Traditional Sea Scouting
The traditional sea scouting program was described very soon after Sir Robert B-P’s Scouting for Boys in 1910 with the publication of Warington B-P’s, Sir Robert B-P’s brother, Sea Scouting and Seamanship for Boys in 1911. Warington explains in the introduction that a Sea Scout must first be a Boy [BPSA-US are co-ed] Scout. Sea scouting is a branch of scouting. It is not ship training in order to join the merchant marine or navy. The Scout only benefits from the “handiness, pluck, and discipline of the seaman.” In this way they can still ready for “professions of life on shore” (4, 5). Sea scouting means that “you are going to make boating, sailing, camping, fishing, sailoring, and watermanship your pastime for your spare time and holiday.” At the end of the passage he ends with a reminder that the aim of scouting is to be a useful citizen beyond just doing your job (7).
Sea scouting is similar to land scouting with two additions. First, it uses the same principles and methods as land scouting but with a nautical flare for extra adventure. Second, just like land scouting, the Sea Scout program uses the general proficiencies such as Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class but also general sea proficiencies in parallel. This method of earning double proficiencies was consistent throughout all the old sea training manuals found in the The Dump website. The idea of being two types of Scouts is reinforced in 1951 by Browne with “We must be on our guard lest as Sea Scouts we become merely aquatic instead of amphibious” (31). By adding onto the standard scouting program Sea Scouts have been described as “land Scouts on steroids” (Raynor).
There are excellent opportunities for Pathfinder and Rover Seafarers in New Orleans. We live in a wonderful place whose history, economy, and culture are all bathed by the water around it. There are great resources such as a port, yacht clubs, coast guard station, naval station, the gulf waters, rivers, lakes, and gorgeous cypress bayous all close by.
Sea scouting is similar to land scouting with two additions. First, it uses the same principles and methods as land scouting but with a nautical flare for extra adventure. Second, just like land scouting, the Sea Scout program uses the general proficiencies such as Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class but also general sea proficiencies in parallel. This method of earning double proficiencies was consistent throughout all the old sea training manuals found in the The Dump website. The idea of being two types of Scouts is reinforced in 1951 by Browne with “We must be on our guard lest as Sea Scouts we become merely aquatic instead of amphibious” (31). By adding onto the standard scouting program Sea Scouts have been described as “land Scouts on steroids” (Raynor).
There are excellent opportunities for Pathfinder and Rover Seafarers in New Orleans. We live in a wonderful place whose history, economy, and culture are all bathed by the water around it. There are great resources such as a port, yacht clubs, coast guard station, naval station, the gulf waters, rivers, lakes, and gorgeous cypress bayous all close by.