Chapman Winners Go Above & Beyond
During the 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, United States Power Squadrons, America’s Boating Club, recognized three outstanding volunteer educators—Ann Peltier, Graham Hunter and Chris Leavitt—with the …
Couple battles boat trouble and COVID-19
By Shelli Swaim My husband, Jeff, drove to Las Vegas on March 15 to attend a three-day golf tournament put on by a group of …
Chapman Teaching Award Winners for 2019
According to Charles F. Chapman, a past chief commander and one of our founding fathers, United States Power Squadrons was founded to prove that small …
2018 Charles F. Chapman Award Recipients Honored
Each year, we recognize the top educators in United States Power Squadrons, America’s Boating Club, with the Charles F. Chapman Award for Excellence in Teaching. …
Find squadron members with mobile member search
By Dan Bartell Have you ever been away from home and needed to call a United States Power Squadrons member but didn’t have the person’s …
The Rewards of Teaching — 2017 Chapman Awards
To a one, the 2017 Charles F. Chapman Award for Excellence in Teaching recipients find teaching to be its own reward. Their joy comes from …
Sea Vester: The life and times of an animatronic teaching aid
By Drex Bradshaw The story of Sea Vester as an educational tool for District 5 began when I saw Seamoor the Sea Serpent astride a …
Sailing through the fear with offshore course
My husband, David, had always been into boating. After taking a United States Power Squadrons boating course, he joined Greenville Power Squadron (now Lake Hartwell …
Honoring the 2016 Charles F. Chapman Award for Excellence in Teaching winners
You don’t become a Charles F. Chapman Award winner by remaining safely in port; you must chart new educational ground and expand the limits of …
Nautical Delights photo contest winners
Photographers show us what they love most about boating Members voted for their favorite photo in The Ensign’s Nautical Delights Photo Contest via an online …
Giving Back — From landlubber to captain
By Gary Brower and Sarah Brower Patricia Brower had no idea she’d one day be called “Capt. Pat.” Although boating found her early in life, the …
An Enduring Legacy — 2015 Chapman Award Winners
In February, at the 2016 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, USPS honored five top volunteer instructors with the 2015 Charles F. Chapman Award for Excellence …
