sailingpj Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 I am seeing a lot of internet stuff for boy scouts and cub scouts, but I am not seeing anything for Sea Scouts. So, my question is, does anybody know if there are Sea Scout forums, podcasts, anything more that the couple facebook groups and the venturing area here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle92 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 What are Sea Scouts? JUST JOKING. Problem is Sea Scouts are one of the least understood and underutilized programs. Also some of us have had bad expereinces where the ship is more of a babysitting service for CO. But yep these exist and people can simply google them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNYScouter Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 go to www.seascout.org on this you will find links to some Sea Scout discussion lists. Most of these are not very active I would see if your local Flotilla has a web page. They usually have some type of forum and I found these to be more active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahuna Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Sadly, there is probably as much discussion of Sea Scouting on this forum as there is on the SS listserve or anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadenP Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I agree with you Kahuna, sadly the last two sea scout ships(power boats)in our council announced last night at RT that they were shutting down due to the tough economic times, the expense of maintaining the boats and the fuel costs. One group is going to reorganize as a venturing crew with emphasis on small sailboats and kayaking, but I it looks like the days of traditional sea scouting is over in our council. The skippers of both ships were going to step down in June, both of whom were avid seamen and Navy veterans. We are going to miss them and their sea scouts at our council and district functions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailingpj Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Last time I looked the "discussion lists" on seascout.org hadn't been added to in a couple months. "I would see if your local Flotilla has a web page." I didn't even know we had a flotilla until you mentioned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle92 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 BadenP said "One group is going to reorganize as a venturing crew with emphasis on small sailboats and kayaking, but I it looks like the days of traditional sea scouting is over in our council. The skippers of both ships were going to step down in June, both of whom were avid seamen and Navy veterans. We are going to miss them and their sea scouts at our council and district functions." BadenP, They can still be a Sea Scout Ship. My old ship used small sailboats, and one sea scout ship I worked with in the UK, 4th Deal (Sea Scout), used kayaks exclusively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadenP Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 You are very right Eagle 92 but they decided to go less formal, no uniforms or ranks, and just sail/kayak for the fun of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailingpj Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 "You are very right Eagle 92 but they decided to go less formal, no uniforms or ranks, and just sail/kayak for the fun of it." That doesn't sound much different than what some of the Sea Scout ships in my area do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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