Sea Scout Ship #5111

02/15/2026

If you’ve never been to the Chicago Maritime Museum, we highly recommend. ⚓️We learned a ton - plus, It’s the only museum in Chicago with free parking!

02/14/2026

Learning about Maritime history, the Chicago Portage from Louis Joliet himself and our amazing docent, Madeline.

12/07/2025

Gosh that was fun!🎄🤩 Our annual Christmas Ship Sleepover that we host for Scouts aboard our home & clubship truly fueled us for the big event yesterday! Always great to serve alongside our friends, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary & other youth groups. Massive thanks to the Chicago's Christmas Ship committee for this opportunity to serve the city & deliver trees to needy families! 🙏🏼🎄⚓️
photo credits: Jerry Kammeyer & J. Angone

12/05/2025

It’s here!! ⚓️🎄👏🏼 Our Sleepover is tonight, and we’re looking forward to serving with everyone tomorrow morning…Its our favorite event of the year!

Photo credit- Brian K.

10/12/2025

Wowzah! Massive thanks to all who attended, donated silent auction items, planned and executed Friday night’s annual ‘Scoutoberfest’ Fundraising event. ⚓️ It was immensely successful because of you, and gosh we had a great time too! Thank you so much for supporting Sea Scout Ship 5111- we love you! 🙏🏼❤️⚓️

09/23/2025

Just because you’re not a Sea Scout doesn’t mean you can’t be part of the Ship 5111 program!⚓️Bring a friend, win prizes, check out our deluxe silent auction (thank you generous Donors!) all at our annual Fundraising event. All are welcome, but you need a ticket to enter 🎟️ - join us on 10/10!

08/26/2025

Mondays are for MOB Drills…especially when we have the lake to ourselves! Our ‘Oscar’ is a very large white fender (we tie a bowline on the free end), and is an easy way to introduce new Sea Scouts to the commands & procedures vital for a safe & quick pick up.

08/23/2025

Mirage finally got to race again today in 13-19 knots which made for some gnarly moments, but the boat is so capable & you could tell all too happy to show us what she’s got…SV Mirage is so fun to sail!⛵️👏🏼 Special thanks to Sailor & Sea Scout leader Gray W & Sea Scouts, we thoroughly enjoyed today’s regatta for a great cause! 🌊Speaking of - huge ‘Sea Scout Shout-out’ to friends of the Ship, Cathy M & Captain Bob for donating to our fundraising page benefitting the Alliance for the Great Lakes. There’s still time to donate if you feel passionate about keeping our Great Lakes pollution-free too (scroll down on our FB page for the post w/link).

08/16/2025

Do you care about keeping our Great Lakes clean & pristine? Help us keep plastics out of Lake Michigan & support us & the Great Lakes Regatta next weekend! Alliance for the Great Lakes

Conservation is our middle name and keeping plastics out of Lake Michigan is our game! Ok, yeah- sailing is too, but it’s seriously not cool to pollute. Help us keep up the great work in preserving our Great Lakes!

08/05/2025

08/05/2025

We are already missing the friends we made today made possible by the USCG Auxiliary & Columbia Yacht Club friend Pat B who introduced Lake Michigan sailing to Scouts from Japan 🇯🇵 This day was a big success due to them and the International Scouting Commitee (and Google Translate!)…Thanks so much for your visit- see you in Tokyo!! ⚓️🙌🏼⛵️