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Coming Events
Here is a quick look at some of the events we have coming up.
Check the calendar and click on the dates for all the details of each event
Scout-O-rama
Feb. 6th
R & G Club Crab Feed
Feb. 20th
Sea Farer's Regatta
Mar. 27th
Old Salt's Regatta
Apr. 30-May 2nd
AMR
May 29th-31st
Westgate Rendezvous
Aug. 14th-15th
Safety @ Sea
Oct. 22nd - 24th
Napa Bridge & Regatta
Nov. 5th-7th
Ship Meeting
Tuesday - 1830
Dress Blue Meeting
Scout-O-Rama
Sat. Feb 6th
Welcome New Scout
Dante
Point Weber News & Happenings
The Point Weber and Siren Song crew, better known as The Delta Alliance, had a great cruise to Coast Guard Station San Francisco for the annual Safety @ Sea Weekend. This event highlights fun with hands on safety training for all the scouts presented by the U.S. Coast Guard. Scouts learn all aspects of boating safety including, but not limited to, fire fighting, pyrotechnics, damage control, first aid, collision avoidance and rescue.
We got underway Friday afternoon for the cruise to Yerba Buena Island. The weekend cruise had a safety theme which began with some basic safety training for the new scouts on board during the cruise. Saturday was an early start with morning muster and colors on the island at 0745. Then it was a day of training and fun. You'll see by the pics, there wasn't a dry scout to be found by 0900. After lunch on the boat, it was back at it for the rest of the day. The training was broken up a bit the traditional officers vs. crew fire hose tug of war. Ask any of the scouts how that turned out, again! After a full day of training, we then had a great dinner of ribs and chicken. Thanks to Outback for great meal. Then it was time for social activities including a Rock Band contest, ice cream for everyone, and some fellowship among the scouts from all the ships. There was about 200 scouts from over 15 ships which took over the station for the weekend long event.
Sunday morning it was time to get underway for Stockton. The cruise went very well with some drills onboard to try out some of the newly acquired skills.
Thanks to all who helped and worked so hard to make this another very successful weekend. All the officers from the Point Weber and Siren Song, the Coast Guard and other Sea scouters who helped out.
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Redwood Rendezvous
The Delta Alliance (Point Weber & Siren Song) headed for Redwood City for the annual Redwood Rendezvous. This is a non-competitive regatta type event designed to promote teamwork and leadership with a huge emphasis on FUN!!! There was plenty of fun to go around with events like the Race To The Bottom, where scouts are to build a boat from cardboard, duct tape & trash bags. A scout then has to make it out to a buoy and back with their boat, preferably still floating. The Delta Alliance won their heat and made it to the finals, and finished 3rd in the final race.
Other events included a very goofy mariners quiz, tug of war, a leadership training event with blindfolded participants driving remote controlled cars, waterbaloon launching, cake cartography (ask one of the scouts), sea chantey singing and the Redwood Relay Olympics.
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Westgate Cruise with Troop 316
Troop 316 from joined the Point Weber & Siren Song crews for a cruise to Westgate Landing. The weekend started Friday afternoon with the Sea Scouts getting the boat ready for the cruise while the troop started work on the motor boating merit badge. The first station was PFDs which had to be done before we got underway. With the safety training done for the new passengers on the Point Weber we were underway and cruising towards our destination. After a great cruise out, the troop headed landside to set up their camp while the Sea Scouts enjoyed a midnight swim.
Saturday morning reveille was followed by colors and work resumed on the merit badge for the Boy scouts and small boat handler bars for the Sea scouts. The day was capped off with an afternoon of swim call and boating in the ship's tender followed by an excellent dinner of BBQ Tri-Tip and chicken, Thanks Bobby!!!
Then it was down to the Boy Scouts campsite for the evening campfire program. This was the first time many of the Sea scouts had seen an actual Boy Scout Campfire program with songs and skits. The Sea Scouts were so inspired, the even put together a skip of their own. Thanks to Rocky, the SPL, for a great time.
The evening was finished with a flag retirement ceremony for the ship's Ensign. We also retired a number of other flags that had been collected over the last few months. A very nice ceremony which involved everyone helping in the retirement of Old Glory.
Sunday morning was time for service to the park. We replaced two broken floats under the docks, serviced all the dock cleats, and painted one of the bridges to the gangways at the park. then it was time to get underway and head back to Stockton. After the cruise back to home port, the last station of the merit badge work was completed where the boys learned to launch a boat from a trailer.
This was a great weekend of blending the Boy Scout program and the Sea Scout program. Both got a chance to see how much their respective programs differ and are similar at the same time. Thanks to Scoutmaster Jim Serface and his group of adult leaders and parents for all their help in making the weekend a memorable one. We will definitely have to do this again!
