Euronaut

Newsletter for European Sea Scouts Issue 33 • August 2012

Seminar. I'm happy to report that we are Inside this Issue also planning the new website for the • Greetings from the Odysseus Group European Sea Scout Network. The Chairman implementation timetable is uncertain, but • A New resident at Gilwell we hope to have a first version completed • 2012 William I Koch International Sea and online during Eurosea. Scout Cup Results • Randøya 2014 • Terror 2012 Something to keep in mind is that new • Two wheels – For going ahead Odysseus Group members are chosen • European Sea on Facebook during Eurosea Seminars. We hope that • Satahanka XII enthusiastic candidates will step forward. • Eurosea update Even if you would rather not be a member • Join the Odysseus Group! of the Odysseus Group, we need your help • Future events in other ways. Several dedicated Sea • Editorial / Help wanted!! Scouters have helped European Sea • Next issue Scouting for many years by editing our newsletter, building our website, and Greetings from the Odysseus Group organizing the “Ambassadors” effort. We Chairman would like to thank in particular Bruce Satu Raudasoja Johnson (BSA), Eoghan Lavelle (), and Luc van Nevel (FOS Belgium). I hope you I think it is time for them to be able to move have had a to other Scouting responsibilities or change great their role as helping persons. summer with many Would you be interested in organizing the enjoyable next Eurosea Seminar in your country? This Sea Scout will only happen if there is a local host experiences. team. We are looking for places for the Summer will next two Eurosea Seminars in either 2014 or soon be followed by fall, and with it comes 2015 and 2016 or 2017. Please consider the Eurosea International Sea Scout hosting Eurosea, and if you would like to Seminar in Denmark. I'm very pleased to see Eurosea in your country, fill out the report that we have over 50 participants application and present it at Eurosea 11 in coming. Denmark.

There was another recent newsworthy Don't forget about our discussions event. A bust of Warington Baden-Powell on Facebook group European Sea was unveiled at Gilwell in June to help Scouting. See you there! commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Sea Scouting. Many thanks to Ron Brown and everyone who participated in making A New Resident at Gilwell this to happen. Ron Brown, photos by Finn Anker Petersen

The Odysseus Group has lately been The founder of Sea Scouting has taken up focused on preparing for the Eurosea residence at Gilwell. A bronze bust of

Euronaut / Issue 33 / August 2012 / page 1 of 10 Warington commemorative badge that could be Baden-Po worn by anyone, while the Sea Scout well was friendship badge was earned by unveiled participating in an international Scouting on June event. The motto, One Water-One Law, 10th in the reflects that while each country has its own middle of laws, law on the open sea is truly the international and is the same everywhere, Tasmanian very much like the Scout Promise and Scout Lawn at Law. the side of the White House at Gilwell Park. The bust is The the result of a fundraising project by Sea unveiling Scouts from around the world to marked commemorate 100 years of Sea Scouting the end of and was unveiled by Mr. Ed Baden-Powell. a six-year effort that Warington, BP’s elder brother, introduced involved him to sailing in the family boat during many school holidays. After the start of scouting people BP asked his brother to write a handbook and that would help scouts on the water, and associations. The bust was crafted by Sea Scouting and Seamanship for Boys was Marion Albers of the Netherlands who first published in 1910. donated her time. The bust’s wooden pedestal is the result of Dutch and Belgium The bust unveiling co-operation, while transportation to was attended by Gilwell was provided by Danish Sea Scout Sea Scouts from leaders. The organizers would also like to Denmark, thank Gilwell Park staff for their help with Ireland, the making this effort a success. Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Also present was the Sea Scout Centennial Flag, which has been present at many Sea Scout gatherings around the world over the last 2 years. It is currently in Denmark where the William I Koch International Sea Scout Danish Sea Scouts celebrated their 100 year Cup Results anniversary in July. Thomas Hartmann, Boy Scouts of America

The Warington VALLEJO, CA, USA - Jack Donnell and Baden-Powell bust Brooke Stinson of Newport Beach, project was funded California narrowly defeated tough New by 2010 sales of two Zealand and Finnish teams in what was the badges and closest racing in the history of the William I. co-ordinated by the Koch International Sea Scout Cup. European Sea Scouting contact The Newport Beach team was ahead by group, the Odysseus just one point heading into the final six Group. One of the races, after two days of racing at the badges was a Sea California Maritime Academy. Donnell and Scout Stinson were constantly challenged by

