About Willamette Sailing Club
Willamette Sailing Club (WSC) has been the center for small boat sailing in Portland since 1961. Located 5 minutes south of downtown Portland on the banks of the Willamette River, the club hosts a busy year-round schedule of racing, cruising, and learn-to-sail programs, as well as a number of river-related social and educational events, all of which are open to the public.
Each summer, more than 600 kids and adults learn sailing, water safety, and river adventuring skills from WSC’s staff of US Sailing certified instructors. WSC also serves as headquarters for local youth, high school, and college sailing teams, providing the young sailors with boats, coaching, and a base on the river. These programs are currently putting 75 youth, representing more than 30 Portland-area schools and colleges, year-round, on the water three to five days a week. Weekend regattas, held several times throughout the school year, attract as many as 200 sailors from all over the northwest to the Willamette.
Learn more about our club and membership @ www.WillametteSailingClub.com
The Willamette Sailing Club (WSC) is committed to creating a safe, positive, and inclusive environment for all people regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, national origin, age, identity, education, disability or other protected status. WSC is welcoming and proud of its diverse membership and guests.
We’re committed to modeling diversity and inclusion for the sailing community and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all.
WSC Mission Statement
The purpose of this club shall be:
To promote, advance, and encourage the sport of Corinthian or amateur sailing, particularly of yacht racing and cruising.
To provide club, educational, social, mooring, cruising, and racing facilities for its members.
To hold and take part in sailboat races and regattas with other yacht clubs and associate with them.
To develop the friendship, sportsmanship, and good fellowship of its members and the general public.
To make the yachting facilities of the Portland area more popular, and utilize their possibilities.
To take part in and support other outdoor sports in the Pacific Northwest.
It is the intention of the club to maintain its position as a small boat club and to encourage development of the centerboard classes.