Sailing for women, by women.
Join our upcoming workshop on Essential Sailing Gear offered in partnership with Community Sailing New Orleans! Learn what items are helpful to keep in your dry bag as well as tips on the best attire to stay comfortable on the water. Just in time to make the most of the upcoming memorial weekend sales! FREE to LPWSA and CSNO members; all others, $5 suggested donation to support future workshops.
Join LPWSA for the Fleur de Lis Regatta, the gulf coast’s premier mixed-gender sailing event! Participating boats must have 50% female crew, including a female skipper. Perpetual trophies will be awarded to both spinnaker and non-spinnaker classes. Proceeds from the event benefit the mission of LPWSA to increase education and access to sailing for women and girls on the gulf coast.
VIP Registration Available! VIP Perks include a t-shirt, lunch, two drink tickets, and entry fee for skippers. Crew members can also register as VIPs; just leave the boat section blank.
Registration and NOR available at Regatta Network.
We are proud to announce Debby Grimm, co-founder and former commodore of LPWSA, has joined the board of directors for the Women’s Sailing Foundation/National Women’s Sailing Association (WSF/NWSA). Debby found her start in sailing at Girl Scout camp in Indiana and continued sailing for leisure through her high school years in Alabama. In the early 1990s, she began sailing in New Orleans. She is a member of Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans Yacht Club, and the Corinthians Sailing Association.
Debby has previously competed in the Sundance Cup, Rolex and US Women’s Championship match racing events, the Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship, J30 North Americans, Race to the Coast, Great Lake Race, Lake Pontchartrain Racing Circuit, Knost (both one-design and PHRF), as well as numerous J22, J30, Flying Scot, and PHRF regattas. She is also a five-time GYA Women’s PHRF Champion, multiple winner of the Coco Seemann Regatta (one design keelboat women’s regatta) and multiple winner of both the Race for the Roses and Women’s Trilogy. In 2001 she was named Female Sailor of the Year at New Orleans Yacht Club and in 2012 was awarded Outstanding Woman Sailor at Southern Yacht Club. Currently, she competes in local regattas often skippering her family’s J30, Hot Chocolate, or sailing Cayenne, a J22, she co-owns with three other ladies.
If you are interested in learning more about the Women’s Sailing Foundation/National Women’s Sailing Association and their commitment to advancing women in sailing please visit www.womensailing.org.
In February we are focusing on mentorship for sailors. Help us kick off our mentorship month by joining our virtual sailor social to share your goals for the 2021 sailing season and get matched with a mentor. Register at https://tinyurl.com/yykxzvhd to receive the meeting access link!
Questions? Contact us at lpwsa.info@gmail.com
Join us for the annual LPWSA holiday party plus an exclusive workshop on fiberglass repair presented by Sintes Boat Works. The party starts at 1:30pm at the covered pavilion in West End Park. We will have food, drinks, prizes, and elections for your 2021 LPWSA board members. At 2pm we will walk across the street to Sintes Boat Works (7385 West Roadway Street) for a hands-on demonstration about marine fiberglass repair using our own club boat Femme Fatale. Please bring your own mask.
Find out why the diesel engine takes up so much of the sailor’s brain at the next LPWSA sponsored Beyond Beginner Workshop on Marine Diesel Engine Troubleshooting lead by Laurie Wood, Marine Mechanical Engineer. 6:30pm this Thursday, 11/19, at North Sails New Orleans, 1716 Lake Avenue, Metairie, LA.
This month’s workshop, offered by Veronica Del Bianco, will focus on navigation skills for sailors. Participants will learn key navigation concepts and have an opportunity for hands-on practice with a chart, compass, and more! All supplies will be provided and light refreshments will be served! Join Veronica starting at 6:30pm on October 15 at North Sails Loft 1716 Lake Ave, Metairie, LA. All supplies will be provided.
The Beyond Beginner workshop series is a great opportunity to expand your sailing aptitude and build skills beyond the basics. Taught by LPWSA members, Beyond Beginner is helping women gain confidence in sailing and share their wealth of collective knowledge. If you are interested in sharing your own skill or sailing related knowledge with our members as part of a Beyond Beginner Workshop please contact us.
Get ready for our next Beyond Beginner Workshop led by Veronica Del Bianco. Veronica offered to share her knowledge of charting and navigation gained over years of sailing experience in places like Maryland, Mexico, and Lake Pontchartrain. Join her and LPWSA members on October 15 at 6:30pm in New Orleans, LA to start learning navigation techniques and take your sailing ‘Beyond Beginner!’
Marie Louise Bienvenu and her crew consisting of Guenevere Rae, Isabelle Schneidau, and Jennifer Keller, won the Fleur De Lis Regatta hosted by LPWSA and Southern Yacht Club in September 2020. Louise and her crew, aptly called ‘Team Lola’ after her boat know as ‘Her name is Lola,” sailed to victory on Lake Pontchartrain’s south shore in mid-September. When you see Louise don’t forget to wish her congratulations and ask her where Team Lola’s well-earned trophy will be showcased over the next year so you can check it out!
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