Scouting, Volume 8, Number 2, January 15, 1920 Page: 9
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SCOUTING, JANUARY 15, 1920
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The sea has, for ages, held terror ana awe for the ignorant. It is the emblem of
eternity; never ceasing. But there is no reason why the strong young boyhood of
our nation cannot learn of the water and its ways; learn how to swim in it, and row or
sail on it. Does the nation today realise how much we need an upspringing race of
Young Vikings? Our country's greatness depends on how well we work for it today.
Plan to foster Seascouting. It broadens the boy's outlook on life, it gives him ro-
mance, it helps knit his young muscles into sturdy fibers that will do mighty service for
all. Do you want to put meaning behind "Columbia, the gem of the ocean"? Back
up Seascouting!
BUOYS FOR SEASCOUT BOYS
By H. G. Horton
AHOY, Seascouts!
Want to play a game for Seascout
boys, played with small buoys, by boys?
We learn quite a bit of our work through
models, so let's square away on this
course.
At a previous meeting, the boys should
have whittled out and painted these buoys,
sketches of which are shown herewith.
Nun and can buoys are used to mark
primary channels, and spar buoys, second-
ary channels, as a rule. Of course, only
that part of the buoy which shows above
water should be reproduced, so these
models need not be over two or three
inches long. They should be painted as
follows:
For the starboard side of channels, from
seaward in, all red nun buoy. (The first
buoy from seaward in, see chart below.)
For the port side of channels from sea-
ward in, all black can buoy. (The first
buoy from seaward in, see chart below.)
For obstructions, dangers, wrecks, etc.,
red and black horizontal stripes. (These
buoys can be passed on either side.)
For showing the fairway, black and
white vertical stripes. (Pass close to these
buoys.)
Quarantine buoys, where ships having
contagious disease anchor, all yellow.
All white—frequently used as anchorage
or mooring buoys—sometimes mark the
course for races, etc.
" Perches " with balls or cages on buoys,
mark turning points.
Five each of the channel buoys, two or
three obstruction, two turning, one fair-
way, one quarantine, and three or four
anchorage buoys, will be enough. They
can be made from pine or basswood, and
painted by the boys themselves, or the
Seascoutmaster can have this work as a
regular instruction meeting.
The Seascoutmaster should obtain a
chart of his local harbor, or river from
the local U. S. Hydrographic office and sec
how these buoys are used. The depth of
water will be shown in numerous places
on the chart. When the meeting begins,
he should draw on the " deck" a large
outline of his chart, and mark on it the
various depths, making a compass rose
on it, and placing a few small pebbles for
" rocks," a handful of sand for " shoal,"
and a stick or two for " sunken wreck,"
etc.
Then have the buoys collected, and give
one of the boys a problem something like
this: " Coxswain Byrnes, I am on a ship
outside the harbor, and want to get inside.
My ship draws fifteen feet of water. Buoy
me out a channel to the dock." Then try
it with a vessel drawing twenty or
twenty-five feet, or five or ten feet of
water. Make small dots over " water"
where soundings are in feet, if you are
marking deeper water in fathoms.
Boys can learn this branch of Sea-
scouting quite as easily in this manner as
they would on the water itself. Com-
mander Scofield, of the Power Boat
Squadron, used this system with great
success in teaching officers' classes at the
Staten Island Minesweeping Base. From
time to time we expect to show more of
these games, and if at any time help is
needed along these lines, write the Sea-
scout Department.
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Sketch of "chart" which Skipper may draw on the "deck" of his ship headquarters. Depths in clear parts are in fathoms;
depths in shaded parts in feet. Nun and can buoys are shown in position.
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