Sea scout
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Sea scouts are members of the international scouting movement, with a particular emphasis on sea-based activities. Sea Scouting had its beginning at a camp fire in England when Robert Baden-Powell voiced the hope that older Scouts would be interested in learning about boat management and seamanship. He stressed the need for young men to prepare themselves for service on their country's ships. Sea scouting was introduced by Robert Baden-Powell with the assistance of his brother, Warington Baden-Powell, K.C., an Admiralty lawyer, sailor, and inventor of canoe sailing. Warington Baden-Powell wrote the handbook Sea Scouting and Seamanship for Boys in 1910 with a foreword by Robert Baden-Powell. It was enthusiastically received by the young men of Britain and soon found its way to the United States. Warington Baden-Powell is also the author of Canoe Travelling: Log of a Cruise on the Baltic, and Practical Hints on Building and Fitting Canoes London, Smith, Elder, 1871.
External links
- Sea Scout pages on ScoutBase UK (http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/6to25/scout/seascout/index.htm)
- Sea Scouts, BSA Web Site (http://www.seascout.org/)pl:Harcerska specjalność wodna i żeglarska