Gulfport Sea Scouts - Ship 915

Gulfport Sea Scouts - Ship 915 Ship 915 s a year-round co-ed program for young adults 14 to 20. Know someone that would be interested? Come check us out!

We meet on Wednesday nights from 5:30 to 8pm and Sundays 10:30-4:30 pm at BCYC in Gulfport, FL, and sail as often as we can.

Getting the sailboats ready for Sail school.
03/30/2025

Getting the sailboats ready for Sail school.

Beautiful day on Rio....Scouts did a great job skippering and sailing the bay.
03/10/2025

Beautiful day on Rio....Scouts did a great job skippering and sailing the bay.

06/09/2024

Out at sea, you have an %80 chance of recovering a MOB(man over board) during the day. At night, you have a %20 chance of recovering a MOB. Let the sink in......

Jack lines, type 5's, and leads save lives. Our teens are strapped in anytime they are out of the cockpit during the day. After sundown, they are strapped in any time they come out of the cabin. Jack lines run the length of the boat on port and starboard from stern to bow. The type 5 is a life vest that looks like a harness but inflates the moment it ouches water. The lead clips to both...tethering the wearer to the boat.

Part 2-we were visited by a giant Goliath grouper. Eventually, everyone made their way up and I just hung on the back la...
06/09/2024

Part 2-we were visited by a giant Goliath grouper. Eventually, everyone made their way up and I just hung on the back ladder with a snorkel watching the Goliath. He seemed somewhat interested in the red sunglasses in my hand. He would stay in the shadow of the boat and slowly swim to the front, dive down almost out of sight and then head back to the stern coming back up to just a few feet below the surface. Each time, he would get a little closer. The last time, about the tenth time, he was just a few feet from my face hovering for a few seconds. His massive mouth just hanging open and his body barely moving. After a few seconds, he slowly floated backwards and headed back to the bow, this time he just kept on slowly moving deeper until he disappeared. The encounter was finished, but it was amazing.

Part 1-After two days at the marina and the luxury of what comes with electricity: air condition, charged cell phones, a...
06/09/2024

Part 1-After two days at the marina and the luxury of what comes with electricity: air condition, charged cell phones, and hot water, we are setting off for the next portion: a full day sail to the Dry Tortuga's, 2 nights on anchor, and a 36 hour sail back. At this moment , everyone is happy and content. The teens have forgotten the night watches where they were up for 2-down for 4 all night long. They have forgotten the hours of seasickness that some experienced and the others have forgotten the extra shifts of cooking, cleaning, and night watch they had to pick up for those that were green with misery. That is how it goes. The sea has a way of wiping the mind clean of those said ills. If it didn't, the world wouldn't be where it is today because no one would have continued traveling the seas. I can definitely tell you that the things you discover and the adventures you experience far out wa the difficult trials. For the next 2 days, we will swim in crystal clear aqua water watching fish and finding coral, run around on a deserted fort in the middle of the ocean, and just enjoy the relaxing feeling that comes with boat life.
After we left port in KW, we headed due N.W...almost directly west. The wind was at our backs, and soon we realised it was going to be a very hot 8 hours. Everyone settled in finding their little piece of shade and we pushed on. As the fort appeared on the horizon, and our captain yelled "Land Ho!" Everyone shook of the laise and started coming back to life. It is really a cool site. After hours of all blue, you see this square red rock sticking out of the water. It still takes almost an hour of sailing to get to the channel markers. We came in and dropped anchor with everyone eager to get into the water. The water is about 30 ft in the little Anchorage and it was a perfect temperature to wash the days salty sweat away. We all just floated and relaxed for quite a while. As everyone made their way up to dry and get ready for dinner

Good Morning, 🌞🌞 boat is cleaned up, trash is going out, and water is being filled. TNow, we are adding fuel to our back...
06/05/2024

Good Morning, 🌞🌞 boat is cleaned up, trash is going out, and water is being filled. TNow, we are adding fuel to our back up tanks. Cabin looks great, the teens seem mostly awake, and we have a beautiful day of sailing ahead of us.

Long day, but I think the kids had fun. They came back after their adventure, made chicken Alfredo, took a swim behind t...
06/05/2024

Long day, but I think the kids had fun. They came back after their adventure, made chicken Alfredo, took a swim behind the boat, and are off showering and getting ready for bed. We push out a little after 8 am for the Tortuga's in the morning.

Good Morning world, we have had an interesting last 30 hours. It is sailing , so you know how that goes. We had to head...
06/03/2024

Good Morning world, we have had an interesting last 30 hours. It is sailing , so you know how that goes. We had to head to Venice. We had engine trouble on the first night. At about 2 am, we started the engine to charge the batteries, and it was no longer pumping water to cool the engine. Joel tried several things, including changing the impeller underway. We just couldn't get it working. We made the decision to head to Venice to see if he could fix it when the engine cooled and it would be a little less rocky on anchor. Turns out, we had a plug in the raw water intake. It cleared beautifully and pumping. So, we rallied on and started the trek to Key West. We will be arriving at the marina in about an hour. Here is our sunset last night and our just viewed sunrise this morning. There were some down pours, wind gusts of up to 25 knots, a dinner mishap, a lot of great sailing at 8+ knots an hour, a lot of dirty dishes, a lot fewer seasick kids, another small engine hick up, a bunch of smiles, and an added 10 hours of sailing between the two.

Dinner and a sunset....
06/02/2024

Dinner and a sunset....

Summer Cruise 2024: We are off for our next sailing adventure. Everything went smoothly, and we will be meeting up with ...
06/01/2024

Summer Cruise 2024: We are off for our next sailing adventure. Everything went smoothly, and we will be meeting up with the Apollo Beach Ship very soon!

Spring Cruise Day 3: This was a lot of fun. We started off the day early and headed to Ybor city where we toured Centro ...
03/13/2024

Spring Cruise Day 3: This was a lot of fun. We started off the day early and headed to Ybor city where we toured Centro Ybor and the Museum houses, a cigar rolling cafe, the arcade, and lots of cool shops, while learning about the Italian, German, Spanish, and Cuban immigrants, the architecture, the Cuban Sandwich, and the Social medicine and hospital that existed until the late 1900's. Then, we hit the Aquarium, had lunch(and ice ream, of course) and came back to the boat for nap time. We finished touring the river walk for sunset and then had a yummy dinner prepared by the Scouts(Salisbury steak and yellow rice)! It was a very full and fun day.

Spring Cruise Day 2: Made a nice early departure and sailed across the Bay. We had great winds and we're able to sail al...
03/13/2024

Spring Cruise Day 2: Made a nice early departure and sailed across the Bay. We had great winds and we're able to sail all the way to the entrance channel. Arrived to Tampa in the afternoon. Settled in, had lunch, and a little nap in the cool air conditioning. Then the Scouts explored the Riverwalk and the roof top pool. We then took the trolley to dinner at Sparkman's Wharf and a little ice cream. Back to the boat and a night of card games!

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4600 Tifton Drive S
Saint Petersburg, FL
33711

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+17275993350

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