Coastwise Incorporated

As we approach our second year, our major goal is to outfit our new vessel, a 40 ft 1986 Island Gypsy Trawler and conduct our second long cruise from Mid Coast Maine to Yarmouth, NS, where we will meet with other Sea Scouting units and visit historical and educational sites before returning home. Scouting is a youth-led organization, so they will be responsible (with adult guidance) for the planning and implantation of this goal.

Our strategies are to conduct classroom training over the winter in navigation, ship handling and safety and shipboard training during the spring and summer. We will also conduct leadership training so our youth have the skills needed to manage the administrative aspects of Sea Scouting so they are a true youth-led program.
The adult mentors will also teach the scouts shipwright skills while they conduct the remodel of the vessel.
Support the scouts as they grow into future leaders.

Coastwise Incorporated, as well as the Ship leadership, are made up of adult mentors with years of scouting and ship handling experience. With a strong program with over 100 years of experience (Sea Scouting was founded in 1912), we feel confident that we can achieve all of our goals for this year and years to come.

So far we have accomplished the beginning stages of their education. We have also secured the donation of an appropriate vessel for them to put these skills into practice.
In July of 2017, we conducted our first long cruise from Bath, ME to Boston, MA and back. All aspects of the ship's operations were conducted by youth members, including piloting, navigation, engineering, and lookout watch stations.
Our next step is to prepare for our second long cruise from Bath, ME to Yarmouth, NS in the summer of 2019.
We are also developing our multi-day leadership program that will serve both Sea Scouts and non-Sea Scout youth.