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2023 OWSA Membership Renewal Time!
All active OWSA members can now renew their membership for 2023 within the member portal. 1) Log in to your member portal through the owsa.net website. 2) Find the My Renewals link under your portal home page and follow the instructions. Annual membership fee is $50. Renew your membership in December 2022 or January 2023 and be entered in a drawing for a prize! If you are interested in
Published 4:35am on 30 Nov 2022
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Our Annual Meeting -- Welcome New Board Members
On Wednesday, October 12th we had our Annual Meeting at Rose City Yacht Club. This meeting covered the official business for OWSA for 2022: reports from the Board about each part of our organization and voting on new 2023 Board members. Welcome our 2023 Board members: Melissa Cearlock, Sarah Knudsen, and Meredith Hall. Check out the slideshow that was presented at the meeting!
Published 3:42am on 7 Nov 2022
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Wednesday Night Sail WNS...
… building the OWSA community. As I look back on a successful 2022 WNS season I keep thinking how lucky we are to have OWSA. We had 14 VOLUNTEER skippers that participated this year for a total of 12 weeks of sails. One week we had 10 boats and 29 ladies going out. Thank you skippers! WNS is for everyone. Beginners come to start their sailing experience, meet people in OWSA and the sailing
Published 9:04pm on 7 Oct 2022
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OWSA Fleet Open House - Saturday Oct 8th @ 2PM
Come and check out our club boats! Immediately after the New Member Orientation, we can tour our boats: Salud, Hoodview, and Picaroon. Two Ranger 20s and a Santana 22. We are so lucky to have these club boats! Learn how you can get a chance to sail them, too! Several programs include use of our boats. Saturday, October 10th, 2pm. McCuddies on Marine Drive Let Carisa know you're coming: fireside at-sign
Published 8:42pm on 3 Oct 2022
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OWSA Members Participate in Gulf Island/San Juans Flotilla
As you may remember, back in January Julie Demaree sent out a notice asking if there was interest in joining a flotilla in the Gulf Islands in September. Well, there definitely was, and this September 9th through the 16th OWSA members chartered 5 sailboats out of San Juan Sailing in Bellingham, Washington to go a flotilla to the Gulf Islands in British Columbia. The members who chartered (and their sailboats) were:
Published 5:28am on 27 Sep 2022
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Final Fireside 2022! New Members and others...See our Fleet! (Oct 8th)
Final Fireside 2022! It has been a great season, but it is always a great time to begin sailing -- the new member orientation will include a tour of the OWSA Fleet! Sign up to attend and figure out your sailing goals, learn a knot or two, and see how the club can work for you! All are invited, non, new, returning members that want to learn about how all the pieces fit
Published 3:38pm on 25 Sep 2022
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OWSA Out of THIS World Beer Can Race - last of 2022
Introduce friends to sailboat racing. Try racing your boat in a casual goofy race. Meet other sailors at the post-race social September 24 / Saturday 4:00pm Flying Saucers, Death Stars, USS Enterprise, Cone Heads, Aliens... who knows who will turn out for this fun-filled race! Let your imagination run wild for this Out of This World themed Race! Your creativity will not go unnoticed, as your committee boat will be watching closely to
Published 3:10pm on 21 Sep 2022
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Ranger 20 2022 National Races!
Your OWSA Club Boats Salud and Hoodview are in a 4-day Regatta! Come Cheer Us On! July 28-29-30-31 (see race announcement for latest time information below, it's complicated) Beach to Watch the Race From The beach at M. James Memorial Boat Ramp on 4325 NE Marine Dr, PDX 97211 will be a fantastic viewing site. The R20 2022 Race Committee has decided to make
Published 2:27am on 17 Jul 2022
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The Columbia River is Raging -- Check the current before you go out!
We all check the wind before we go out sailing, but this time of year it is the current that can get in the way of a safe, fun outing. When the river is pushing harder and faster than you are used to, you can get into a dangerous situation faster than you think. Do you know how to check the river height and current velocity before you go out on
Published 5:10am on 18 Jun 2022
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Wednesday Night Sails 2022 are On!!!
Here's the event you've been patiently waiting for -- Wednesday Night Sails start June 8th and they continue through to early September. As you may know, you will need to sign up individually for each sail, bookings open the Friday prior to the sail, which you will be able to do on the OWSA calendar . We will send you a reminder that day if you are on our mailing list.
Published 3:34pm on 29 May 2022
