Welcome Aboard Junior Girl Scouts...
for a true and interactive sailing experience in Annapolis, Maryland
on two, fast and fun 74-foot wooden schooners,
Woodwind and Woodwind II.

2012 Sailing Season: April 21 - October 28

We have developed a 2-hour sailing cruise where we train the girls on
different aspects of sailing, as we cruise past the United States Naval Academy and then out onto the Chesapeake Bay.

Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouting! Learn about interesting events that happened in 1912 and how those events have shaped boating and the Navy today. (Work towards your "100 Ways to Celebrate the 100th Patch") Available on most of our 2012 cruises.

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Juniors

Teens

Mixed Age Group

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JUNIORS have 2 different programs to choose:

Sailing & Navigation, 2 hour sail plus navigate a
"Geocaching Adventure" in Annapolis to earn a "Geocacher Badge"
See Curriculum for "Sailing and Navigation"

OR

Sailing and the "Power of Team" while sailing the Chesapeake Bay
See Curriculum for the "Power of Team"

Sailing and Navigation with 100 Years of History	Sailing and the "Power of Team"
Availablity: 7 Days a Week (Excluding sunset sails and Saturday afternoons - unless you can fill the entire boat with 48 passengers)	Available on Specific Special Event Dates Sunday, May 20, 4:00-6:00; Monday, June 11, 1:30-3:30; Wednesday, August 8, 4:00-6:00; & Sunday, September 23, 10:30-12:30. (Unless you can fill the entire boat with 48 passengers)
2 hour cruise includes soft drink or bottled water, snack & Schooner Woodwind Participation Patch
Smaller Groups? Check out our Pre-Set Dates! Minimum of 18 passengers, scouts & adults All other tickets, up to 48 passengers, will be sold to the general public.	See above for specific dates for when this program is offered. Buy tickets by the person online, here. Only girl scouts and chaperones aboard since the whole boat needs to work as a team.
How We Teach this Cruise: After volunteering to raise the sails, the girls will be split into three education groups*. As they cycle through these groups, each group will also get a chance to steer. The captain will ask a question about the information they just learned, and when a girl raises her hand and gives a correct answer, she will take a turn helming (steering) the boat. It is our intent to offer every girl a turn at the "helm".	How We Teach this Cruise: After the safety speech, we will split the groups into four teams. Each team will put up one sail (unless it's too windy). They will cycle through the four team stations* as outlined below. By the end of the cruise they will learn how, through the power of teamwork, a sailboat can sail a course back to Annapolis.
Learning Emphasis: Hoist the Sails * Parts of the Boat and What they do * Navigation (then and now) * 100 Years of Sailing, Boating and the Navy Steering the Schooner	Learning Emphasis: Hoisting Sails as a Team Overview of Sailing and Teamwork Giving Proper, Concise Commands * Proper Lookout and Sails * Learning the Sails and how to use as a Team (A) * Learning the Sails and how to use as a Team (B) * Steering the Schooner
(Optional) Schooner Woodwind Geocaching Adventure Trail We made up a Geocaching Adventure Trail through some sights of Annapolis. It is a "Puzzle Cache" where you will stop at different sites to retrieve information. Each site will point you to the next site where you will have to get clues to "open" your final geocache coordinates. Please bring trade items with you as there will be fun things to trade for. Drop off Travel Bugs or Trackable (and perhaps pick some up!) items to keep them moving in the geocaching way. Read more about requirements for geocaching. JUNIORS can earn their GEOCACHER badge after completing this trail.
See Curriculum for "Sailing and Navigation"	See Curriculum for the "Power of Team"
According to the Girl Scout USA Safety Checkpoints, they want all girl scouts, adults, and other children aboard a "girl scout" cruise to be outfitted in life jackets. We have purchased Type III lifejackets which are more comfortable for non-emergency use.

Prices start at $30.00 per child (under 12) & come with a soft drink or bottled water, snack and Schooner Woodwind Participation Patch.