County Explorer Scout Water Activities Weekend
A big weekend of water activities, run by the county explorer activities team. Staying on the 'Lord Amory' in London, it will be an action packed weekend of kayaks, Canadian canoes, rowing, sailing dinghies and pulling boats.
This is your chance to kip on a ship and sail away your day!
What do I need to do?
This one is up to you! If you want to go, you need to apply directly to the county team. Places are limited, so make sure you don't miss out!
-The Avery Team-
details
| Where: | London |
| When: | Weekend of Friday 02 May 2009 |
| Other: | You need to apply directly to county! |
| Flyer and Application form: |
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Background Info - The History of the Dockland Scout Project
The Dockland Scout Project has evolved from a distinguished Scouting past; starting on the Training ship R.R.S. Discovery, moored on the Embankment near the Temple. This was Capt. Scott's Antarctic expedition vessel, and was used by the Scouts between 1937 and 1979.
When "Discovery" was handed over to the Maritime Trust and relocated to Dundee in Scotland, the Dockland Scout Project was formed in a derelict warehouse adjacent to where Canary Wharf currently stands. We had a small fleet of gigs and dinghies, which we brought from the river and started to run weekend courses and provide boating for London Scouts. In 1981 the Project acquired the ex-Dutch pilot cutter – "Algol", later renamed the "Lord Amory" which was fully renovated and refitted to provide a base for water activity weekends.
In 1991 DSP formally became a Scout District within Greater London Central Scout County. The Project continued to grow with the assistance of the Port of London Authority, and in 1994, with the aid of the London Dockland Development Corporation, the boathouse complex was constructed. The then Chief Scout, Garth Morris along with The LDDC’s Chief Executive, Eric Sorenson opened the complex in May 1994. More recently with the assistance of British Waterways the Project has become one of the best volunteer water activity centres in the country.
Our activities reach further than Docklands. Our sister organisation, The Discovery Sailing Project operate a 12 berth Offshore sailing yacht, a 47ft Seastream Cutter “Discovery" purpose built in 2000 is based on the south coast along with a 26ft 5 berth Westerley Centaur – "Bambi" which offer weekends for groups wishing to experience offshore sailing.
The DSP has an adult service team known as the "Crew” who are all members of the Scout Association. Our youth and future exists in the form of "Quartermasters" who are aged between 13 and 18. They come from all of the branches of Scouting, land, sea and air, as well as Guides, Sea Cadets, Air Cadets and Sea Rangers and any other uniformed organisations.
Our Crew and Quartermasters have taken part in many National and International events, which include, Tall Ships Races (all over Europe) Operation Deep scan at Loch Ness in 1987 and hosting the European Sea Scout Conference in 1994. We also took part in the VJ Day celebrations on the River Thames in 1995 as well as the British Legion Poppy Day Appeal launches in 1994 and 1996. Recently in 2004 we hosted the launch of "Eurojam" for the National Press and also provided one of the facilities to promote the announcement of the new Chief Scout.
At the end of 2004 following the closure of Greater London Central County we transferred to Greater London North County. We hope this will offer even better opportunities to expand the work we do for young people.
The DSP offers a full range of activities. We run formal training courses in Canoeing (BCU), Dinghy Sailing (RYA), Pulling & Sculling, Powerboats (RYA), and Offshore Sail and Power (RYA). We provide water activity weekends for Groups, Districts or Counties.
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