Effective June 1st, Southern Region is no more as BSA transitions to the new National Service Territory model. If you would like to continue to receive Sea Scout news, please subscribe to the Commodore’s Corner mailing list – use this link to subscribe....
Whenever I’m asked the question “why do Sea Scouts?” by any high-schooler or adult, I usually provide a variety of reasons. One reason that I always explain is that Sea Scouts is valuable because the career opportunities the program exposes you to. When I say career...
It is the pleasure of the Southern Region Sea Scout Committee to announce that Ronald Cain from Ship 106 “Loggerheads” of Greater Tampa Area Bay Council has been selected as our next Southern Region Boatswain. Ron has been serving as Area 4 boatswain since...
Please join me in congratulating the recipients of the Regional Sea Scout Leadership award for 2018 – Regional Boatswain Ryan Trefny and Area 7 Commodore Jane Tallis. The region can award only two of these awards each year. This year’s recipients are...
Ship 3, SSS Valor of Swansboro, North Carolina, has been named the 2019 Regional Flagship. Ship 3 is a relatively new but outstanding unit: over the past year, they have doubled their membership, had over half of their members reach Apprentice rank and shown a strong...
Registration is now open for Seabadge to be held in May hosted by Great Smoky Mountain Council near Knoxville, Tennessee. The Florida Seabadge at the end of January has been full for some time. A Seabadge is in the planning stages for North Texas in the late...
To all Southern Region Sea Scout Ships: the time has come to apply for the new Southern Region Flagship Title! Hopefully, your unit has been earning ranks, recruiting youth, and serving the local community. If your Sea Scout ship has been working diligently, it will...
The 2018 Davy Jones Rendezvous was a three-day event held in North Carolina at Camp Durant on October nineteenth through the twenty-first. A total of 53 scouts and 25 leaders were in attendance. Friday night several Sea Scouts Ships and Venture Crews from NC and VA...
Robert Forrester, Skipper Sea Scouts Southwinds 100 in Atlanta provided this useful story of their fiberglass repair and repainting of one of their Catalina 22 sailboats. This might be useful guidance for others needing to undertake a similar project. See his complete...
