Membership
Spokane Sail & Power Squadron draws its members from a broad region of the Pacific Northwest - from throughout Eastern and Central Washington and North Idaho to Western Montana to eastern British Columbia and Alberta in Canada. As members of Spokane Sail & Power Squadron, we enjoy all the benefits of membership in the United States Power Squadrons as well as some extra local benefits.
Members of the United States Power Squadrons (USPS) and Spokane Sail & Power Squadron (SSPS) come from all walks of life. One of the great features of USPS and SSPS membership is that we are all volunteers. The main things we share are a love of boating, boating fellowship, and promoting safe boating through education. We get involved in squadron activities for our own enjoyment and to help other boaters. We have fun!
Click to open Spokane Sail and Power's Membership Application
USPS membership benefits include:
- The best boating-related educational programs available anywhere in America at amazingly low costs. Click on Advanced Boating Education for Members for a description of the USPS courses and seminars offered locally and the member prices available through Spokane Sail & Power Squadron (SSPS).
- The course pricing structure actually offers a hidden benefit: For all USPS courses offered by SSPS, a non-member's price is $175.00 more than the member's price. At this level, the non-member course prices are highly competitive with costs for comparable courses at local community colleges. That $175.00, though, actually covers the person's first two years of USPS and SSPS membership. Thus, when the person is ready for another course any time within that two years, he/she is now a member and pays only the member price - a clear savings of $175.00 per course on all courses taken while a member of USPS and SSPS.
- Significant discounts on boat insurance and many marine-related products, services, and computer software & hardware. Click on USPS Member Benefits for full details about these discounts.
- USPS Port Captain program that provides you with a "friend in every port" who can provide you with that all-important "local knowledge" you need when traveling by land or sea to new boating venues in America.
- Liaison with governmental agencies and national partner organizations involved in recreational boating. Some partner organizations, such as BoatU.S., offer reduced membership dues to USPS members.
- Tax deductions on USPS dues and some travel expenses, depending on your personal tax status.
- Free subscription to the USPS official magazine The Ensign and the USPS official electronic newsletter The Compass. Many special offers for members are published in the documents.
Additional SSPS membership benefits include:
- Free use of the Spokane Sail & Power Squadron clubhouse and all its resources, including the 250+ volume Dennis Schwalm Memorial Library.
- Monthly dinner/program meetings with interesting speakers on a wide variety of topics of local marine interest, all for just $5.00 per person (plus a salad or dessert to share) for a full dinner.
- Cruise/rendezvous on local lakes and rivers plus selected venues in the Puget Sound area and up into Canada.
- Free subscription to The Lubber Line, Spokane Sail & Power Squadron's award-winning monthly newsletter (sent either via e-mail or ground postal service).
Here's all it takes to reap the membership benefits of United States Power Squadrons & Spokane Sail & Power Squadron:
- Pass a NASBLA*-approved basic boating safety course exam (such as America's Boating Course) or provide suitable evidence of boating experience.
(* National Association of State Boating Law Administrators) - Be at least 18-yrs old.
- Pay annual dues as follows:
1 Member in Household $75.00
or Entire Household $100.00 - Get involved in local Squadron Activities.
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Click here to open Spokane Sail and Power's Membership Application
Call 509-328-6165 today or stop by our office at 929 W. Jackson Ave., Spokane WA 99205 for more information, a tour of our squadron clubhouse, and a U.S. Power Squadrons membership application. Or, click on membership application for an on-line copy. Then just fill out your membership application and mail it to:
Spokane Sail & Power Squadron
929 W. Jackson Ave.
Spokane WA 99205Welcome Aboard!