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Sea Scouts at Camp Mensinger
Sea Scouts from the Point Weber, Siren Song, and Northland participated in a service project for the Greater Yosemite Council. We left our native habitat of waterways, tides, and currents, and headed for the mountains for a weekend camping trip at GYC's premier facility. Located just above 6000ft high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Camp Mensinger is home to summer camp for hundreds of Boy Scouts every summer. This weekend it was home for the Sea Scouts. As a service project for our local council, we tore down and removed an old condemned cabin and cleared saplings from around the fresh water springs for the camp.
We left Friday evening, stopping in Sonora for dinner and arriving at camp about 2230. We got settled in our cabins and got some much needed rest before the days work ahead. Saturday morning we tackled our project and by lunch time had most of the work done. After lunch we finished up and then had some fun at camp. Some scouts enjoyed canoeing on the lake, others just kicked back playing games in the mess hall. After dinner we had some fellowship with officers and scouts enjoying a good old fashion camp fire complete with roasted marshmallows and s' mores.
Thanks go out to all who helped and provided tools, supplies, and our galley crew who did an excellent job of keeping everyone well fed. Thanks also to Bill Heneks for his help and support with the camp facilities.
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Long Cruise
The Point Weber and her capable crew embarked on our annual summer cruise on July 18. Planning to spend 9 days cruising the San Joaquin River to San Francisco Bay began months ago and culminated with the crew and officers enjoying one of the best cruises to date on the old girl.
Our first stop was California Maritime Academy, a traditional stop on our summer cruise to introduce the scouts to one of the great opportunities for advanced education in the maritime industry. We teamed up with the academy's summer program for high school age students run by Robert England. Saturday afternoon and evening was spent training on the deck of the Point Weber with John Manov. We worked on all aspects of deck operations to make sure the newer scouts on the cruise had a good working knowledge of operations on board the boat. Sunday morning the crew enjoyed a very informative tour of the campus showing what classes can be taken and got feel for what life on campus has to offer. We then took the students of the summer program on a short cruise up the river to see the mothball fleet in Suisun Bay and show them how the Sea Scouts crew our boat. Special thanks to Robert and the staff at CMA for their hospitality and great food in their galley.
Sunday afternoon we were underway to S.F. Bay where we set anchor off Angel Island in Hospital Cove for some swimming and fishing. This was the crew's first chance to use our newly installed anchor windlass. The crew really enjoyed not having to lift that anchor over the rail anymore, and the Skipper was happy to see a major improvement in deck safety. The fishing didn't provide the results we were hoping for but I guess that's why its called fishing not catching!
Monday it was on to Hyde St. Pier. After getting tied up to the Alma, a 60ft wooden sail boat built in the late 1800s, we were treated to a ranger led tour of the historic ships of San Francisco Historical Maritime Park, better known as The Hyde Street Pier. We got to see many old vessels and were taken on a private tour of many areas of these ships which normally are not open to the general public. Thanks to Ranger Cunanne for the special treatment. we then got a special tour of the Alma from Skipper Lutz, and an invitation to crew the old vessel on a sailing trip. The crew and officers then enjoyed some well earned liberty time in the Fisherman's Wharf area.
Tuesday morning we were underway once again headed for Coast Guard Station Golden Gate. Here we toured the Coast Guard 47s and checked out the very fast and cool 25s. We took a tour of the base and operations facilities. This is one the most active Coast Guard bases on the west coast, running most of the SARs ops for the central coast of California. Then it was on to Sausalito and the Army Corps Of Engineers dock. The rest of the day was spent working on various projects on the boat with the work day being broken up by a little friendly football game at a nearby park.
Wednesday after breakfast we toured the Bay Model. This is a traditional stop for the Point Weber during summer cruise. It's a complete scale model of the S.F. Bay area all the way from the Golden Gate up through the delta into Stockton complete with water flows showing the actual tides and currents. After our tour we were visited by Bill Van Peeters, a friend of Mr. Erickson, who brought out his submersible ROV complete with sonar and camera. The scouts got the chance to operate his "toy" while we took pictures of the bottom of the boat and other things around the pier. We were then treated to a tour of the Racoon by Captain Joe from the Army Corps of Engineers. The Racoon is a debris recovery vessel used by the Corps to collect debris and hazards to navigation all around the bay area.
Thursday morning found us underway again for Pier 39 with a stop along the way at pier 40 to unload some unwanted cargo. After getting secured in the marina, no easy task (if you were there you know what I mean), it was time for more onshore exploration. The crew was also anxiously awaiting the infamous Pier 39 surprise. This was a well guarded secret known only to a select group of officers. Once the arrangements were made and tickets were secured, we all took a very exciting ride on the bay aboard the Rocketboat. This is a 70ft vessel powered by 2 1400hp engines. We reached speeds of 36 knots on the bay, YEAH!!! It was described as a roller coaster ride on the water and lived up to every bit of the hype!
