Motorboating and Water Sports Merit Badge Campout
A few updates to our post about the July 30- August 1 campout:
Only a current BSA swim test is required: passing as “Swimmer” – not the swimming merit badge (since we haven’t bee able to offer that merit badge locally recently).
Scouts may sign up for this campout if they will be working on both merit badges OR just one of the two badges. Scouts under 12 years old can do Water Sports, and scouts who already have one of these badges may do just the other. Please indicate that in the “Notes” when you sign up.
Here is the information and sign up links for the campout:
Troop 24 is offering Motorboating and Water Sports merit badges at a Troop campout July 30 – August 1, 2021. The class is limited to 8 Scouts so that 4 can work on Motorboating and 4 can work on Water Sports then switch activities. The cost of the outing will be $50 per scout.
We will leave from RPC on Friday, July 30 at 10:00 am and return mid-day on Sunday, August 1. We will be staying in tents at the Staubus property on Lake Shafer in Hartford, Michigan. Please click on the links provided here to see the requirements for both merit badges. Please review these with your scout.
This Merit Badge event is only open to Troop 24 Scouts who already have passed the BSA Swim Test. Scouts who want to earn the Motorboating Merit Badge need to be at least 12 years old and complete the online certification class at https://www.boat-ed.com/michigan/ which has a cost of $29.50. At this point we have four leaders attending. If additional leaders sign up, we will open the campout to additional scouts for camping (but not merit badge instruction). You can check on the Troop 24 Website “Upcoming Events” page to make sure your registration was fully submitted and accepted.
If you have a PFD that your son likes to wear please feel free to send it with them. If not we will have PFD’s for everyone. Make sure that they pack a swimsuit that they can tie, towel, and sunscreen.
In addition to our merit badge instructors Mr. Hartwig and Mr. Flaherty, we are looking for adult drivers, preferably adults who will stay for the entire event and participate as chaperones. Please sign up on the Adult Form if you can help with this event.
Here are links to the forms:
