sailingpj

Yes, there is engineering, welding, drill, painting, fiberglass work. There are requirements for each rank that have you doing progressively bigger projects on your boat. You also have to be able to use all the tools commonly used on the boats your ship has. We have steel, wood, and fiberglass, so you have to be able to work on all three.

You are probably right, I can't come up with empirical evidence, however I have never met a Quartermaster that cannot tie a square knot. I have taught 3 eagle scouts how to tie a square knot after they had earned their eagle. They came and joined a Sea Scout ship for more challenge. One of them quit because we held him to higher standards than he wanted to achieve. That is my anecdotal evidence based on three you eagle scouts. One was 14, and the other two were 16 and 17. The 14 year old was the one that quit. Maybe I have just had bad experiences, but notice one other thing; there is no

It is not just you.

"You need a better crew handling the sea scout websites. For now, just have a homepage membership link to a simple static webpage detailing where the units are and point of contacts. Simple, can be done in an hour." Perhaps building the page can be done in an hour, but tracking down all the contact info is a lot harder than that. Beascout now has a way for ships to show up as ships. I don't know it, but there is a way.

There are some people working to publicize Sea Scouts right now. We are actually getting a fair amount of publicity this year. There are cities, and states around the country that are honoring the Sea Scout Centennial. Unfortunately not a whole lot of it is getting out of the Sea Scout community. You will see a fair amount of info about it on the Western Region Facebook page, the Sea Scout Centennial Blog, and the new Western Region Sea Scout Blog (links below). The content for those blogs is being gathered by the National and Regional Boatswains. Many local ship are also getting their ev

"Ask someone on the street about the 100 year old Eagle Scout Award and they most likely will not know exactly what is needed to earn it, but will know it take a certain something big to get it done." Ask someone on the street about the 100 year old Sea Scout Quartermaster award that is harder than Eagle, and you will get an even blanker stare than Venturing Silver. Once you explain it the person always says something to the effect of "So its like Eagle." Here is the thing about Sea Scout advancement. By the time you reach Able, our second highest rank, you have learned most of the s

Sea Scouts get not one, but two ranks that get you an upgrade in the Navy and Coast Guard. Able gets you E-2, and Quartermaster gets you E-3.

I'm debating about it. I was all for it until I saw the cost of the plane tickets for me. Now I am on the fence.

1 set of youth dress whites (all my bling) 1 set of youth dress blues (all my bling) 1 set of adult dress blues (just the bare minimum) 1 set of adult khakis (bare minimum) 2 chambray work uniforms (These have a bunch of patches because I last wore them at jambo) 3 activity uniforms (three ships) I wear the different uniforms based on what position I am actively working at the time (though that gets a little fuzzy at times), and my geographic location.(This message has been edited by sailingpj)

I've been in that position in Sea Scouts for about a year now, and it is definitely weird. It is especially odd and annoying, here in the Bay Area because of what we call the JO program. Area 3 in the Western region basically decided to treat the 18-21 range as neither crew, nor officer. In this area once you turn 18 and graduate high school you become a JO. You can no longer compete at the regattas, and you wear the adult uniform. When a ship cruises a JO doesn't really stand a watch. They are usually set as OOD in training, or they are assigned to teach a new person something. It is wei

It would be nice if you could get Sea Scout uniforms from them.

I think the reason that a lot of you aren't seeing a whole lot of atavism from the under 25 group is that most of it is happening online. I see a lot more of the political chit chat happening online versus in person. I think that is actually a better system. It allows for a lot more free debate, and it allows people to provide sources for their information, and you get to hear from a lot wider range of people. Facebook is not only used for people to talk about the mundane things in their life. Look at the response online to things like SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA. Whatever you personally believe abou

"And the closet doesn't have a door. You get into it through a removable ceiling panel and hang upside down from the attic while you weld. Also, every once in a while, someone makes the whole closet rock back and forth. Oh, also, it doesn't so much have a floor as it has a mass of pipes, ductwork, electrical cords, and a hole to a spot in the basement that is essentially inaccessible. Anything you drop goes into that hole. " EXACTLY!!!!

So I am considering doing the staff thing again at the 2013 Jamboree. I was just wondering what airport would be best to fly into? The cost of flying from San Francisco to Beckley is like $560+. That's more than the staff fee. Does anyone over in that area know of a better airport to fly into? I just saw a flight into Charleston for $476. That's a bit better.(This message has been edited by sailingpj)

I take offense at the idea that just because a boat has a sail it is easy to sail. I challenge any of you to get out on a laser and sail against me all day. No namby pamby row boating wuss could do this for 5-8 hours a day: http://performancesailinggear.com/images/SEA/Laser%20sailing%20bre1.jpg Or this: http://spinerphotospot.co.cc/images/Cats/laser-sailing-boat.jpg Or this: http://www.sailing.org.ph/tlyc/hobie/PSAsm1.jpg And are you really going to tell me that this is easy? http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc11/d0uglass/eb01525d8c.jpg I know everyone on th

Why would you ever want to shoot at Bullwinkle?

I didn't miss pie day. I ate an apple pie.

Sorry, I am still getting used to thinking about other time zones.

"The red-headed step child of Scouts are the Sea Scouts, not Cub Scouts. All, I know that every council is different so situations vary, except Sea Scouts being the redheaded step child. " Eagle92, you put it too nicely. Sea Scouts are the black sheep of the redheaded step child family.

That seems like a perfectly reasonable chain of events.

Two minutes is a hella long time to grab 4 things off a table. Next time they should only get one minute.

The presentation will also be available at www.communitymediacenter.net at the same times.

Well there is going to be a 1 hour long presentation about Sea Scout history on Comcast Channel 30 this month. It will be playing on Wednesdays at 8 PM, Thursdays at 10:30 AM, and Saturdays at 1 PM. It should be a very good presentation.

Try downloading AVG. They have a 1 month free trial, and even their free program is pretty good at finding stuff, and blocking stuff.

The centennial blog tells about a lot of the goings on around the country. http://seascouts100.wordpress.com/