Euronaut Newsletter for European Sea Scouts Issue 28 • November 2010 badge and gave one each of their Sea Inside this Issue Scouts. • Warington Fund Update • SOLAS V for Sea Scouts At Eurosea 11 it was decided that the • Sea Scouting in the Northern Adriatic / money would be used to produce a full size Scoutisme Marin dans l’Adriatique du bronze relief of Warington Baden Powell Nord • Dublin Sea Scouts set sail for the Isle of and a plaque containing details. Man / Voyage des Scouts Marins de Dublin à l‘Île de Man It is hoped that a latex form can be made • Événements á L’avenir / Future events so that plaster copies can be made locally. • Editorial / Éditorial • Next issue To order your badges see the European • On the web Sea Scouting homepage; • Eurosea 10 report http://europe.seascout.org/ SOLAS V for Sea Scouts Warington Fund Update Sjoerd Heeringa, Vice Chair, Odysseus Ron Brown, Odysseus Group Group At present we have raised 1270 euros. Aquatic Safety was one of the topics Badge sales are slowing down but we hope presented at the recent Eurosea 10 seminar that they will soon pick up again. Western in Plzeò, Czech Republic. Chapter V (five) Australia has adopted the badges and of the International Convention for the made their own rules for winning the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) covers Friendship badge. pleasure craft. In particular, it explores prior planning for your boating trip, more Australia is a clear commonly known as voyage or passage winner in the planning. Voyage planning is basically badge buying common sense. As a pleasure boater, you race with 550 should particularly plan for the following badges when planning a boating trip: purchased. They are followed by • Check the Weather forecast; Denmark, Norway, • Check Tidal predictions; UK and France with • Know the Vessel’s limitations (including many other checking for sufficient safety countries far equipment and supplies); behind. Holland • Know your Crew, their experience, and produced a physical ability; thousand badges • Beware of the Navigational dangers and sold them in 4 (study the chart, pilot book, or days at their almanac); national camp. • Have a Contingency plan (know what They sent a 250 Euro donation to the fund. to do when a mishap happens); Finland also produced around 200 sets of • Leave a Cruise plan with someone badges. Belgium designed their own ashore. Tell a responsible person what Euronaut / Issue 28 / November 2010 / page 1 of 7 you are going to do, where, and when. lifejackets are suitable for individuals with a body weight of 35 pounds on up (15 kg) All of these rules and much more but may be inadequate when a child or information can be found in free brochures adult falls into the water. provided by your national Marine & Coast Guard agency or downloadable from their It goes without saying that this is also true of websites (e.g., www.mcga.gov.uk, inherent buoyancy lifejackets. Your motto www.rnli.org.uk/what_we_do/sea_and_bea should be: Be close by when someone falls ch_safety/sea_safety/lifejacket_campaign into the water. The inflatable lifejacket will Click%20here, inflate in the water and bring the person to www.rya.org.uk/infoadvice/regssafety/saft the surface. The necessary buoyancy is in eytips/Pages/buoyancy.aspx ). the right place and will mean that his/her mouth is out of the water. They will also not sweat nearly as much as they would if they were wearing an inherent buoyance lifejacket. The inherent buoyancy lifejacket, on the other hand, has the advantage of being virtually indestructible and needs less servicing. The buoyancy is immediately available and distributed where it should be. An inherent buoyancy lifejacket is more Scouting-proof: falling into the water during a play is no problem. Your lifejacket is always alert and works 24/7. Once an inflatable lifejacket is blown, you must have a re-arming kit to make it work again. Lifejackets As stated above, you must have sufficient safety equipment on board. Every member of the crew must have a lifejacket appropriate for their age and weight. What's even more important is the type of clothing being worn. For example, in most cases 275 Newton lifejackets are recommended because as a rule, a lifejacket has a serviceable life of from 10 to 15 years. (For Scouts this should be no more than 10 years). Since the weight of a 275N lifejacket is not substantially greater than that of a 150N lifejacket, and the price is essentially the same, the 275N lifejacket is the better choice. Buoyancy Aids Never ever use a buoyancy aid What is a Newton? (“swimming jacket”) as a lifejacket! Note A Newton is a