Re: US Sailing Certification - Forwarded
epopko@epix.net
Mon Jun 01 11:24:59 1998
Tucker, Angela wrote:
>
> Please send me more information about becoming certified, put my name on
> the list and keep me updated.
> Thank you
> AN Tucker Ship 2
> Shreveport,La .
>
> > ----------
> > From: Bruce C Johnson[SMTP:bjoh@loc.gov]
> > Reply To: seascout-net@scouter.com
> > Sent: Monday, May 18, 1998 6:39 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: US Sailing Certification - Forwarded
> >
> > Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 14:07:54 -0500
> > From: "William H. Sills" <whs@idcnet.com>
> > Reply-To: whs@idcnet.com
> > To: "seascout-net@scouter.com" <seascout-net@scouter.com>
> > Subject: US Sailing Certification
> >
> > Often, the wonderful things that the National Sea Scout
> > Committee and Bill Rogers, our dedicated National Director of Sea
> > Scouting,
> > do for us go unheralded. Quietly and with little fanfare they serve
> > and
> > have served Sea Scouting in a myriad of ways.
> >
> > Skipper Ed Jirsa of Racine successfully completed the US
> > Sailing
> > basic keel boat instructor course held in
> > Chicago last week. He did so well that he was certified as a
> > US Sailing Basic Instructor at the completion of the session. Ed
> > already
> > holds a US Coast Guard Master's license so he is ready to serve us all
> > on
> > any waters!!!
> >
> >
> > Any Sea Scout or Sea Scouter that wishes to become certified in
> > small boats should contact me . Now that we have Ed and US Sailing
> > Certified Instructor Trainer Joe Van
> > Rooy to teach sailing, we will be scheduling "BSA In House" classes in
> > the
> > near future.
> >
> > Youth may become certified too. My eldest son was certified,
> > unfortunately for me not reimbursed by the BSA
> > <VBG>, when he was 16. Younger youth become certified associates and
> > automatically become fully certified after one year.
> >
> > Ed's tuition and expenses were reimbursed by the
> > BSA. National Director of Sea Scouting Bill Rogers obtained an Olympic
> > Grant for the purpose of training Sea Scout leaders as US Sailing
> > Instructors. Hopefully, enough Sea
> > Scouters will become US Sailing Certified so that we have at least one
> > US
> > Sailing Certified Instructor in each area and two or three certified
> > US
> > Sailing Instructor-Trainers in each region. That way, we can fill the
> > gap
> > left when the Red
> > Cross discontinued its sailing training program.
> >
> > Again, the BSA needs more sailing instructors in every region
> > of
> > the BSA. Feel free to contact me for information about becoming a
> > certified
> > US Sailing
> > Instructor.
> >
> > YISS;
> > Bill Sills
> >
> >
> >
I completed the joint Sea Scout and US Sailing's certification program
last summer - it was extremely good and well worth it. What you find out
right of is that having boat(s) and water is just a very small part to
making a successful program. US Sailing has been through this many many
times and the quality of their material is excelent. They keep the fun
in it, build skills and confidence and have a way of complementing water
programs with land-demos, skits, chalk talks, presentations etc. that
keep programs moving along in all kinds of weather.
I strongly recommend it to anyone.
Ed Popko First Mate Ship 609 Kingston, NY
Hudson River Maritime Museum
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