Sea Scout
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History
Sea Scouting had its beginning at a campfire in England when Robert Baden-Powell voiced the hope that older Scouts would be interested in learning about boat management and seamanship. He stressed the need for young men to prepare themselves for service on their country's ships. Sea Scouting was introduced by Robert Baden-Powell with the assistance of his brother, Warington Baden-Powell, K.C., an Admiralty lawyer, sailor, and inventor of canoe sailing. Lord Baden-Powell personally held a Scout camp at Buckler's Hard, Hampshire in August 1908 which marked the start of Sea Scouts, though they were not officially named such until 1912. Warington Baden-Powell wrote the handbook Sea Scouting and Seamanship for Boys in 1910 with a foreword by Robert Baden-Powell. It was enthusiastically received by the young men of Britain and soon found its way to the United States. Warington Baden-Powell is also the author of Canoe Travelling: Log of a Cruise on the Baltic, and Practical Hints on Building and Fitting Canoes London, Smith, Elder, 1871. Sea Scouts provides a chance to sail, cruise on boats, learn navigation, and learn how to work on engines. Sea Scouts compete in regattas. In the United States, Sea Scouting is part of the Venturing program and is open to youth aged 14-21.Sea Scouts, BSA
In the Sea Scouting program in the Boy Scouts of America, "Quartermaster" is the highest rank a Sea Scout can earn. It is earned after meeting the following criteria: attendance at two thirds of all Ship meetings for 18 months, demonstration of marlinspike seamanship and leadership skills, completion of a service project (similar to an Eagle Scout project, but utilizing the Sea Scouts in the Ship, along with members of another community group), and passing a Board of Review (similar to that of an Eagle Scout Board of Review), which is conducted at the Council level.Quartermasters wear a medal consisting of the Sea Scout emblem on a ship's wheel, and suspended from a solid dark blue ribbon. The ribbon itself is suspended from a double carrick bend knot, mimicking the scroll and square knot on the Eagle Scout medal.
Sea Scouts who earn this rank are entitled to wear a uniform similar to that of a United States Navy Chief Petty Officer (CPO), and can earn advance rank upon enlistment into the U.S. Navy or United States Coast Guard.
External links
- [Sea Scouts, BSA website]
- [European Sea Scouting website]
- [Sea Scout pages on ScoutBase UK]
- [Sethna's 18th West Bombay Sea Scouts, India]
- [1st Bayswater Sea Scouts, U.K.]
- [4th Knowle Sea Scout Group (Royal Navy Unit 75), U.K.]
- [201st Islington Sea Scout Group, U.K.]
- [Sea Scout Ship Challenger, Redwood City, California USA]
- [SSS-0734 Dolphin Too Sea Scout Ship, Portland, Oregon USA]
- [Portland Oregon Sea Scouts USA]
See also
- Sea Cadet Corps (United Kingdom), not a Scout Movement organisation, but sufficiently similar to be relevant
- Historic fireboat Duwamish
References
J.S. Wilson, Scouting 'Round the World, 1957 edition
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