Seattle Yacht Club is proud to host the

7th Annual Women’s Boating Skills Weekend

April 4th - April 6th, 2025 

SYC Mainstation, Portage Bay, Seattle

Launched in 2018, the SYC Women’s Boating Skills Weekend is a weekend full of speakers, workshops and social connections designed for women boaters from all over the Puget Sound - from Canada to Oregon.

Women boaters will come together to learn, celebrate, and encourage each other in learning new skills, sharing experiences and will empower each other to take the helm – on and off the water. This is an event that you won’t want to miss!! 

With new speakers and workshops added every year, it is an event that continues to evolve and entice attendees. Over 50 workshops offered including Boating Safety, Boat Maintenance, Electric Boating, Sailing, Communication, Navigation, Anchoring, Docking, Electronics, Chartering, Cruising the Puget Sound and Canada (including all the up-to-date details of how to get you and your boat into Canada), Knots and Lines, Roundtables, inspiring Keynote speakers and so much more. 

General Weekend Overview: 

Friday afternoon - Registration, Vendor Marketplace, Reception, and Dock Crawl. 

Saturday - Breakfast, General Session, AM Workshops, Lunch, PM Workshops, and Dinner. 

Sunday - Breakfast, AM Workshops, Optional Lunch, and PM Workshop. 

REGISTRATION for attendance and classes will open on

February 1, 2025, through the RSVPify link:

https://2025sycwomensboatingskill.rsvpify.com

$175 SYC Members $200 Non Members

Questions? Please contact Laura Shifflette at laura.shifflette@gmail.com or  

206-619-1301. 

Points of contact:

-       Diane Lander (host) / dianelander@outlook.com

-       Pete Leenhouts (PNW Events Scheduler) / pleenhouts@aol.com

Presentation date and location: Sunday, April 13th at 3pm in person / Diane Lander’s Big Blue Boathouse on Lake Union, Seattle WA at 1325 Fairview Avenue E. Seattle, WA Lots of free parking on Sundays.     

RSVP - If you are coming RSVP to Diane Lander, dianelander@outlook.com, by Thursday, April 10 as there will be food and beverages involved.

Presenters: Brad and Katie Rollinger, owners of Prism Graphics.

Topic Summary.

Brad and Katie Rollinger, owners of Prism Graphics, will report on their new product, Yacht Armor.  They will demonstrate the use of the product, which is essentially a process of shrink-wrapping wood in plastic with the goal of long-term protection of the wood to prevent frequent varnishing and protect the wood.  Once applied, the product is invisible.  Skeptical you say?  So is Diane, and that is why she scheduled this event.  Many large yacht owners with wood rails are having their entire rails coated with yacht armor. 

RSVP - If you are coming RSVP to Diane Lander, dianelander@outlook.com, by Thursday, April 10 as there will be food and beverages involved.

For interest Diane has attached a photo of the hatch on Marian II, below. Diane will see if they can use the Yacht Armor on both sides of the anchor chain, but not below where the anchor chain runs, as a demo of the product on April 13th.