Local Program Support

BSA LOCAL COUNCIL SERVICE CENTER

Your Sea Scout Ship is supported by one of more than 360 BSA councils.

The local council Venturing Division agrees to: Provide professional staff to help the ship succeed. Maintain service center activities to support Sea Scouting. Recruit, train, and guide a councilwide volunteer district/division organization. Provide councilwide activities such as canoe races, sports tournaments, road rallies, ski trips, and career-related conferences as planned by the officers and Skippers of Ships at the annual planning conference. Conduct an annual career interest survey of all high schools in the council area. Provide the use of councilwide facilities such as camps and aquatic bases.

ACTIVITIES

Sea Scouts may attend the three national high adventure areas: Philmont Explorer Base, Cimarron, NM 87714 (505-376-2281); Northern Tier National High Adventure Base, P.O. Box 509, Ely, MN 55731 (218-365-4811); and Florida National High Adventure Sea Base, P.O. Box 858, Islamorada, FL 33036 (305-664-4173). Other programs that enhance Sea Scout participation are council, area, and regional regattas and rendezvous, and special long cruises aboard U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and other vessels.

LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR CHARTERED ORGANIZATIONS

BSA general liability insurance covers Chartered Organizations on a primary basis for any responsibility they may have because they hold a charter for Sea Scouting.

Primary insurance means the Chartered Organization has exactly the same insurance as the BSA and its councils. It also means that BSA insurance will pay any and all expenses, claims or judgements against the Chartered Organization on Sea Scouting - related matters without asking the Chartered Organization and/or its own insurance to be involved.

TRAINING

The BSA local council provides basic and advanced leader training sessions along with adult leader workshops, quarterly Advisor/Skipper meetings, and program conferences to improve and enrich ship programs.