buoyancy unit of measure. that on a lifejacket the buoyancy is behind 150 N (Newtons) equals approximately 15 the neck and is asymmetrical on your kg or approximately 15 liters. body. This will turn you face up and will keep your head out of the water. Are Inflatable lifejackets recommended for Scouts? Can I service my lifejacket myself? This is a difficult decision. Inflatable You should routinely check the buoyancy Euronaut / Issue 28 / November 2010 / page 2 of 7 chamber and seams, certainly every time with wash and toilet facilities. Wooden you go sailing. You cannot service the poles are available for pioneering inflator yourself because you do not have projects, and canoes and kayaks are the appropriate parts. A service station has available for use on the sea. this equipment. Scoutisme Marin dans l’Adriatique du Costs Nord The price of a simple inherent lifejacket is less than the price of a nice sweater. The Le 15 mai 2005 un groupe de Chefs des price of an inflatable lifejacket is 3-4 times Scouts Marins de Rimini, dans l'Adriatique more expensive like of a winter jacket and du Nord, s'est réuni pour servir et also has the cost of regular, professional promouvoir le développement de inspections. Scoutisme Marin. See -- www.Secumar.com Ce Groupe a adopté le nom SEA – Scout Educatori Altoadriatico. Sea Scouting in the Northern Adriatic SEA est une organisation à but non lucratif et fournit des ressources, des équipements, On May 15, 2005 a group of Sea Scout l’organisation et l'entrainment Marin Leaders in Rimini in the Northern Adriatic approprié pour les garçons et les filles dans came together to serve and to promote le Département de L'Adriatique du Nord the development of Sea Scouting. d'AGESCI. Actuellement l'organisation est impliquée dans deux activités principales : This Group adopted the name SEA – Scout Educatori Altoadriatico. 1. L'Entraînement de Voile Côtier, en utilisant un Altura 33 Moteur-sailer, SEA is a non-profit organization that produit par Cantieri Moschini en 1974. provides resources, facilities, organization Stella del Mare est un moteur-sailer gréé and appropriate Sea Scout training for boys de ketch, dans le style commun à and girls in the Northern Adriatic Europe septentrionale. SEA a préféré ce Department of AGESCI. Currently the type de bateau, le moteur aident avec organization is involved in two activities : les voiles, comparées à la navigation pure, avec le but de garantir la sécurité 1. Coastal sail training, using an Altura 33 maximum et aussi l'abondance motor-sailer, produced by Cantieri d'espace pour la vie à bord, avec le Moschini in 1974. Stella del Mare is a bon logement pour l'équipage, huit northern European-style ketch-rigged couchettes, la galère et les toilettes. Le motor-sailer. SEA has preferred this type vaisseau est utilisé pour l'entraînement of boat (motor assisted sails) as côtier et est fondé à Rimini. compared to pure sailing, with the aim of ensuring maximum safety and plenty 2. Base Nautica Edo Biasoli est une Base of space for life on board, and good Marine près de Rimini, à la mémoire crew accommodations – 8 bunks, d'Edo Biasoli, le Chef national réputé du galley, and head. The vessel is used for Scoutisme Marin d'AGESCI, à partir de coastal training, and is based at Rimini. 1970 à 1983, qui est mort en 2003. La base est une région de camping 2. Base Nautica Edo Biasoli is a water clôturée, boisée d'environ 2 acres, activity base near Rimini, named in trouvées juste 20 mètres de la mer et de memory of Edo Biasoli, the famous la plage, avec la lessive et les toilettes. National Chief of the AGESCI Sea Scout Les pôles de bois sont disponibles pour Sector from 1970 to 1983, who died in mettre des projets au point et les 2003. The base is a fenced, wooded canoës et les kayacs sont disponibles camping area of about 2 acres located pour l'utilisation sur la mer. just 20 meters from the sea and beach, Euronaut / Issue 28 / November 2010 / page 3 of 7 Dublin Sea Scouts set Sail for the Isle of Voyage des Scouts Marins de Dublin à Man l’Île de Man Néala Troop of 9th Port of Dublin (Malahide) La Troupe “Néala” du Groupe Marin de Sea Scout Group went to the Isle of Man Malahide (9ème Port de Dublin), est allée à for their Annual Camp in July 2010. Sixteen l'Île de Man pour leur Camp Annuel en Scouts traveled on the ferry Snaefell from juillet de 2010. Seize Scouts ont fait la Dublin to Douglas, while another 16 scouts traverse de la Mer d'Irland sur le bac à sailed from Malahide Marina to Peel voitures, de Dublin à Douglas. Mais les 16 Harbour on 3 sailing yachts and a motor autres Scouts a navigué au Port de Peel, cruiser.