webelos overnight with scouts? supervision requirement?

[LauraT7]

Our boy scout troop is going to overnight on a WWII submarine in a few weeks. It's a maritime museum, lock-in kind of thing, not a campout, per se - it' run totally by the museum and they do it for all kinds of kids groups.

 

it turns out that there are lots of open berths on the sub, and we thought it would be great to invite some webelos to go along with us.

 

If we do, what are the requirements in terms of adult / child ratio for Webelos? Are webelos still required to have 1 parent / 1 child like cubs? or can there be less?

 

We need to figure this out right away and get the message out, as we have to have our name list to the museum by the end of next week.

 

thanks!

 

Laura

[nldscout]

National rule says adequate supervision. Each webelos responsible to an adult. Does not say 1to1 or any ratio. But ask your council, they may have stricter limits

[Twocubdad]

Webelos must still have a parent or guardian with them. The only change is they are a bit more forgiving about allowing boys to be supervised by a non-parent adult. An adult may be responsible for two Scouts, their own and one other. The exception is the Webelos leader who may be responsible for only their own children. The idea is that the leader has enough additional supervisory duties without being asked to watch extra boys. Plus this prevents parents from taking advantage of Webelos leaders.

[Sparkie]

Hi Laura!

 

Great news about the boys sleeping on a submarine! Our troop had Subway sandwiches for a snack that night! LOL. FYI, don't forget about seperate sleeping areas for female leaders. When our troop went on the USS Cobia, the committee decided females would not be able to attend for this reason.

 

Sparkie

[dsteele]

nldscout nailed the by-the-book answer exactly right.

 

One-on-one may be required by your council, but it is not a national rule.

 

DS

[LauraT7]

Cool thing is that we have found out that we have the USS Cobia ALL TO OURSELVES! this means that we can quarter the men in one area, the women in another and the boys in the larger Crew Quarters. We will have the adults take shifts, and will have 2 adults awake and with the boys all night (per Cobia rules) but not sleeping in their area.

 

I haven't got an answer yet on how many cubs will be coming, but their leader has told them to plan on one adult/ one child.

 

We've got some openings, Sparkie - Do you and your son wanna come?

 

now my next question is; do we have to file a different trip permit with the council if we take the cubs along?