Sea Scouting inGermany
Karsten Müller
Sea Scouting in GENERALin Germany 1/7
Number of Sea Scouts: about 250
Number of local Sea Scout groups: 4 inside their associations
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Most common sea scout activities:
- Sailing trips on keel dinghies and yachts
- Sailing trips in Croatia, Denmark, England, Germany, Gibraltar, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Portugal
Sea Scouting in GENERALin Germany 3/7
Most common sea scout activities:
- Canoe trips (in France, Germany and Sweden)
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Most common sea scout activities:
- We do even land scout stuff: hiking by foot, by bike, camps
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Most important sea scout things young people learn in different ages:
- Cubs, age 7-11 years: sometimes they sail or row during a camp. No sailing trips.
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Most important sea scout things young people learn in different ages:
- Scouts, age 11-16 years: Learn to handle small boats, sailing (and sometimes) canoe trips, start to learn navigation at sea, at 14 years may become skippers of small boats.
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Most important sea scout things young people learn in different ages:
- Rovers, age 16+ years: Learn to be navigators and (later) skippers on yachts.
Sea Scout EVENTSin Germany
Events in local Sea Scout groups:
- sailing trips, camps, hikes by foot and by bike
Events in district:
- Skipper trainings for small boats and yachts
National Sea Scout events:
- No national sea scout events
Sea Scout TRAINING for scouts / leaders in Germany
- Life saving on the water and first aid:minimum age 14y, organized by group and DLRG (German Lifesaving Society) every two or three years
Sea Scout TRAINING for scouts / leaders in Germany
- license course for inshore sailing on small boats (Sportbootführerschein Binnen unter Segel) minimum age 14y, organized by group every three years
- license course for offshore sailing and motoring (Sportbootführerschein See unter Segel und Motor) minimum age 16y, organized by group every three years
- license course for offshore sailing on yachts (Sportküstenschifferschein) minimum age 18y, organized by group and sailing school when necessary
- radio license course for offshore and inshore sailingminimum age 18y, organized by Cologne university
- security at sea course – how to deal with an accident,minimum age 18y, organized by Cruiser Yacht Club Germany (Kreuzer Yacht Club Deutschland)
Sea Scout TRAINING for scouts / leaders in Germany
Sea Scout ORGANIZATION in Germany
National level: • None
In districts:• None
In the group:• Commisioner for
sailing and training
• A team developing standards
Sea Scout SAFETY Germany
How do you take care of safety in Sea Scouting?• State law for swimming and watersports is our law (Schwimmerlass) for
example no swimming in open waters without a „silver life guard“ around
• In scouting we prefer using life jackets (almost) all the time when sailing
Sea Scout PARTNERSHIPS Germany
German Yachstmen AssociationDeutscher Seglerverband
German Motor Yacht AssociationDeutscher Motoryachtverband
Universities of Cologne, Stuttgart, TuebingenUniversitäten zu Köln, Stuttgart, Tübingen
German Life Saving SocietyDeutsche Lebensrettungsgesellschaft
Cruiser Yacht Club GermanyKreuzer Yacht Club Deutschland
several Clubs of Traditional Sailing Shipsverschiedene Traditonssegler-Vereine
What kind of partnerships Sea Scouts have to non-scout organizations?
Sea Scout CHALLENGES Germany
What kind of challenges do we encounter in Sea Scouting?
• Lack of competent yacht skippers with time to sail.
• Our boats are so far away that they are not used very often.
• We are relatively alone.
Sea Scout SUCCESSin Germany
What kind of success do you have in Sea Scouting?
• Good level of (sailing) education.
• We grow up our own yacht skippers.
• Our scouts are proud to be a SEA scout.