This book is included in the Self Reliance Transportation section.
Foreword
Sea Scouts are Boy Scouts and Sea Scouting is a branch of the Boy Scout
Movement.
In his message to Scouts in Sea Scouting and Seamanship for Boys, Warington
Baden-Powell makes this important observation: - ”A Sea Scout must be a Boy Scout;
therefore I may take it that you have read Scouting for Boys, and that you know the Scout
Promise and Law and regulations. Sea Scouting is simply a branch of Boy Scouting, but
all your work as a Sea Scout is on or about the water, mostly in boats.”
“Joining the Sea Scouts” he continues, “does not mean that you are going to take up the
sea as a profession; it means that you are going to make boating, sailing, camping,
fishing, sailoring and watermanship your pastime for your spare time and holidays”.
Sea Scouting offers you plenty of manly adventure, and you will find that your Sea
Scout training will be most useful to you when you start to earn your own living. This
book is a companion volume to Tenderfoot to Queen’s Scout. You will need both to
complete your Sea Scout training.
It has often been said that a group has to be wealthy to go in for Sea Scouting. This is
not so. Very few Boy Scout troops start out with all the equipment they need for camping
and it’s the same for Sea Scouts. In the beginning you can get along with very little and
even build your own boats as you go along. Investigate boat rentals in your districts.
Watch the ads in the classified section of your newspaper to see if any old boats are for
sale that you can repair yourselves.
Nothing worthwhile has ever been accomplished without effort. If you want your Sea
Scouting to be really worthwhile you will have to put effort and enthusiasm into it,
combined with loyalty to your Patrol Leader and Scouters.
As you embark upon your Sea Scout career I wish you Good Scouting and Good
Sailing.
Contents Chapter I. The Boat In Canadian History
Chapter II. The Tenderfoot Requirements Preliminary - The Union Flag - The Ensigns - Health and Safety - Observation - Pioneering - Campcraft Chapter III. The Second Class Requirements Health and Safety - Life Preservers - The Ring Buoy - Lifeline - Observation - Lumber for Boat Building Pioneering - Signaling - Campcraft - Public Service - Exploring - Time Aboard Ship - Watch Organization Chapter IV. The First Class Requirements Preliminary - Health and Safety - Observation - Pioneering - Signaling - Campcraft - Public Service - Rules of the Road at Sea - Exploring - Navigation Charts Chapter V. The Anchor Badges RED ANCHOR BADGE - Pulling Boat Routine and Orders - Coming Alongside and Anchoring - Towing and Being Towed - Boat Commands - Stowing Gear - Safety Rules - Simple Rules of Safety - SAFETY THROUGH SKILL - Knots - Help in Accidents - WHITE ANCHOR BADGE - The Lead Line - Buoyage and Navigation Lights - Channels and Land marks - Minor Repairs - Maintenance of Craft - Building a Boat - Follow a Chart - Types of Craft - Parts and Uses of Anchors - GOLD ANCHOR BADGE Chapter VI. Ceremonies and Traditions Saluting the Quarterdeck - The use of Flags on the Ship - Side Boys - Piping the Side - Use of the Boatswain's Call Chapter VII. The Sea Scout Troop Troop Headquarters - Equipment - SEA SCOUT PATROL Chapter VIII. The Boat Parts of a Boat and Ship Fittings - Sails - Rigging of Sailing Craft - Fore and Aft Types - Rigging Chapter IX. Cruising for Sea Scouts. Chapter X. Canoeing HANDLING A CANOE - Launching - Getting into Canoe from Shore - Entering from Dock or Landing - Paddling Positions - Single Paddling - Double Paddling - Hand Positions - Blisters - Strokes - Loss of Paddle - To Change Positions - Go in to Shore - Getting Out of Canoe Into Water - Getting Into Canoe from Water - Support When Capsized - Shaking Out Canoe - Righting a Capsized Canoe Over a Second Upright Craft - Quartering - Canoeing in Heavy Winds - Loading a Canoe Chapter XI. Nautical Or Sea Terms The Parts of a Ship - Surfaces - Describing Position - General Terms - Positions of Outside Objects Relative to the Ship - Movement of Objects on Board - Movement of the Ship - Miscellaneous Terms Chapter XII. Rover Sea Scouts APPENDIX 1 - Bibliography
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