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About New Haven Power Squadron
The New Haven Power Squadron is a unit of the United States Power Squadrons ® (USPS), a non-profit organization dedicated to safe boating -- sail and power -- through education. We serve the area of New Haven, Connecticut.
Prerequisite for membership is the successful completion of the Power Squadron or the U.S. Coast Guard Basic Boating Course.
The squadron was founded in 1914 and has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operated squadron in the USPS. We have about 100 male, female and youth members. As a member, there are many additional boating related courses available. These include the advanced grades, which build upon the boating course and electives, which broaden students' knowledge without prerequisites. Supplemental Learning Guides are also available to the public and at discount to members.
The squadron's activities are the responsibility of the bridge, headed by our commander. The bridge consists of six officers elected by the members, assistants and committees appointed by the bridge, and the past commander.
But all is not education, we have many varied and enjoyable social activities open to all members and their spouses. There is a mainly social, monthly meeting, with a program, at the Bradford Manor Firehouse in East Haven. We have an annual dinner, cookouts and several boat rendezvous. We even have a squadron mooring! Check our Calendar of Upcoming Events for details. We participate in many community events stressing boating safety through education. There is a spring and a fall conference where members of several squadrons meet to discuss items of mutual interest plus dinners and a program with other social activities for any non-member spouses.
If you are interested in boating and in education to make you and others a better boater, in varied social functions plus the fellowship of others interested in boating, then you belong in a Power Squadron. Join us!
