Sea Base 2020

Welcome to High Adventure Sea Base planning for 2020!! Scouts who are 13 years of age at the time of the trip are eligible.

The Summer of 2020, Troop 773 will go to Seabase. Registration opened last week, and we reserved spots for 5 crews, each sailing for 6 nights on a 40-foot sailboat.

Each crew will consist of 8 participants: at least 2 adults, and up to 6 scouts. Total max per boat is 8, no exceptions, but the boat can go with 6.

Dates for all groups are: Fly out of DC on August 15, meet the boat August 16, and fly home August 22.

Our troop is planning two trips:

Key West group will fly to Miami, drive rental cars to Keys, stay at a hotel/condo for the night and go to Seabase location on the 16th to meet their captain. The Key West location sails for six days, with a one day, stop at a national park. Sailing days are shorter and distances are shorter.

St. Thomas group will fly to Miami, and then take a connecting flight to St. Thomas, get a ride with the resort transfer, and stay one night in the condo on site for the Seabase location. The USVI group will sail for six days around St. John, which has a large national park. Sailing days are longer, and scouts who go to the St. Thomas location can get the 50-mile badge. This would be a better trip for older scouts, or scouts who have experience sailing.

Sailing without landfall is a different kind of environment than hiking at Philmont, but can be equally as challenging. From the Seabase website, please see the eligibility requirements: http://www.bsaseabase.org/Resources/Eligibility.aspx

Spots will be saved on a first come, first served basis. See emails for details.