SEA SCOUT APPRENTICE RANK STUDY GUIDE
1. ADMONITION
2. IDEALS (Memorize*)
- Discuss Scouting Core Values (inside front cover)
- Sea Promise*
- Scout Oath*
- Scout Law*
- Venturing Code (pg 38)
3. PARTICIPATION
- Attendance
- Dues and fundraising
4. UNIFORM (PG 105)
5. SEAMANSHIP
- Knots (pg 127)
- square knot (pg 127)
- bowline (pg 128)
- clove hitch (pg 130)
- sheet bend (pg 132)
- two half hitches (pg 130)
- figure eight (pg 128)
- cleat hitch
- Heaving line (pg 154)
6. SAFETY
- Safety Equipment (pg 243)
- PFDs: types, rules (pg 243)
- 1pfd worn/member
- + 1 throwable
- Marine Distress Signals (pg 185)
- Radio: channel 16
- Code Flags
- Distress Cloth/FLOG
- Audible
- Continuous: horn, bell, whistle
- 1 minute intervals: guns, explosive
- Flares/Smoke
- Flashlight: SOS ...---...
- Arm Signal: horizontal to down (Not for helicopter!)
- Flame/Fire
- Dye Marker
- VHF Radio (pg 198, 200)
- Calling channel 16
- MAYDAY & Vessel Name x 3
7. CUSTOMS/COURTESIES
- Vessel boarding (pg 16, appx. K)
- Request Permission
- Salute OOD
- Double salute (pg 16)
8. SWIMMING
- Swiming exercise/merit badge
- Safe swim Defense (pg 249)
- Qualified Supervision
- One adult over 21
- Trained BSA Safe Swim Defense
- Physical Fitness
- Safe Area
- Lifeguard
- Lookout
- can be the adult supervisor
- Ability Groups
- Buddy System
- Discipline
9. WORK DETAILS
- 16 documented hours of approved work on ship equipment, projects
Note: Page numbers are based on the "B" version of the Sea Scout
Manual. If you have the New Book, version "C", the page numbers will
be close. There were a couple pages added in the new book. Look a couple pages
further back if you donŐt see the exact reference.