Bear Elective 5: Boats

Boating and sailing are great sports. Maybe you’ve already been sailing, but do you know how to rig a sailboat? Make a raft? Repair a dock? Do you know the safety rules for boating? If your answers were no, find out now. Anchors aweigh!

(Bear handbook page 196)

5a – Help an adult rig and sail a real boat. (Wear your PFD.)

5b – Help an adult repair a real boat or canoe.

5c – Know the flag signals for storm warnings.

5d – Help an adult repair a boat dock.

5e – With an adult on board, and both wearing PFDs, row a boat around a 100-yard course that has at least two turns. Demonstrate forward strokes, turns to both sides, and backstrokes.