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WELCOME ABOARD ! Visitors always welcome. Reach out to us at contact@ship940.org
SEA SCOUT SHIP 940, for girls and boys ages 14-20, is the water-based adventure program of Scouting America. Ship 940 is the Council wide, year-round Sea Scout program that offers water-based adventures, optional advancement, and skill training. Our focus is small boat sailing, whitewater kayaking and rafting, motor boating, ice boat sailing and ice fishing, SUPs and all things water-based. We meet monthly, usually at our monthly activity's location.
Sea Scouts can still be, and often are, in a Scouts BSA troop at the same time!
Scouts join Ship 940 to supplement their troop program with water-based adventures.
Ship 940 utilized Stillwater Lake at Camp Minsi occasionally when not on the rivers and stores its equipment at Camp as well. Ship 940 was formed in 2020 to compliment and cooperate with Venturing Crew 940 , also at Camp Minsi.
Sea Scout units, called ships, are established all across the country on oceans, bays, rivers, and lakes. Ship 940 does not own a physical ship, but we do have an inventory of whitewater kayaks and gear, and access to the paddle craft at Camp Minsi Aquatics.
Maritime Club 940 (for ages 10-14, www.Club940.com) is affiliated with Ship 940 and share many of the same program adventures!
MONTHLY ACTIVITIES
We meet about once a month for a meeting and/or activity. The location is dependent on the monthly activity.
PORTS-OF-CALL FALL / WINTER 2025-2026 (aka ACTIVITY SCHEDULE)
Winter Program Has Begun!
FEBRUARY 28, Ice Fishing & Planning Meeting
(& Ice Boat Sailing?)
Monday, 10a - 3p Camp Minsi, Pocono Summit, PA
In cooperation with Maritime Explorer Club 940 (ages 10-14), Ship 940 can join in our kayaking and river kayaking program. Dates and location to be confirmed at the Ice Fishing planning meeting.
March - Swim tests and wet exit (flip over and swim out) from kayaks (pool permitting)
Location, date to be determined..
April – Assignment of equipment and basic dry land drills of paddle strokes, safety talk, etc.
Camp Minsi Ranger Shop. Date and time to be determined.
May – Flatwater kayaking on Stillwater Lake, Camp Minsi
Minsi Aquatics. Date and time to be determined.
June – Moving water drill
Little Lehigh Parkway Creek at Allentown Police Academy facility
Summer – Delaware River Kayak Trip
Sandts’ Eddy access (south of Martins Creek, PA) to P’Burg access (at the bridges)
Fall – To be determined by members.
We teach the skills necessary for a safe and enjoyable adventure. We do not focus on skill badges. But, optionally, those that want to commit a bit more time, can earn the Kayaking and Whitewater Merit Badges. Most of the necessary skills we teach are exactly merit badge requirements, so the extra jump to complete all the badge requirements is small.
Additional Ship event details to follow after the planning meeting.
MARCH, Pool Swim Test and Meeting
APRIL / MAY, TBD
JUNE, Mystic Seaport Trip and deep-sea fishing
JULY, Rafting on the Lehigh River
FALL, TBD
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Contact us directly at: contact@ship940.org
Maritime Club 940 (ages 10-14): www.club940.org
To learn more about Sea Scouts, visit: www.SeaScout.org
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