2011 UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

For more information contact Skipper George Kain, ghkain@comcast.net, 717-880-8730.

Our Ship website is http://ship25bsa.org.

23-24 April 2011 – Easter Weekend. Skipper will be on a Der PeLiKan Training Cruise 22-23 April.

29 April – 1 May 2011 (Weekend) First Capital District Spring Camporee, Susquehqannock State Park, 1880 Park Drive Drumore, PA 17518-9751(Lancaster County).  The Camporee will have a Native American theme this year on a wooded plateau overlooking the Susquehanna River. Besides the awesome view, the park offers a variety of recreational opportunities. The Ship has been asked by our Council to help man several of the Saturday stations.

7 May 2011 (Saturday) – Andrew Blouse Eagle Ceremony.  Rocky Ridge County Park, Chipmunk Pavilion, 2 p.m.

7-8 May 2011 (Saturday-Sunday) – Siege of Mafeking, Emigsville, PA. Begins at 6 p.m. Saturday.  Journey back in time to South Africa in 1899 and join a column of brave British soldiers en route through enemy Boer territory to help relieve the siege of the city of Mafeking and rescue Colonel Robert Baden Powell. Navigate a series of fiendish challenges and obstacles.  Save the colonel so he can survive to invent Scouting ten years into the future!  Be Prepared!  Prepared for what?  Can’t tell you – just be prepared!  Cost: minimal.

27-30 May 2011 (Long Weekend) – Nygard Regatta, Camp Brown, Scotland, MD.  Details and boarding manual at http://www.seascout.net/chesapeake/special_events/regatta.htm.

22-30 July 2011 (One Week) – Ship 25 Long Cruise of the Chesapeake Bay.  Depart Baltimore on SSTV Der PeLiKan, and visit Annapolis, St. Michaels, Herrington Harbour South, Tangier Island, and disembark at Solomons Island. 

12-14 August 2011 (Weekend) - Raft Up, Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay, MD. 

 TBA - (Weekend) – Shipwreck Weekend, Chesapeake Bay.  Date, location and details TBA.  In the past, the scenario has been that the youth members are dumped on the edge of the Bay with a pile of boards, inner tubes, rope, one MRE, and one Gallon water jug per person, told that the ship they were on sank, all the adults were drowned, and the youth have to take what they salvaged and survive on an island for the weekend.

TBA - May (afternoon/evening) – Ship 25 Road Rally, York County, PA. Date and details TBA.  Teams of driver/navigator take on an interesting road course.  Winning is not dependent on speed, but on careful driving and accurate navigation. Cost: free.

29 August 2011 - Commodore's Corn Roast, Perigene Cottage, Long Level, Susquehanna River, PA, 1500 (3 p.m.) until ?? - A pleasant afternoon of boating, water skiing and swimming at the Commodore's cabin, followed by a traditional Indian-style corn roast.  Cost: $3.  Bring a snack or desert.

2-4 September (Weekend) – Western Dance, Emigsville PA Sea Base. ? Still in planning stages.

7-10 September (Weekend) – Skipper attending Navy Reunion, Davisville, RI.

23-25 September (Weekend) – Joint Indian Steps/York Imperial District Fall Camporee at Wizard Ranch, Hellam Township, PA.  Further details TBA.

28-30 October (Weekend) – HMS SULTANA Downrigging Festival, Chestertown, MD.  Details TBA.  See tall sailing ships from all over the Bay area gather in historic Chestertown, MD. 

November (Weekend) – Turkey Cookoff, Camp Rodney, Northeast, MD.  Date and details TBA.  We team up with Troop 25 to spend a weekend overlooking the Bay and preparing an exquisite full Thanksgiving dinner in the field, with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn, cranberry sauce, rolls, pumpkin pie, whipped topping, etc.  A gourmet’s delight!

18-23 July, 2012 (Week) – Sea Scout Centennial ScoutFleet Celebration at Baltimore, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD.  Details TBA. This will be a major celebration of the 100^th Anniversary of Sea Scouting – a once-ever gigantic event.