Welcome to the Deception Pass Sail and Power Squadron Home page. If you want to improve your boating knowledge, add to your social life, cruise with other boaters,  and have fun doing it, you have come to the right place.

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We are located in Oak Harbor, WA on beautiful Whidbey Island and serve the communities on Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands.  Our main purpose is education. We provide a 3-week comprehensive public boating class. Our next public boating class, America's Boating Course . These courses meet the state specific and National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) requirements for certification. And completion of the course is accepted by most insurance companies.  Our next seminar (Weather) will be February 16 at OHYC and usually each month will be a new seminar.  Our next basic boating class starts April 13th  (see our Education page for details).

  Be aware of the weather; see our new links to some excellent web-sites on the LINKS page

Deception Pass Sail & Power Squadron meets at the Oak Harbor Yacht Club at 1300 Catalina Drive on the water in Oak Harbor. We have monthly potlucks September through May with a presentation at most meetings. We have two catered dinner-meeting in December (Christmas meeting) and April (change of watch) This gives the members the summer to cruise, practice their new boating skills and to help promote membership and participation at our public classes. We have cruise rendezvous during the summer months in conjunction with Oak Harbor Yacht Club. See the "Rendezvous" tab for more information.

The Recreational Boaters Association of Washington (RBAW) is dedicated to looking out for us in Olympia. Check out the latest on these initiative:  ethanol gasoline (E15) and excise taxes on boats. http://www.rbaw.org/

Squadron officer nominations are in:  Click here

Squadron Commander Responsibilities

 Cooperative Charting

In addition to meetings and cruises we participate in a national Co-operative Charting program to help NOAA with maintaining the official charts of our local waters for more information click here: Co-op Charting

Member benefits include access to advanced classes at cost that include classes in seamanship, piloting, advanced Piloting, and celestial navigation plus engine maintenance, sailing, marine electronic, cruise planning, weather, and others. Members get to enlarge their circle of associates to boaters and can share experiences, local knowledge, and "how-to" repair  knowledge saving you time and money in maintaining your boat.   Members also gain substantial discounts on products and services from participating companies in the boating industry. Click Here to learn more about membership.

Get to know our newest members: see the membership page.

We also offer Vessel Safety Checks, a free check of a vessels equipment for compliance with federal and state safety requirements. The vessel examiners performing this service have been trained to look for some of the more common problems which might occur in your boat or its associated safety equipment. To arrange a free inspection of your vessel, please contact our Vessel Safety Examiner.