To sign up for a really fun all day event on Saturday, July 27th click below or cut and paste into your browser.
https://scoutingevent.com/440-safetyatsea
Fantastic Summer Boating
We did not have an opportunity to sail our keelboat but did have super fun at Bay Boat Club sailing Lasers, paddling kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards.
Great Lake Erie Boat Float Winner
Bay Sea Scout Ship 41 once again was a winner in the 2018 Lake Erie Boat Float off Edgewater Beach. The competition is designed to highlight the problem of plastics in our lakes and stream. Click here for more details…… https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/09/05/the-great-lake-erie-boat-float-returns-to-edgewater-park-this-saturday
Lake Erie Council – Good Scout Luncheon
The Sea Scouts of Ship Intrepid (41) were well represented at this major Council fund raising luncheon. Our scouts mingled with the guests prior to the luncheon answering questions and promoting Sea Scouting along the shores of Lake Erie.
Sailing Intrepid our 44′ Navy Yawl
Boating at Bay Boat Club
Every week week launch paddle craft and sailboats. If the winds are out of the south we can launch our Boston Whaler for tubing and water skiing. For additional information contact: skipper@seascoutship41.org
Sea Scouts and Explorer Clubs get set for the 2018 boating season.
Summer is on its way and with it comes many fun activities and boating on Lake Erie. We are meeting now down at Bay Boat Club on Tuesday evenings to prepare for on the water activities.
Peter won our first annual fishing tournament with his 16″ walleye fishing off our 44′ Navy Yawl.
Explorer Club Team Eco 2nd in State!
Congratulations to Team Eco on coming in 2nd in State in the U.S. Army eCyber Mission competition. Their project involved exploring the macroinvertebrate of Porter Creek. Details of their project will be found in the published article in the Westlake/Bay village Observer.
Team works together to identify invertebrates
Explorer Club, Team Daphnids, Complete Visual Assessment of Porter Creek
Tracing the course of Porter Creek through it’s watershed. using Google Maps.
Having completed their visual assessment of Porter Creek and submitted their folder to eCyberMission the team wrote up an article for publication in the Westlake/Bay Village Observer. It makes for very interesting reading, you can follow the link HERE.
From this photo you can see the amount of sediment being carried downstream by the creek.
Porter Creek Watershed to be Subject of Study by Sea Scouts and Explorer Club.
The Group (as we are now known) made up of high school youth in Sea Scout Ship Intrepid (41), 6th-8th graders in Marine Explorer Club 360 and the newly formed Explorer Club 180 composed of 3rd-5th graders.
This winter of 2017/18 we are investigating the Porter Creek watershed. It is a small creek passing through Bay Village as it heads to Lake Erie. Recent studies by a number of government agencies have determined it is responsible for closing the swimming beach at Metroparks, Huntington Beach. Please visit the Westlake/Bay Village Observer for additional details.
