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</div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table id="dz-tablewb_element_text__82343248" class="dz-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="left"> <div id="wb_element_text__82343248" class="ic-element"> <div><h2>What is Sea Scouting?</h2><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b id="ext-gen11174">Sea Scouting</b> is a part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturing_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" title="Venturing (Boy Scouts of America)" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Venturing</a> program that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="Boy Scouts of America" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Boy Scouts of America</a> offers for young men and women. Along with<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cub_Scouting_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" title="Cub Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Cub Scouting</a> for younger boys and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouting_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" title="Boy Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Boy Scouting</a> for older boys, Venturing and Sea Scouting provide a program for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion" title="Religion" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">religious</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_and_service_organizations" title="Fraternal and service organizations" class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">fraternal</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_institutions" title="Educational institutions" class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">educational</a>, and other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_organization" title="Community organization" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">community organizations</a> to use for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_character" title="Moral character" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">character</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship" title="Citizenship" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">citizenship</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health" title="Mental health" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">mental</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_fitness" title="Physical fitness" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">personal fitness</a>training for youth. As part of this training, Sea Scouts are expected to develop personal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity" title="Religiosity" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">religious values</a>, learn the principles of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_heritage" title="Cultural heritage" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">American heritage</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">government</a>, and acquire <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_capital" title="Individual capital" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">skills</a> that will prepare them to become successful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult" title="Adult" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">adults</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sea Scouting is the BSA's implementation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Scout" title="Sea Scout" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Sea Scout</a> program, initially developed in 1910 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warington_Baden-Powell" title="Warington Baden-Powell" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Warington Baden-Powell</a> in England. The founders of Sea Scouting in the United States are Arthur A. Carey of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts" title="Waltham, Massachusetts" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Waltham, Massachusetts</a> and Charles T. Longstreth of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>. Both leaders independently established Sea Scout groups in the summer of 1912. This accomplishment was recorded in the inaugural issue of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting_(magazine)" title="Scouting (magazine)" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Scouting</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The advancement scheme for Sea Scouts places an initial emphasis on nautical skills before encouraging the youth to take a major role in planning activities in the unit. Young men and women ages fourteen through twenty-one who are willing to abide by the requirements of BSA membership, including agreeing to live by the ideals expressed in the Sea Promise, Scout Oath, and Scout Law are eligible to join a Sea Scouting ship.<sup id="cite_ref-28-406_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-size: 11.1999998092651px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Scouting_%28Boy_Scouts_of_America%29#cite_note-28-406-3" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup> Ships are administered by volunteers with the assistance and support of some paid professional staff.</p><br></div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table id="dz-tablewb_element_text__85234512348" class="dz-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="left"> <div id="wb_element_text__85234512348" class="ic-element"> <div></div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table id="wb_con__812312135646788" class="wb_con" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td id="wb_col__833578668" class="wb_col" width="25%" valign="top" style=""> <table id="dz-tablewb_element_image__812771289433438_01" class="dz-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center"> <div id="wb_element_image__812771289433438_01" class="ic-element"> <table summary="image table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style=""> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td align="center"><img width="100" src="../images/spacer.gif" alt="" style="" border="0" height="79"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table id="dz-tablewb_element_image__812771756433438_01" class="dz-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center"> <div id="wb_element_image__812771756433438_01" class="ic-element"> <table summary="image table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style=""> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td align="center"><img width="100" src="../images/spacer.gif" alt="" style="" border="0" height="79"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td><td id="wb_col__83357864568" class="wb_col" width="75%" valign="top" style=""> <table id="dz-tablewb_element_text__812314788" class="dz-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="left"> <div id="wb_element_text__812314788" class="ic-element"> <div></div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table id="dz-tablewb_element_text__82342348" class="dz-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="left"> <div id="wb_element_text__82342348" class="ic-element"> <div></div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table id="wb_con__8123125788" class="wb_con" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td id="wb_col__833574568" class="wb_col" width="100%" valign="top" style=""> <table id="dz-tablewb_element_text__8575688" class="dz-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="left"> <div id="wb_element_text__8575688" class="ic-element"> <div></div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table id="dz-tablewb_element_gadget_GADGET_CALENDAR__857225688" class="dz-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center"> <div id="wb_element_gadget_GADGET_CALENDAR__857225688" class="ic-element"><div id="NETSOL_IC_NSOA_d5sbbycndtc7VISITOR1422308609719"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.appgadgets.com/dispatcher.html?appId=d5sbbycndtc7&view=VISITOR&bgColor=%23FFFFFF&fontColor=%23000000&width=582&divId=NETSOL_IC_NSOA_d5sbbycndtc7VISITOR1422308609719&targetedView=VISITOR"></script></div></div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="wb-layout-footer"> <div id="wb-layout-footer-inner-1" class="wb_region"> <div class="wb_dropzone_y"> </div> <table id="dz-tablewb_element_text__02883140" class="dz-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="left"> <div id="wb_element_text__02883140" class="ic-element"> <div></div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="other_footer"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="middle"><p style="font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><a style="text-decoration: none; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal;" title="Web hosting" href="http://ads.networksolutions.com/landing?code=P61C100S1N0B142A1D255E0000V100">Web Hosting</a> powered by Network Solutions®</p></td> </tr> </table> <!-- End content section --><!-- Start nsWebstats code. 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