What we're about
ABOUT SCWDC, WHO ARE WE?
Great Sports for All Seasons! In continuous operation since 1936.
We started out as a ski club. And now we’ve morphed into something much larger. Nowadays, in response to our members’ preferences, we sponsor a wide variety of sporting activities and adventure travel at group rates for active adults.
We are active year round with winter sports activities like skiing and snowboarding, tennis, bowling and volleyball. During the summer, it’s sailing, golf, softball and Nationals baseball games attendance. All year round, we sponsor pickleball events and happy hours at local establishments. Finally, from our partnerships with Viking, Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) and Club Med, we sponsor adventure travel to Europe on Viking cruises, or Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT). Our partnership with Club Med enables us to offer trips to their locations worldwide. Our partnership with Annapolis Naval Sailing Association enables us to provide sailing events on the Chesapeake Bay, as well as sailboat training.
We are a non-profit organization staffed by trained, experienced volunteers. Wanna go skiing in Japan, Austria or Colorado? Wanna go sailing in the British Virgin Islands or the Chesapeake Bay? How about a week’s vacation at Club Med in Punta Cana or a bike and barge trip in Europe? We do these kinds of group trips all the time.
We have high standards for group trip planning. Groups typically have 20 to 50 participants. Each trip has a leader who has been carefully selected and trained to ensure trips come off smoothly and without hassle.
Benefits when taking an SCWDC ski trip or travel vacation
· Accommodations at properties familiar to us are booked at group rates
· Airline seats based on group discounts are reserved
· Parties, activities, mountain lunches, dinners, happy hours are planned by the trip leader
· Admission tickets like lift tickets, tours, and equipment rentals are arranged in advance - you decide what you want
· We obtain group discounts for ski lift tickets, ski lessons and equipment rentals
Join us! Go to https://scwdc.wildapricot.org/ and join the best club in DC for active adults.
Upcoming events (4+)
Sailing every Tuesday evening (5-7 PM) and every other Saturday morning (9:45-12), weather permitting.
Price is $20 pp, $25 for non-SCWDC members, collected at the event. Please bring cash.
We meet outside at the Belle Haven office trailer, just inside the main entrance. Please bring cash.
We rent 19' sailboats from Belle Haven Marina, located off the GW Parkway, just south of the Woodrow Wilson bridge.
We provide qualified skippers who focus on sailing skills, boat operation and crew safety. This is "social sailing", in that it's an opportunity to have fun on the water but also to meet new people. Life preservers are provided and are mandatory. Attendees should be fit enough to climb onto and off a 19 ft sailing dinghy.
There is always a possibility that bad weather will not permit us to go out. We will email everyone if we know far enough in advance of the weather cancellation. You can also contact the Belle Haven Marina at[masked] if desired and ask them if boats are going out.
You can also register as a guest for this event by going to the SCWDC website: https://scwdc.wildapricot.org/
Please sign the liability waiver form, once per year:
https://app.cleverwaiver.com/render/templateByRefId/6075cb3b4cc416a51d3747f2
We also offer occasional sailing trips on the Chesapeake Bay as well as International sailing trips, such as Belize and the British Virgin Islands. 26 of us recently spent a week sailing the BVIs, and it was a marvelous adventure.
- david t.
- Jonathan
- Theresa
- 7 attendees
Sailing every other Saturday morning (9:45-12), weather permitting. We rent 19' sailboats from Belle Haven Marina, located off the GW Parkway, just south of the Woodrow Wilson bridge.
We meet at the Belle Haven office trailer, just inside the main entrance.
Price is $25 pp for SCWDC members, and $30 pp for non-SCWDC members.
Please bring cash!
We provide qualified skippers who focus on sailing skills, boat operation and crew safety. This is "social sailing", in that it's an opportunity to have fun on the water but also to meet new people. Life preservers are provided and are mandatory. Attendees should be fit enough to climb onto and off a 19 ft sailing dinghy.
You may want to register for this event at our primary SCWDC website: https://scwdc.wildapricot.org/ Check out the club while you're at it.
Please sign the marina liability waiver form, once per year:
https://app.cleverwaiver.com/render/templateByRefId/6075cb3b4cc416a51d3747f2
We also offer occasional sailing trips on the Chesapeake Bay as well as International sailing trips, such as Belize and the British Virgin Islands. 26 of us recently spent a week sailing the BVIs, and it was a marvelous adventure.
- david t.
- Maria C.
- Sarah W.
- 10 attendees
Sailing every Tuesday evening (5-7 PM) and every other Saturday morning (9:45-12), weather permitting.
Price is $20 pp, $25 for non-SCWDC members, collected at the event. Please bring cash.
We meet outside at the Belle Haven office trailer, just inside the main entrance. Please bring cash.
We rent 19' sailboats from Belle Haven Marina, located off the GW Parkway, just south of the Woodrow Wilson bridge.
We provide qualified skippers who focus on sailing skills, boat operation and crew safety. This is "social sailing", in that it's an opportunity to have fun on the water but also to meet new people. Life preservers are provided and are mandatory. Attendees should be fit enough to climb onto and off a 19 ft sailing dinghy.
There is always a possibility that bad weather will not permit us to go out. We will email everyone if we know far enough in advance of the weather cancellation. You can also contact the Belle Haven Marina at[masked] if desired and ask them if boats are going out.
You can also register as a guest for this event by going to the SCWDC website: https://scwdc.wildapricot.org/
Please sign the liability waiver form, once per year:
https://app.cleverwaiver.com/render/templateByRefId/6075cb3b4cc416a51d3747f2
We also offer occasional sailing trips on the Chesapeake Bay as well as International sailing trips, such as Belize and the British Virgin Islands. 26 of us recently spent a week sailing the BVIs, and it was a marvelous adventure.
- david t.
- 1 attendee
Sailing every Tuesday evening (5-7 PM) and every other Saturday morning (9:45-12), weather permitting.
Price is $20 pp, $25 for non-SCWDC members, collected at the event. Please bring cash.
We meet outside at the Belle Haven office trailer, just inside the main entrance. Please bring cash.
We rent 19' sailboats from Belle Haven Marina, located off the GW Parkway, just south of the Woodrow Wilson bridge.
We provide qualified skippers who focus on sailing skills, boat operation and crew safety. This is "social sailing", in that it's an opportunity to have fun on the water but also to meet new people. Life preservers are provided and are mandatory. Attendees should be fit enough to climb onto and off a 19 ft sailing dinghy.
There is always a possibility that bad weather will not permit us to go out. We will email everyone if we know far enough in advance of the weather cancellation. You can also contact the Belle Haven Marina at[masked] if desired and ask them if boats are going out.
You can also register as a guest for this event by going to the SCWDC website: https://scwdc.wildapricot.org/
Please sign the liability waiver form, once per year:
https://app.cleverwaiver.com/render/templateByRefId/6075cb3b4cc416a51d3747f2
We also offer occasional sailing trips on the Chesapeake Bay as well as International sailing trips, such as Belize and the British Virgin Islands. 26 of us recently spent a week sailing the BVIs, and it was a marvelous adventure.
- david t.
- Christina
- Robin O.
- 3 attendees
Past events (1,091)
- david t.
- Chris
- Inna
- 6 attendees
