Step 1: Check out the Sea Scout
Advancement Requirements:
Apprentice
Ordinary
Able
Quartermaster
Step 2: Check out and improve your
performance:
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Your current Attendance
& Uniform Competition Standings.
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Your current Work
Hours Completed.
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Your current Advancement
Scorecard - what you have actually done so far.
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How to purchase and care for your Sea
Scout Uniforms.
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Have you memorized the Sea
Promise, Scout Oath, and Scout Law yet?
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Apprentice requirement 6 says in part
about "Know ... safety standards in the use of power tools, machinery,
lifting heavy objects, and other safety devices used by your ship. For
some safety
standards used on commercial ships, click here. Check the bottom
of the list especially for lifting
and machinery.
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Read an article
about why you should go to SEAL training.
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Try your Reef
Points knowledge.
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Try your skills at semaphore
signaling.
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Review signaling using online version of International
Code of Signals - Pub 102.
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Review Sea
Scout Drill courtesy of Ship 601.
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Find out about our ship's YORKSHIRE
namesake.
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Know the background of MAYDAY,
SOS, and other emergency messages.
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Understand
the magnetic compass and the forces that can affect it.
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Understand
compass error and how to apply it to steer a safe course.
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Learn a little bit about weather
and how storms are formed.
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Get some hints about how
to recruit a new member.
Step 3: Consider qualifying for some
additional Sea Scout Awards
Small-Boat
Handler
Qualified
Seaman
Long
Cruise
SEAL
- Sea Leadership Training
Gold Heritage Award
Step 4: Review some special tools and
resources online to help you advance:
Training
courses onboard der PeLiKan, the 46' Morgan ketch in the
Chesapeake - learn by doing! HIGHLY recommended!! See the Skipper if
you are interested or have questions.
Flags,
the Phonetic Alphabet, and Morse Code - courtesy of our sister ship in the
United Kingdom, the 4th
Knowle Sea Scouts.
The
Boatswain's Call or Boatswain's Pipe - courtesy of our sister ship in the
United Kingdom, the 4th
Knowle Sea Scouts.
Parts
of a Boat - courtesy of our sister ship in the United Kingdom, the 4th
Knowle Sea Scouts.
SeaSources,
Training for Mariners - Multiple Choice Questions with Illustrations for
Coast Guard License Exam Preparation Assistance.
Parts
of a sailboat - courtesy of 43rd Portsmouth Sea Scouts, UK.
The Beaufort
Wind Scale - a way to uniformly describe wind speed.
Study your Knots
(several to choose from).
Anchor
bend (animated graphic)
Bowline
(animated graphic)
Bowline
(animated graphic)
Bowline
(gif diagram)
Bowline
(gif diagram)
Bowline
(jpg photo)
Bowline
(mpg movie)
Bowline
on a bight (animated graphic)
Carrick
bend (animated graphic)
Cleat
hitch (animated graphic)
Clove
hitch (animated graphic)
Clove
hitch (animated graphic)
Clove
hitch (animated graphic)
Clove
hitch (mpg movie)
Clove
hitch (gif diagram)
Clove
hitch (jpg photo)
Double
Sheet bend (animated graphic)
Double
Sheet bend (gif diagram)
Figure
of 8 knot (animated graphic)
Monkey's
Fist - 1st half (animated graphic)
Monkey's
Fist - 2nd half (animated graphic)
Overhand
knot (animated graphic)
Overhand
knot (animated graphic)
Overhand
knot (gif diagram)
Rolling
hitch (animated graphic)
Sheet
bend (animated graphic)
Sheet
bend (animated graphic)
Sheet
bend (gif diagram)
Sheet
bend (gif diagram)
Sheet
bend (mpg movie)
Sheet
bend (jpg photo)
Square
knot (animated graphic)
Square
knot (animated graphic)
Square
knot (gif diagram)
Square
knot (gif diagram)
Square
knot (jpg photo)
Taut line
(mpg movie)
Thieves'
knot (animated graphic)
Thieves'
knot (gif diagram)
Towing
Becket bend (animated graphic)
Two
Half hitches (animated graphic)
Two
Half hitches (animated graphic)
Step 5: Download some programs to your personal
computer for further study offline.
Alfa
Zulu flags: an international code flag tutorial
Nav
Rules 2.1: a navigation rules tutorial including running lights and sounds
The
Ship's Bell: a freeware program simulating the chimes of a ship's bell
every half-hour - signaling a change in the watch (requires a sound card)
Worldwide
Tidal Prediction program, v. 2.5: generate graphic tide and current
predictions for virtually any time and location where you may be voyaging.
Sextant
(a Microsoft PowerPoint 4 presentation): learn what a sextant is and how
it works.