Women Who Sail newsletter. Janna’s first book, The Motion of the Ocean, is about how she sailed across the Pacific on her...
NWSA President’s Member of the Month for November 2020, Stephanie Webb
NWSA President’s Member of the Month for November 2020 is Stephanie Webb. Webb devotes endless hours mentoring and helping girls and young women grow through sailing. Her goal has always been to give young women the strength, confidence and skills to become successful...
October 2020 NWSA President’s Member of the Month, Lisa Goodwin
The October 2020 NWSA President’s Member of the Month, Lisa Goodwin holds a USCG 100 Ton Master Near Coastal and 200 Ton Mate Oceans licenses with sailing and towing endorsements. She is also active in the US Coast Guard Auxiliary as Flotilla Staff Officer...
Angelica Lopez, NWSA President’s September 2020 Member of the Month
NWSA President’s Member of the Month for September 2020, Angelica Maria Lopez joined NWSA then jumped right in an volunteered to help review, edit and update the website. She is excited to be a part of the women's sailing sisterhood, helping with editing the NWSA...
MEET DEBORAH GRIMM — WSF/NWSA Board Member
WSF/NWSA welcomes Deborah Ann Grimm, Ph.D. to the Board of Directors. Debby was female sailor of the year at New Orleans Yacht Club in 2001 and outstanding woman sailor at Southern Yacht Club in 2012. She was a founding member of the Lake Pontchhartrain Women’s...