by Colum McCaffrey | Dec 28, 2022 | 2022
The Ventures and Rovers were welcomed aboard by the Chief Mate before getting a fascinating and VIP tour with Captain Dermot Gray and 2nd Officer Brian Sinnott.
A bilge-to-bridge inspection of the impressive vessel alongside a demo of ROV operations and a presentation of all the activities the ship and crew get up to!
Irish Institute of Master Mariners
by Colum McCaffrey | Dec 18, 2022 | 2022
The Master Mariner competition is an annual seamanship event for Ventures & Rovers.
It is supported and sponsored by the Irish Institute of Master Mariners.
The 2023 Master Mariner Competition will be held on Sunday 5th March at the National Maritime College of Ireland, Cork Harbour.
Hosted by 9th Port (Malahide) and 1st Port (Ringsend) Sea Scouts.
Syllabus & Format
See below details for the 2023 competition programme.
10th January – Online Information Session (7pm).
Thinking of entering? Find out details and format of the competition, ask any questions and meet some of the examiners.
Slides presented at the information night
28th January – Competitors Training Day.
1st Port of Dublin (Ringsend) Sea Scout Den
An opportunity to scrub up on some seamanship skills with the experts and meet some of the fellow competitors.
This day is optional.
REGISTER HERE
4th March – Competitors Experience Day.
Irish Naval Headquarters, Haulbowline Island, Cork Harbour
Meet and greet with the examiners and fellow competitors alongside experience some of the facilities and operations of the Irish Naval Service.
This day is optional.
5th March – Master Mariner Competition.
National Maritime College of Ireland, Cork Harbour
Competition Day!
REGISTER HERE
Frequently Asked Questions
- The syllabus is extensive, do I need to know everything? You don’t! If a competitor doesn’t have huge knowledge on a topic, the examiner will teach them. This will be taken into account in the marking. You should have a reasonable knowledge of at least some of the topics though.
- How does the day work? Competitors move between checkpoints and meet different examiners. At each checkpoint they run through the topic, using practical tests and tools as much as possible.
- Is it only for Sea Scouts? It is organised by Sea Scout groups but members of all Scouting Ireland groups may attend. Non-Sea Scouts have won the event in the past.
by Brian | Aug 12, 2022 | 2022
Please see links to 2022 Notice of Races and Entry Forms below:
Rowing Regatta (Saturday 27th Aug)
Notice of Race
Entry Form
Long Distance / Lord Mayors (Sunday, 11th Sept)
Notice of Race
Entry Form
Sea Scout Triathlon (Sunday, 25th Sept)
Notice of Race
Entry Form
[email protected]
Sailing Regatta (Sunday, 2nd Oct)
Notice of Race
Entry Form
[email protected]
Scout Venture Rover Liffey Descent (Sunday, 9th Oct)
Notice of Race
Entry Form
[email protected]
Hamill Cup (Saturday, 15th Oct)
Syllabus & Format
Entry Form
[email protected]
Fry Cup (Saturday, 22nd Oct)
Syllabus & Format
Entry Form
[email protected]
by Brian | May 8, 2022 | 2022
To mark 110 years of Sea Scouting in Ireland we are asking Sea Scout Groups to share the benefits of Sea Scouting!
The Sea Scout programme is not always easily doable for all Scout Groups, there are also groups who struggle to find someone to help them achieve the water based adventure skills badges.
This year we are asking Sea Scout Groups to take up this task to share their skills & expertise with groups they know – or even groups they are yet to meet.
Take a group kayaking to your bivvy spot, bring them sailing to the best sunrise spot or go for row around the harbour. There are no limitations – except for the need for water!
Make it age-appropriate and make it your own!
These are available for €1.20 each plus €5 postage. (eg. that would be €1.20 by 15 badges plus €5 postage is a total of €23)
Order form is available here: https://forms.gle/t123CZTAQ1D1b11F7
More details can slo be found in our info document:
We will close the order book on the 31st of May.
by Brian | Apr 22, 2022 | 2022
Check out the latest team update below. Click to download.
by Colum McCaffrey | Feb 16, 2022 | 2022
At the Master Mariner competition, Sea Scouts compete for two awards, for the highest ranking Venture Scout and Rover Scout.
The Venture Scout winner is presented with Captain Desmond Fortune – Founder’s Award. Captain Fortune was a founder member of the Irish Institute of Master Mariners. During the WW2 he was the captain of the MV Kerlogue, which was involved with a number of incidents, being attacked by both sides and rescuing troops from both sides.
On passage from Port Talbot to Lisbon the Kerlogue was attacked about 130miles south of Ireland by two unidentified planes. We now know that they were RAF Mosquito planes. Captain Fortune had both legs fractured. The twenty-minute attack not only seriously affected the crew, (Captain Fortune relied on crutches and suffered from wounds he received for the rest of his life) but also the ship. The entire bridge was destroyed, both lifeboats broken along with her compass and radio transmitter and water was overwhelming the engine room. Thankfully the pumps were able to keep the inflowing water under control and she slowly limped into Cobh. It was her cargo of coal, which saved her. Shells, which ripped through her deck, lodged in the coal and did not reach her hull.
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The Rover Scout winner is presented with the Captain Cian Timmons Memorial Award. This award is to be presented from 2023.
Captain Timmons was a Sea Scout, Venture Scout and Assistant Sea Scout Leader in 5th Wicklow Bray Sea Scouts as well as having been involved with Greystones Sea Scouts and Carrigrohane Scouts in Cork City. He participated in the 1997 International Youth Expedition to Kenya (IYEK) and later served on the Scout Commissioner’s Team in Scouting Ireland SAI and the International Team in Scouting Ireland. He was an Assistant Troop Leader at the World Scout Jamborees in Thailand and in the UK. Accomplished in everything he put his mind to, Cian was a truly inspirational figure to all who came into contact with him. He held the Chief Scout’s Award (Scouting Ireland SAI), the Explorer Belt and the Bronze Medal of Merit from Scouting Ireland (CSI). Cian was a holder of a Gaisce-The President’s Award (Gold), an awardee of the state’s Civic Merit Award for long service as a President’s Award Leader and was a nominee of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on the Council of Gaisce. Cian held various posts as a ship’s officer with his final roles being with BP out of Singapore and Angola. His professional career was incredibly accomplished. At the time of his passing he was a Master Mariner (unlimited), a Chartered Marine Technologist, a Chartered Shipbroker, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a member of the Council of the Irish Institute of Master Mariners, a liveryman of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners and a free man of the City of London. He also held a Master’s degree in Maritime Operations and Management from City University, London. Captain Timmons became ill suddenly aboard his vessel off the coast of Angola on 21 February 2014 and died aged just 35.
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Other prizes may be presented from time to time based on the activities in a specific year of competition.
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