SeattlePioneer 144 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Requirement 5: (a) Provide leadership to troops in your district to field dress and package the edible parts of your whale. (b) Dispose of the remaining parts of your whale in a way consistent with Leave No Trace rules. Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 From what I have read, you can render whale blubber down to oil, I read a book about that, called Moby Dick... Call me Ishmael Link to post Share on other sites
BadenP 93 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I think the Whaling MB may have a rough time with Requirement 6 "In obtaining this MB the scout must personally wind up with either a peg leg or a hook hand in place of one of his own." Link to post Share on other sites
Scouter. 15 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 ROFL!!! S. Link to post Share on other sites
Tampa Turtle 1011 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Very funny! My great great grandparents were Portuguese whalers in the Azores. Someone would watch from the waterfront and if they saw one they would row after them. I saw photographs from the 1880's showing where they would drag it up the cobblestoned main village street and butcher it. Sure glad the pictures were in BW! Link to post Share on other sites
eisely 13 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 There will have to be an addition to G2SS addressing safety with the large flensing knives. Also, will the boys have to wear safety glasses to avoid getting whale blood spattered into their eyes? Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 > Requirement 6. Describe a method for rendering whale blubber into biodiesel fuel. Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Requirement 7: Demonstrate how to use oil rendered from your whale to season a cast iron Dutch Oven. I think we have most of the requirements necessary for this new Merit Badge. Link to post Share on other sites
SSScout 1616 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I think the closest MB counselor is in Nantucket MA. Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Hello SSScout, I understand the Merit Badge Counselor there is the distinguished Captain Ahab. Wonder if his YPT is up to date. Link to post Share on other sites
SSScout 1616 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Aye, thee is right, and he is a Quaker, if a fallen away Friend... I understand his mate makes a good cup of coffee,,, Link to post Share on other sites
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