Friday was another day of enjoying the sites in S.F. with a cable car ride up Hyde St. and then a walk down Lombard St. (The curvy part) and through China Town and North Beach (little Italy). Then it was on to The Port of Redwood City. The siren song met up with us there for the "Your Name Here" sailing regatta. The whole crew attended an ice cream social at the Sequoia Yacht Club and orientation meeting for the sailing teams. The Point Weber had two teams entered and the Siren Song had one team. The sailing races were to be held at the Stanford Sailing Club on Saturday and Sunday. Matt, Rusty, Vincent, and Nick were representing the Point Weber and Aly and Turtle represented Siren Song.
Saturday was time to start the journey back to Stockton. We left Redwood City with a light crew, leaving the sailing teams behind to finish competing for an invitation to next year's Koch Cup Sailing Regatta. We got underway Saturday morning and cruised up to Suisun Bay where we dropped the hook and spent the night. Efforts were under way to get the boat cleaned up and ready for home port on Sunday. Sunday morning found us completing the journey back to Stockton.
As was mentioned earlier in this small novel, this turned out to be one of the best cruises in recent memory for the Point Weber. The entire crew and all officers who participated were at their best and it was a joy to cruise with all of them. There are a few scouts who deserve some additional kudos for their efforts. Jacob really stepped up as chief engineer scout on the cruise, filling in for his dad, our engineering officer who had to withdraw from the cruise due to last minute work and family obligations. Jacob handled all engineering responsibilities throughout the boat including the usual overtaxed crew's head and it's related issues. Aaron for his superb handling of the galley throughout the cruise. He performed exceptionally well considering this was his very first cruise on the boat and had no previous experience in our sometimes challenging galley. Tim for help with engineering. Tyler for his usual top notch handling of the crew during his first cruise as a newly appointed Jr. Officer. A debt gratitude is owed to the officers who participated and I would like to thank them all personally for their help in making this cruise a major success.
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Father's Day / Family Cruise
A great cruise to Westgate to celebrate Father's Day and share some time on the boat with all the families. We cruised with many guests, fathers and families. We had a great BBQ dinner Saturday afternoon and lots of water fun with swimming, sailing, rafting and water fights. Thanks to Mr. Sherling for a great dinner of ribs, chicken and fish. And thanks to everyone else who brought salads, side dishes and deserts.
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Flag Day Ceremony
Sea Scouts from the Point Weber &
Siren Song honored the flag on flag day by participating in a ceremony
sponsored by the Elks in downtown Stockton. There were color guards from the
Air Force, San Joaquin Sheriffs and Boy Scout Troop 10. The vice mayor and
members of the Elks were speakers. The Sea Scouts presented the various flags
of history as the history of our flag was shared with all who attended.
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Sea Scout Color Guard
Stkn Yacht Club Flag Retirement
Scouts from the Point Weber and Siren Song performed flawlessly as the Color Guard for the Stockton Yacht Club's annual flag retirement ceremony. Approx. 50 flags were retired in very well done impressive ceremony conducted by Ron Malmquist of the yacht club.
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Old Salt's Regatta &Cruise
The Delta Alliance cruised to Redwood City for competition in Old Salt's Regatta and did really well. We scored a sloop with Matt & Jeremiah taking third place in sailing practical. On the cruise home we got watch the Golden Bear, a training ship from California Maritime Academy, do some training exercises in the bay. Quartermaster Monique
Watanabe from the Siren Song was onboard the Bear and headed to sea for 2 months of training.
Many pics in the Gallery
Sea Farer's Regatta
The Point Weber cruised in to Martinez for Sea Farer's' Regatta with the Delta Alliance regatta team on board. The first regatta of the year proved the team has really come together and took 2nd place in the mystery event and placed 3rd in rope climb. The team competed in all events except marlinspike, ran out of time, and did pretty well in most events. Now we're gearing up for Old Salt's next month.
SEA SCOUTS
The Sea Scout program is organized to promote good citizenship to the youth of our community through values based leadership training in a maritime setting. Through traditional values of duty to God, fellow man and community, our members acquire skills needed to prosper and succeed in life. Along with these values, our members learn skills in water safety, boating safety, outdoor, social, and service experiences, all in a fun, exciting, and adventurous atmosphere.
If you are interested in learning more about the Sea Scouts feel free to browse the site or click the join link below for contact information
Sea Promise
As a Sea Scout
I promise to do my best:
To Guard Against Water Accidents
To know the location and proper use of the lifesaving devices on every boat I board
To be prepared to render aid to those in need
To seek to preserve the motto of the sea:
Women and Children first
Scout Oath
On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law
To help other people at all times
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight
Scout Law
A Scout is:
Trustworthy
Loyal
Helpful
Friendly
Courteous
Kind
Obedient
Cheerful
Thrifty
Brave
Clean
Reverent