Tacoma and South Puget Sound where our goal is to:
* LEARN Boating Skills
* ENGAGE with Boating Friends
* CONNECT with the Boating
Community
Our Monthly General Meetings/Dinners have resumed and are at at Day Island Yacht Club 6:30 - 8:30 PM (4th Tuesday of each month)
We typically have a pot luck, so please bring your eating utensils, a dish to share, and beverage of your choice. Coffee and ice water will be provided. Visitors are always welcome.
Be sure to check your email and the Wake Astern newsletter for announcements about special dinner events.
A new boating magazine is now available online: Nautical NW Magazine. The publication welcomes article submissions from the public, and Power Squadron members are occasionally featured. Take a look.
---SCHEDULED CLASSES---
A Radar For Boaters is a 6-week course starting October 1, 2026, at Tacoma Yacht Club 5401 Yacht Club Road, Tacoma, WA, 7- 9pm.
Price for members of America’s Boating Club is $80 and non-members $100.
RADAR is an essential tool for navigation and collision avoidance. The course covers the different types of radar equipment, their capabilities and limitations, as well as their features and how they apply to boaters’ needs.
Students attending this course should have completed Marine Navigation and have boating experience. However, If you have a radar on your boat and want to learn more on how to use it effectively this course is highly recommeded. Radar for Boaters is a required course for BOC-Offshore Navigation certification.
RADAR is an essential tool for navigation and collision avoidance. The course covers the different types of radar
equipment, their capabilities, and limitations, as well as their features and how they apply to boaters’ needs. This
course was developed by Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons and is up to date for Radar technologies available now and
into the near future.
Go to this link to register
Click To Register.
or try this link to register
Click To Register. Select Classes bubble, Enter Zip code theb Then select Locate. Then selected class
---SCHEDULED RENDEZVOUS---
No scheduled Cruises for the remander of the year.
However, if a member would like to organize a impromptu rendezvous I’m sure it could be quickly communicated with the rest of the squadron.
Members and Guests check out our Award Winning Wake Astern for the most current squadron info.
-- 2026 Vessel Safety Check --
Schedule your safety inspection. Call/email your favorite inspector.
Or
You can also schedule a VSC online by selecting the following link Vessel Safety Check!
P/D/C Craig Brown, SN-CN is our current VSC Chairperson. He can be contacted by Email: craig-sandybrown@msn.com, or Phone: 253-350-4884.
If this is your first VSC, reviewing the following prior to the inspection will help insure success, VSC Worksheet
The following are some of the major reasons for Failing a Vessel Safety Check.
Visual Distress Signals - 12% .. Check they are available and not outdated.
Sound Producing Devices / Bell - 5% .. Every boat is required to have a Whistle, and or Horn.
Navigation Lights - 8% .. Ensure you bulbs are operating.
---Attention all Vessel Safety Check Inspectors---
2026 updated procedures can be found at 2026 VSC website . You may need be logged in to www.usps.org to access.
Previous updates
2024 VSC Workshop
2023 VSC Workshop.
We are your club!
If you have any ideas for activities during our general meetings, other squadron events or education classes, please contact someone on our bridge.
The Squadron is always looking for some additional volunteers to help manage the club operations. We are asking our members to consider giving some of your time helping the squadron in the upcoming year. Please contact one of our board members for ways you can help the squadron or ideas how to reduce or streamline our processes so the squadron can continue to LEARN, ENGAGE, and CONNECT with our all our members and the Boating Community. Many of these tasks do not take much time but all are important to help the squadron move into the future.
The future of the squadron rests in the hands and hearts of all our members.
If you are interested, or if you know of someone who might be interested in joining TPS, contact Jackie Mattox, (253)732-2264 or at jrgeezers@comcast.net
