U.S. Brig Niagara - home port Erie, Pa.

Erie Power Squadron welcomes you

Sail and Power Boating

A unit of the United States Power Squadron ®   District 11

Established in 1914, United States Power Squadrons is the largest fraternal boating organization in the World with 46,000 Members in 448 Squadrons in 35 Districts from Maine to California, several U.S. Territories and Japan. The USPS membership consists of both sail and power recreational boaters.

The USPS is a non-profit, non-governmental, non-enforcement fraternal boating organization dedicated to recreational boating education and civic service.

The Erie Power Squadron, started in October 1937, is in USPS District 11 and is located in northwest Pennsylvania, headquartered in Erie, Pa. The area is the home of Lake Erie and the Presque Isle peninsula.  The Eire Power Squadron is an organization of boaters who believe in boating fun, safety on the water, and boating education.  We teach a public boating course and offer many advanced and elective courses to anyone who wishes to become a member.  If you are a new boater looking to get started or an experienced boater looking to learn more, let us know.  Also, if you just want to get to know other boaters, give us a call.  We also have dinner meetings with speakers every month and fun summer activities.

The Erie Power Squadron membership consists of a cross section of power boaters and sailors from the Erie, PA and surrounding areas. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month and we meet at the Erie Yacht Club, unless otherwise noted in the schedule or newsletter, at 7:00 PM.

We offer the America's Boating Course, a USPS online boating course for anyone who is interested in taking a class from home.

Our public boating course is accepted as qualification for all boaters and personnel watercraft owners in Pennsylvania.

     There is a public boating course being planned for March 1, 2009.  Please refer to the Public Information or Public Courses pages for more information.

For information on a public Boating Course,  The Squadron Boating Course.

We are trying to set up seminars for the winter time frame.  The seminar series is open to the public.  If you are interested in future seminars please call Jim Tingley at 814-835-4579 or email jbunchj@msn.com .

There will be a Weather course after the first of the new year.  Members who are interested should check the Member Information page.  The Piloting class will be starting the second week of January.

For members who are interested, there is information on the District 11 cruise in February on the Member Information and Schedule pages.  Please check these out for more information.