Euronaut / Issue 33 / August 2012 / page 2 of 10 Amanda are displayed at the Boy Scout Museum in Norris and Irving, Texas. Mike Anderson Matthew Rozario and Colin Bartles of of New Everett, Washington, won the Kiwi Cup, a Zealand Maori carving that has been dedicated to and former Sea Scout and Koch Cup Nikolas competitor Ben Carson who gave his life Kirkkomaki serving his country. Like the tight results in and the Koch Cup, Rozaio and Bartles narrowly Zacharias Still of Finland, edging them out beat a by two points and three points, tough respectively. Brazilian team of “We honestly didn't know who had won the Henrique race until we tabulated the scores. It was Afoltter back and forth the whole regatta,” said and Thomas Hartmann, the 2002 Koch Cup Gabriel winner and Scouting executive from dos Orange County, California, who ran the Santos. racing event. Vaughn Mare & Sabin Willson, South Africa Sportsman Approxima ship tely 70 Sea awards went to David Cornella and Liz Scouts Fletcher, of Dana Point, CA, in the Koch from fleet, and Vaughn Mare and Sabin Willson, around the of Roodepoort, South Africa, in the Kiwi world Fleet. sailed in 12-20 knots The of wind biannual and event is choppy named waters all week in Morrow's Cove, along the after Carquinez Strait at the California Maritime William I. Academy. This was the first time in the “Bill” Koch, regatta's 10 year history that races were the Palm held on the west coast. Teams from across Beach Zacharias Still & Niklas the country sailed CFJ's against Sea Scouts businessm Kirkkomaki, Finland from Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, an who , successfull Finland, y defended the America's Cup in 1992 off South the coast of San Diego. Koch agreed to Africa, and revive a Sea Scout sailing trophy and had Trinidad Asprey's of London, the original maker of and the America's Cup, produce this one. It Tobago. wasn't the only America's Cup connection this year, however including two ORACLE Sea Scouts Team USA sailors, the Director of were Technology for the America's Cup, and the divided Executive Director of America's Cup into two fleets after a day of preliminary Properties, Inc. racing in which the top half of teams competed for the Koch Cup, and a second Looking forward, the Koch International fleet raced for the Kiwi Cup, Both trophies Sea Scout Cup is searching fill 20 spots for

Euronaut / Issue 33 / August 2012 / page 3 of 10 internation during WW2 and later updated by NATO. It al teams in is too early to provide event specifics, but 2014. The the camp will be held 5 - 12 July 2014. Koch Cup Associatio There currently is an intensive effort to clear n will trees that have grown on open fields over provide the past few years so that there will be a financial suitable camping area. We hope to assistance complete this task by spring 2013, giving to grass a full year to grow. The site will be Mike Anderson & Amanda internation used later as a district scout camp in 2015 Norris, New Zealand al scouts and a district cub camp in 2016. The who need campsite is primarily being built by help with airfare to the United States for this members of 2nd Kristiansand and 7th event. The national scouting associations Kristiansand Sea Scouts. of , New Zealand, Australia, Finland, South Africa, and Brazil have been working closely with the Koch Cup Assc. to send teams to the event. We are looking for sea scouts from Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Spain, Greece, and Turkey, plus every other nation between!

For more information, please contact Thomas Hartmann, at [email protected] See – www.seascoutcup.org

Norway holds a Sea Scouts camp every four years.

Stokken - Kristiansand - 1982 Marivoll - Grimstad - 1986 Sørlandet camping - Risør - 1990 Sørlandet camping - Risør - 1994 Bragdøy - Kristiansand - 1998 Randøya 2014 Bragdøy - Kristiansand - 2002 Aksel Carl Hundal, 7. Kristiansand Sjø, Lindøy - Stavanger - 2006 Norges Speiderforbund Kragenäs - Sweden - 2010 Randøy - We are Kristiansand - 2014 pleased to announce There were one or the two earlier Sea Norwegian Scouts camps, but National they were part of a Sea Scout national camp for all camp, scouts. Randøya 2014, that We try to alternate will be held on Østre Randøy island, a the camp's location former costal fortress built by the Germans among the west

