Meetings - Women's Sailing Association of Santa Monica Bay

HomeMembership Meetings

Monthly Membership social meetings are held the 2nd Monday of every month (2nd Tuesday, when Monday is a holiday), except in December when the annual Installation & Awards Banquet takes the place of the regular social meeting. We normally have dinner together, conduct a business meeting, and then hear from a guest speaker. All year long! It's a good time!

Happy Hour and networking starts at 6:00 pm and meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Dinner is a catered affair, and reservations are a must! Come early to have some food and drink and hang around with other sailors. Members may bring a guest!

How To sign up for a meeting:

Visit the Events Calendar on the website to see register for upcoming events and meetings. Through the calendar, you can register for the meeting with or without joining the catered meal.

You can also register for a meeting directly by selecting it from the upcoming meetings window below.

July 14- WSA Members Only
Summer Party
at the Proper Hotel in Santa Monica
RSVP Required by Wednesday, July 9th
MEMBERS MUST BE LOGGED INTO THE WEBSITE TO RSVP
Limited Capacity

Hang out on the roof top of the Proper Hotel and enjoy some of the best views in SoCal. Mingle with other WSA members. RSVP is required, we need a headcount for the food.

Cost: Free part of your WSA membership, why it's a members only event

Menu: Chicken Skewers, tuna tar tar, spring rolls, shrimp tempura and vegetable samosas

Drinks: Assorted Sodas included, Alcohol available for purchase (no host open bar)

Parking: Valet will be discounted at $22, parking meters in the area for $1-3

August 11-

Speaker Greg Rutter

Please RSVP for Dinner by/before Thursday, August 7th.

Greg Rutter - his friends call him Rutter, and you should too - started sailing at age 8. His parents sent him out sailing on the San Francisco Bay, and were shocked he made it back.

Rutter went to UC Santa Cruz where he sailed dinghies, through which he met skippers of keelboats, setting the hook for his future.

After college, Rutter joined a sailing club in Marina del Rey where he chartered cruising boats. Unfortunately, his friends had a habit of seasickness, which pushed him into competitive racing with experienced sailors.

After 16 seasons aboard various boats, including Olsen 40, Express 37, and Shock 35 in its heyday (31 boats at the Nationals) Rutter went to Seattle. Aboard a Ross 930 his team was on the podium for five consecutive years. Moving back to LA, he got back into area racing, winning the Allen Elliot Trophy on two consecutive Cruising boats. He moved on to a J-111 and Farr 44 creating winning records. After a season aboard Farr 40 Coquille/ Coquille 400, he now trims main on J-122 Cheeky.

Rutter has been known to cruise to Catalina, and other destinations, where he remains a wanted man.