USPS Membership Details
The requirements are simple:
- Have an interest in boating and having fun on the water!
- Contact our membership chairman, Brian Logan at bats_wings@sbcglobal.net or call: (330) 864-2820.
- Fill out the membership application provided by Brian.
- Pay your membership fee; Write a check, pay by cash at a meeting or seminar.
Types of membership:
Active Member – provides full membership privileges and responsibilities, which include voting, holding elective or appointed office, serving on and/or chairing a committee, earning a merit mark, attending and participating in meetings and social activities, taking educational courses, paying dues, receiving a copy of the monthly National magazine – Ensign, receiving a copy of the monthly Squadron newsletter – Scuttlebutt, and flying the USPS Ensign and ASPS burgee. The cost to join is $108.80 with annual renewal of $88.80.
Additional Active (Household) Members – any number of additional family household members may join Akron Sail & Power Squadron by purchasing the Household membership for an additional $55.90 ($164.70 total). That’s right – any number of family members may join for less than the price of one additional member.
Apprentice / Sea Scouts – A special category is available for Sea Scouts or Apprentices, who aren’t in an Active Members’s family. A low annual membership rate of $12.00 applies to youth ages 12-23.
If you have additional questions, contact the Akron Sail and Power Squadron Membership Chairman.
Advantages of Membership
For starters…
Save Money on your Boat Insurance!!! Up to 23% discount on your boat insurance (20% based on courses completed and another 3% for a Vessel Safety Check). *Not available in some areas*
How else can you save?
USPS Members will enjoy special discounts on valuable services.
- USPS / CHASE Benefit Card
- Preferred Mortgage Program / CHASE
- Vector Digital Charts / C-Map
- Marre Publications / McGraw Hill
- Long Term Car / John Hancock
- Software, Charts, Tides & Currents / Nobeltec
- Navigation Software / Rosepoint
- Software and CHarts / Maptech
- Soundings Magazine
- Dell Computers
- Marine Supplies / Hamilton Marine
And many benefits just for being a member
Member Only Boating Courses
USPS provides a great number of advanced boating courses including Seamanship, Piloting and Navigation along with many specialized ones including maintenance, electronics cruise planning and weather to mention just a few.
Information and Entertainment
- USPS Member Magazine / The Ensign
- USPS Member E-Magazine / The Compass
Cruising / Travel Assistance
USPS Port Captains Program provides members with travel tips and local information when traveling in unfamiliar areas.
FUN
Participate in our water activities, Cruises & Rendezvous with special friends. Enjoy social events, potluck dinners, picnics, parties and interesting meetings with special guest speakers on topics of interest to boaters