Euronaut / Issue 33 / August 2012 / page 4 of 10 coast, south coast, and the Oslo fjord area. teenagers who helped their home units This makes for a shorter sail for small local and were waiting until they were old boats, and gives others the chance to enough to apply for one of the existing armada to camp. (It's not that fun to camp leader courses. A question we had was in your own back yard.) what about young, active rovers who have already passed the group leader course The camp is on Facebook. Most and need posts are in Norwegian, but if you to develop have questions, please feel free to their ask (or test the Google translator). leadership When registration, pricing, and other details skills. Many become available we will publicize them 15-17 year on Facebook. old rovers (in See - Randøya 2014 Slovakia www.facebook.com/Randoya2014 we don´t • Campsite photos spring '12 divide older scouts into two age groups – www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=o rovers and rangers – we use the word rover a.232624930181898&type=1 for both) lose their motivation and leave • Additional photos scouting because they don’t feel they are www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=o needed anymore. a.152194621558263&type=1 • 7th Kristiansand Sea Scouts In the neighboring Czech Republic they www.syvende.no/ have a long tradition of an assistant leader www.facebook.com/groups/149592091 course called čekatelský kurz (waiting 818516/ leader course) for younger leaders. In Slovakia though there aren’t as many adult teams. They tend to offer either leader Terror 2012 courses or non-educational motivation- Ondrej Odokienko, Slovenský skauting building weekends. In the meantime, underage rovers wait, losing their There is well- motivation, and remain untrained. established training for So the question became whether we rovering age should run a course for only 8 younger youth group Rovers. Our main objective was to train leaders to prepare them and keep them active. Fortunately, them to pass on our friends helped. We finished the two knowledge and weekends for these eight and considered enthusiasm to running a three weekend training for a other members of group of their scout teams. leaders But what should who we be done for older had to run teenagers – it for rangers – who are anyway. not ready to be unit leaders, but possess a huge amount of energy and creativity and The want to help with the routine work of the wicked group? Our Slovak Sea Scout Naval idea here Academy was developed to answer this was to use question. our newly trained Captain Juraj from the Tortuga Trenčín Sea assistants Scout Port and I had eight untrained and check

Euronaut / Issue 33 / August 2012 / page 5 of 10 their Terror , the 1845 lost Arctic expedition under leadership the command of Admiral John Franklin. The skills in real last weekend was the most difficult – Scout life. This battle games in the forest for teams of team was three. This time the adult staff did nothing. scattered Everything was organized by the young over half leaders. Of course, we helped when of the needed and kept an eye open for safety, country, but the which purpose of created a the game major was to communic challenge ation the young obstacle. If we didn’t want to spend our leaders to days checking 120 new emails, we had find be their a way to work systematically. Google docs best – and was a major help, although some of us old it worked folks struggled until we got used doing our well. A lot Scout meeting electronically. Sometimes was we argued and tried our patience – adults accomplis and youths in inter-generational arguments hed and – but eventually the first weekend came the and 30 young group leaders showed up. second course successfully finished. Seven of the eight young leaders stayed to the Our young end and have been promoted to a newly leader created Slovak Sea Scouting rank, Sea team did Scout Board Lieutenant (Mate). Whether their best we decide to hold another Naval to Academy or not, we felt that we did our organized best to keep these Sea Scouts active, and the 30 with their involvement we were able to leaders in show our way of scouting to another thirty 4 faculties leaders. and take care of Thanks to thirty group leaders who shared their their enthusiasm over the three weekends program. there are other Slovak units that are Maritime discipline and good morale in the thinking of incorporating water elements ranks became contagious and at the end into their Scout program. For our eight of the weekend there were 30 more helpers motivated group leaders. the impact on The second weekend included practical their lives river paddling activities and the long will last awaited evening sailor costume party. Our long after eight young leaders stayed very active, the three and because of this everything worked weekends. well. During the first weekend in March of Only time 2012 there were already four course will tell captains: Juraj, Marcus (our doctor), Davkie whether (an instructor from the Hungarian Scout they will Organization in Slovakia), and me. stay with us. The course was run under the flag of H.M.S.

Euronaut / Issue 33 / August 2012 / page 6 of 10 See – (“Go ahead”) which was funded by the Swimming pool - kayak turnrounds: European Union Youth in Action program. kk2012.skauting.sk/foto_plavaren The Lectures: kk2012.skauting.sk/foto_prednasky ecological bike hike First-aid role-play shock therapy took place kk2012.skauting.sk/foto_zdravoveda on the Lithuanian Miscellaneous Baltic Sea kk2012.skauting.sk/foto_rozne2 coast in July. We Rubber-boat paddling trip met with kk2012.skauting.sk/foto_splav the mayor of Klaipėda, a Lithuanian harbor city, Sailors´ costume party during the hike. The evening program was kk2012.skauting.sk/foto_minisoare organized by Lithuanian Venture Scouts. We also visited “Brabander,” the biggest Scout battle game Lithuanian sailboat. kk2012.skauting.sk/foto_4ohne_den1 kk2012.skauting.sk/foto_4ohne_den2 The trip’s objectives were to introduce kk2012.skauting.sk/foto_4ohne_den3 young people to ecological issues and the importance of consuming responsibly. The advantages of physical activity were emphasized, so we used bikes as an ecological means of transportation.

