Sea Scout TACK Training Day

TACK 2026

Three Fires Council’s Annual Sea Scout training day-TACK- will be on Saturday, March 7, 2026
at Addison Trail High School, 213 N Lombard Rd, Addison, Illinois.

Registration will begin at 8:00. Opening Ceremony will begin promptly at 9:00. Classes are available for all Sea Scout
ranks, adults, and Scouts in other programs. These are especially helpful for those scouts and scouters planning to attend Sea Base or another aquatics High Adventure, and a couple special offerings.

Special offerings include a team representing the admissions program for the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy (morning only), a seamstress who will sew on Scout patches, an outboard motor class
and demonstration, a sailboat, sailboat racing rules and strategy, maritime careers and Captain's License on Lake Michigan, and a live flare and fire extinguishing demonstration.

In addition, the Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer the 6 hour Safe
Boating Course for adults and youth. Persons aged 14 and above need this course to operate a
vessel on state or federal navigable waters.

This year, there will be tracks for each rank. Scouts may go one up one rank for classes if they
have already completed that task. Sea Scouts will be the lead instructors for most classes with
the mentoring of a knowledgeable adult.

General Agenda:

Opening Ceremony aboard a landship, with New Member joining ceremony and Change of
Watch
2 Morning Sessions
Lunch
3 afternoon Sessions
Flares and Fire Extinguishers
Apprentice Track:

Joining Ceremony
Small Sailboat Orientation
Safety
Marlinspike Seamanship-knots
Intro to Leadership Skills in Ships (ILSS) (3 hours)
Ordinary Track:

Piloting and Navigation 1—charts and plotting
Marlinspike Seamanship-knots and whipping
Safety
Rules of the Road
Sound and Light Signals
Marine Environmental Protection
Weather
Able Track:

Piloting and Navigation 2-course plotting and fixes
Fire Extinguishers, Classes of Fires, and Flares
Marlinspike Seamanship-splices and sail repair
Marine Environmental Protection
Weather
Quartermaster Options: (Open to all ranks)

Outboard Marine Engines
Sailboat Racing Rules and Strategies
(QM Scouts may teach classes needed for advancement)
Non-Sea Scout track for Troops and Crews:

Small Sailboat Orientation
Basic Marine Safety—clothing and gear, lifejackets
Marlinspike Seamanship-knots
Safe Boating Course (6 hours)
Voyage/Trip Planning
Intro to Leadership Skills in Ships (ILSS) (3 hours)
Adults:

Safe Boating Course (6 hours)
Voyage/Trip Planning
Basic Marine Safety
Navigation and Piloting 1 and 2
Small Sailboat Orientation
Registration fee is $20.00 for patch and materials. Bring a sack lunch.

Additionally, Sea Scouts will be kicking off our Council Scouting for Food and ships will be brining their food pantry donations to support our council wide service project.

Questions: email seascoutsthreefires@gmail.com