Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Part 91

2. Name two types of row boats.

3. Demonstrate rowing alone on a straight course for a period of one-half hour. Keep stroke with another person for the same length of time.

4. Demonstrate sculling or poling.

5. Bail and clean a boat.

6. What does it mean to "trim ship?"

C. SAILBOAT.

1. Demonstrate hoisting a sail, taking in a reef, letting out a reef, steering, sailing close to the wind, before the wind, coming about, coming up into the wind.

2. What is meant by tacking?

3. What is the difference between a keel and centerboard type of boat? Tell the advantage of each.

4. Coil the ropes on a sailboat.

5. Name three different types of sailboats.

D. CANOE.

1. Where and how should a canoe be placed when not in use?

2. Demonstrate putting a canoe into the water, stepping into it, taking it out, and the technique of bow and stern paddling.

3. Overturn, right and get back into a canoe.

4. Name two standard makes of canoes.

5. What does it mean to make a portage?

E. MOTORBOAT.

1. Know how to oil the engine and the best kind of oil with which to oil it.

2. Demonstrate cleaning the engine; cranking the engine.

3. Know how to measure gas in tank, how much gas the tank holds, and how long the engine will run when the tank is full. Know how to judge good gasoline.

4. Why should a motor boat never be left without turning off the gas? State reasons.

5. Be able to rectify trouble with the carburetor.

6. Know proper weight of anchor for boat; how to lower and hoist anchor; how to ground anchor so boat will not drag; know the knot to fasten rope to anchor and rope to boat, and how to throw out anchor.

7. Demonstrate how to coil rope so it will not kink when anchor is thrown out.

8. Know channels and right of way by buoys and lights.

REFERENCES:

"Harper's Boating Book for Boys," C. J. Davis, Harper.

"Boat Sailing," A. J. Kenealy, Outing.

[Ill.u.s.tration: SCRIBE

SYMBOL--OPEN BOOK]

1. Submit an original short story, an essay or play or poem.

2. Know three authors of prose and their compositions.

3. Mention the names and some works of three novelists, two essayists, three poets, two dramatists of the present century, at least three of them American.

[Ill.u.s.tration: SIGNALLER

SYMBOL--CROSSED FLAGS]

SEMAPh.o.r.e

1. Give alphabet correctly in 30 seconds, or less.

2. Give the following abbreviations correctly; AFFIRMATIVE, ACKNOWLEDGE, ATTENTION, ERROR, NEGATIVE, PREPARATORY, ANNULLING, SIGN OF NUMERALS.

3. Send message not previously read, of twenty words, containing three numerals and sent at the rate of 50 letters per minute. Only one error to be allowed. Technique is to be considered and judged.

4. Receive unknown message of twenty words, containing three numerals at the same rate. Two errors to be allowed. Scouts may have someone take message down in writing as they read it, and five minutes in which to rewrite it afterwards.

WIGWAG

1. Give alphabet correctly in two and one half minutes or less.

2. Give numerals up to ten correctly.

3. Send message not previously read, of twenty words, containing three numerals, at the rate of ten letters per minute. Only one error allowed; technique and regularity to be considered and judged.

4. Receive unknown message of twenty words, containing three numerals, to be given at the rate of 10 letters per minute--Two errors to be allowed. Conditions for receiving, the same as in Semaph.o.r.e.

BUZZER

GENERAL SERVICE CODE

1. Send message of twenty words, not previously read, at the rate of ten letters per minute. Two errors allowed.