After the hike on the Baltic coast, several days were dedicated to exploring Two wheels – For going ahead flora, Birutė Taraskevičiūtė, Lietuvos skautija; fauna, and the historic heritage of the Aušra Paukštytē, and Tomáš Zahuta – photos Trakai National Historic Park. The participants stayed near Lake Skaistis and traveled on land and water while observing nature, comparing it to the coastal environment. In addition, the This summer 50 Lithuanian Sea Scouts and Scouts were given Czech Water Scouts from Ostrava an opportunity for participated in a project that promoted self-realization, learning through environmental and volunteering, physical challenges. It was made up of two social activities, parts: an environmentally-friendly hike on and intercultural the seacoast and a visit to the Trakai discussion during National Historic Park. Venture Scouts and a hike. their leaders organized the project „Pirmyn”

Euronaut / Issue 33 / August 2012 / page 7 of 10 Scouting adventures continued in a camp called „90 mazgų” (“90 knots”) where the program was organized by age groups. Here we experienced Lithuanian style camping, Lithuanian Sea Scout traditions (e.g. deck, lighthouses, The Eurosea seminar two years ago gave subcamps). leaders from those two countries an Lithuanian Sea opportunity to get know one other and scouts are start to collaborate. International celebrating the experiences and challenges definitely grow 90th anniversary of everyone – scouts and their leaders. Sea Scouting in this year. This camp has nearly 150 participants. The project coordinator was Birutė Taraskevičiūtė, Sea Scout Leader. The best part of friendship between Lithuanian Sea Scouts and Czech Water Scouts is that we met for the second time and experienced different camping styles. We sought opportunities that gave participants a broader view of people from different cultures. This also helped the young people open doors for improving communication, social, and teamwork skills.

European Sea Scouting on Facebook It was so exciting to see Sea Scouts in Bruce Johnson, Boy Scouts of America Australia, Denmark, Canada, and Sweden.

For those of us who remember the days More recently the speed of social media before the internet changed how we has sped things up even more. I was just communicate, the speed at which we looking at the European Facebook page communicate has radically changed. My and enjoying the lively discussion there. The first international Scouting experience was Eurosea 11 Facebook page is a place a summer in Austria in 1970 with a scout where we can begin next month’s Eurosea troop from Hörsching. I carried on a penpal discussions. Afterwards we’ll post photos relationship with several of my Austrian and keep up our friendships even though Scout friends for several years, but our there are many kilometers between us. letters happened every few months, with long waits in between. If you haven’t checked out Facebook yet, maybe now In the early 1990s we began to use email, would be a great time. As of mostly for speeding up our jobs. It wasn’t June 2012, 955 million of your until the mid-1990s that personal email closest friends were there. I bet accounts became common. (How many a few are even Sea Scouts! remember “Rocketmail?”) About that time websites began to be built. The first Scouting websites were pretty crude (by today’s standards), but we finally got to see what Scouts were doing in far away places.

Euronaut / Issue 33 / August 2012 / page 8 of 10 Are you interested? Contact us SATAHANKA XII Satu Raudasoja Camp international coordinator [email protected] ecretary International Secretary of Scouts and Guides of Finland [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL SEA SCOUT CAMP FINLAND

Archipelago adventure in Kustavi, south western Finland What is Satahanka? The 12th international handicrafts, training of sea rescue and hike. The Satahanka camp is the crown of summer 2013! camp will assemble in opening and closing International scouting, new friends, seremony and camp-fire together. For seamanship, scouting experience of a international guests there will be lifetime by the sea. You simply can’t miss Destination special program and visiting Turku. The this! N 60°32,0‘ camp is for sea scouts from 12 years of E 21°22,2’ Satahanka is the official national sea age and onwards. The adults and scout camp of The Guides and Scouts of rovers make the camp happen. Register Finland. There are about 1000 participants from your contact person first! Send email to all over Finland and about 100 international [email protected] to stay tuned. If you participants. want to participate, please register your scout What can we do in Satahanka? The main core’s contact first. We want to come! Registering theme will be boating and seamanship on board camp participation opens at October 2012 and and water front activities with dinghies and ends at January 2013. The camp participaton fee swimming. There will be activities of marine is 195 euros for individual participant.

Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter ry Töölönkatu 55 FI-00250 Helsinki Eurosea 11 Update monthly meetings and follow up on Ron Brown these discussions between meetings; • You will participate in the Eurosea At the time of writing, Eurosea 11 consist of: Seminar in Denmark. (This is mandatory. • 70 delegates, observers and staff made Please contact Ron Brown to apply to up as below; attend the seminar); • From Europe: 41 people representing • You have energy and enthusiasm for 17 countries (there are 41 in the Sea Scouting. European Region) and 20 national associations. What do you get for being an Odysseus • From the rest of the world: 17 people member: representing 5 countries and 4 of the other 5 WOSMs regions. • The opportunity to have Sea Scout friends all over Europe; Supporting the meeting there is a staff of 12 • The challenge of organizing a Eurosea people from 4 countries. seminar; • The opportunity to organize It is very good to see that so many people international Sea Scout events; have taken up the offer to arrive on the • The opportunity to influence the 18th so that all have a chance to be there direction of International Sea Scouting; for the opening. • The opportunity to have fun with Sea Scouts from other countries.

I have been the Odysseus Group Chairman since 2010. In this role I have ...

• had productive discussions with Odysseus members; • written articles for Euronaut; • sent Christmas cards; • participated in productive Eurosea planning meeting in Copenhagen; • planned Eurosea games and activities; • sailed from Denmark to the World Jamboree in Sweden; • visited wooden Norwegian and Polish sailboats; Looking for a new Sea Scouting • planned a new website; Experience? Join the Odysseus Group! • visited the WOSM European office; Satu Raudasoja, Odysseus Group Chairman • sent many emails; • organized Skype meetings; Please consider standing for election to the • made many new friends. Odysseus Group if the following describes you: This has been my first international scout job and it has been an interesting new • You are a Sea Scout leader and are experience. I really recommend this to any ready for a new challenge; Sea Scout leader who is looking for new • You are familiar with computers, the Sea Scouting challenges. internet, using Facebook, Skype and It is best (but not required) if you have Google Documents, and use them at participated to an international Sea Scout home or elsewhere; event (e.g. seminar, sailing or camp) • You write and speak English well; before attending Eurosea 11 in Denmark. • You are motivated to promote The most important thing is to be motivated international Sea Scouting; and have the Scout spirit. • You have time to participate in online See – europe.seascout.org/odysseus

Euronaut / Issue 33 / August 2012 / page 9 of 10 FUTURE EVENTS Help Wanted!! 11th Central European Jamboree - AQUA Program Fellow Sea Scouts: 11 – 18 August 2012 – Liptov region, Slovakia See – www.facebook.com/pages/11th-Ce We need your help. The Euronaut staff ntral-European-Jamboree-AQUA-Pro is looking for an additional team gram/188276061251065 member. Skills needed: • Excellent written idiomatic Eurosea 11 English-language skills; 19 – 23 September 2012 – Copenhagen, • Able to write and edit very well – Denmark experience editing newsletters a See – europe.seascout.org/eurosea/11 plus; • Very comfortable working in Satahanka XII Microsoft Word; 29 July – 5 August 2013, Kustavi, Finland • Very comfortable working See – www.facebook.com/pages/Sataha virtually using email and other nka-XII/135449576529563 electronic media.

Tall Ships Race 2013 If this sounds like you, please email 4 - 7 July – Vessels meet in Århus. Denmark Eoghan Lavelle (Scouting Ireland) 7 - 17 July – Race 1 - Århus to Helsinki [email protected] and Bruce (Finland) Johnson (BSA) 17 - 20 July – in Helsinki [email protected] . We promise 20 - 25 July – Cruise in company to Riga to double your Scouting pay. (Latvia) Remember, your Sea Scouting 25 - 28 July – in Riga involvement only takes an hour and a 28 July -3 Aug – Race 2 - Riga to Szczecin half a week. (Poland) 3 - 6 Aug – in Szczecin Eoghan & Bruce See – www.sailtraininginternational.org

Randøya 2014 Next issue 5 - 12 July – Østre Randøy island, Norway Euronaut is the newsletter of the European Sea See – www.facebook.com/Randoya2014 Scouting Network. It is published quarterly and distributed via the Internet. The next issue is William I. Koch International Sea Scout Cup scheduled for October 2012. July 2014 – Eastern United States See – www.seascoutcup.org We need your help. Please send your articles or event notices to Eoghan Lavelle (Scouting Ireland) [email protected] and Bruce Johnson (BSA) [email protected] by 23 September 2012. English and French are preferred.

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