Last month, we posted about Summer Cruising for All Sea Scouts. One of the ships listed in the Provisional Cruising Report, SSS Odyssey, has an opening aboard the 90′ yawl Odyssey this summer for any Sea Scout Ship, Venturing Crew or Boy Scout Troop with 10 youth + 2 adults. The week-long cruise will take place in the…
In October 2013, the National Sea Scout Service Committee created a Summer Cruise Task Force to make summer cruises possible for “Boatless” Sea Scout Ships. The NSSSC recognises that Summer Cruises are crucial to the program of a ship and the advancement of each Sea Scout, so they encourage every ship to take at least…
The next episode of the National Boatswain Bearing is now available! This month Peter is joined by USCG Vice Admiral Ret. and National Commodore Charles Wurster as he describes the Sea Scouts Aboard Eagle Program. Then, climb on board the Eagle and check out some footage of Sea Scouts working aboard the Eagle and climbing the…
Across the country, our Sea Scouts are constantly feeling the demands of Scouts, sports, school, work, their future, etc. As a Sea Scout in college I can attest that I am forced to prioritize each of these when planning out my time. Many Sea Scouts may be forced to choose to sit out a Long…
Applications for several 2015 Sea Scout opportunities are now available. SEAL, Sea Scouts aboard the USCG Eagle, and the National Boatswain applications are now online. In the coming months we will highlight each of these opportunities in more detail in here with Blog Posts and several Episodes of the National Boatswain Bearing, but Sea Scouts…
Hey fellow Sea Scouts!!! My name is Madison Shapiro, and I am the Area 4/6 Boatswain in the Western Region. This summer, I had the amazing opportunity of being chosen as 1 of 6 Sea Scouts throughout the nation to spend a week aboard the United States Coast Guard Cutter Eagle training vessel. “USCGC Eagle…
This year everyone in the crew was looking forward to our extended summer cruise to the Channel Islands! We planned a great adventure to Santa Catalina, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz. So we were off! We headed towards Isthmus Harbor on Catalina Island in our two boats, a 41 foot ketch and a 35 foot…
For Sea Scouts, there is one event we all look forward to, year after year– Summer cruise!!! Sea Scouts in the San Francisco Bay Area prepare their vessels for weeks in advance with the food, fuel, head- counts, and lots of floating toys they need, for a ten- day cruise through the Sacramento Delta. No…
Sea Scouts: The New Century 