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ON-BOARD GREEN LANTERN
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For our members , this is where the real fun starts! Sea
Scouts get out on the water as sailors- not passengers.
They are the crew, working deck hands, lookouts, helmsmen and navigators. A
veteran scout acts as crew chief on each trip, giving directions to the
newer hands.
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Ship 272 has a 34-foot sailboat, Green Lantern,
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is used as the group's classroom and floating summer camp. She carries up to
two adults and six scouts at a time, including live-aboard cruises.
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Learning the ropes of sailing begins during the winter, with
courses in boating terminology, safety rules of the road and aids to
navigation. Come spring, the scouts get to go out to the boatyard in small
work parties to get the Green Lantern ready for the sailing season. This
gives them a familiarity with the boat and an understanding of basic skills
by time the boat is launched. Then the fun begins out on the water!
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