Sea Scouts New Zealand

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Sea Scouting

Organizational data
Country New Zealand
Founded 1908
Founder Warington Baden-Powell
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Sea Scouts New Zealand are part of Scouting New Zealand. There are around 900 Sea Scouts in New Zealand in 60 troops around the country.

The New Zealand Sea Scouts use a 17 ft cutter as their principle boat - the concept of having a specific boat for Sea Scouts in New Zealand originated in 1944. The first two boats of this class were ready for the 1st National Dominion Regatta in 1945. The original boats were clinker built and used Kauri as the main timber. The rig was a gunter designed so that the all the spars could be stowed inside the boat for towing. These wooden cutters are still in use today including the first built. They continued to be built in the original manner until the early 1970's, around 140 were built over this period. In the late 1960s and early 1970 fibreglass versions of the cutters began to be produced, the hull being identical in shape and size but the gunter rig was replaced with a Bermudan design using aluminium mast and boom. These boats are still in production and around 90 have been built.

[edit] National regattas

A view of a NZ Sea Scout Regatta
A view of a NZ Sea Scout Regatta
Location Year
Picton, New Zealand 1945
Tauranga 1947
Nelson, New Zealand 1949
Auckland (Motuihi Is) 1951
Southland Region 1953
Gisborne 1955
Mana, Wellington 1957
Auckland 1959
Akaroa 1961
Auckland, Motutapu Island 1963
Mana, Wellington 1965
Lake Waihola, Dunedin 1967
Kaiapoi 1969
Whangarei 1971
Mana, Wellington 1973
Tokoroa 1975
Lake Waihola, Dunedin 1977
Picton, New Zealand 1979
Hastings, New Zealand 1981
Auckland (Whangaparoa) 1983
Timaru 1985
Tauranga 1988
Evans Bay, Wellington 1991
Picton, New Zealand 1994
Auckland, (Takapuna) 1997
Auckland, Motutapu Island 2006

[edit] Groups

Group Name # of Scouts 2007 Link
1st Mikotahi Sea Scout Group 8
1st Orakei Sea Scout Group 20
1st Waiheke Sea Scout Group
Andersons Bay Sea Scout Group 17
Aotea Sea Scout Group 9
Awatuna Sea Scout Group 10
Birkenhead Sea Scout Group 9
Brighton Sea Scout Group
Britannia Sea Scout Group 24
Britomart Scout Group 23
Bucklands Beach Sea Scout Group 29 [1]
Calliope Sea Scout Group 18
Diamond Harbour Sea Scout Group 9
Doubtless Bay Scout Group 8
Eastern Bays Scout Group 16
Endeavour Sea Scout Group 15
Far North Scout Group
Hawke Sea Scouts 16 [2]
Howick Sea Scout Group 4
Illustrious Sea Scout Group
Iron Duke Sea Scout Group 7
Jellicoe Sea Scout Group 14
Kati Kati Sea Scout Group
Kotuku Sea Scout Group 5
Lake Rotorua Sea Scout Group
Lake Taupo Sea Scout Group 16
Lynmore Scout Group
Lyttelton Sea Scout Group 30
Mt Maunganui Sea Scout Group 11
Mt Pleasant Sea Scout Group 32
New Lynn Sea Scout Group 22 [3]
Ngati Toa Sea Scout Group 22 [4]
Ohui A Rangi Sea Scout Group
Omokoroa/Pahoia Sea Scout Group 9
Onerahi Sea Scout Group 2
Orewa Sea Scout Group 15
Orpheus Sea Scout Group 6
Owairaka Sea Scout Group 16
Paihia Sea Scout Group
Papakura Sea Scout Group 10
Paraonui Sea Scout Group 8
Paraparaumu Beach Sea Scout Group 26
Picton Sea Scout Group 7
Port Nicholson Sea Scout Group
Pukerua Bay Scout Group 6
Raglan Sea Scout Group
Rangatira/Beachhaven Scout Group 12
Rangiawhea Sea Scout Group 11
Scotts Own Sea Scout Group 8
Shackleton Sea Scout Group 15
Southern Cross Sea Scout Group 18
Springlands Sea Scout Group 18
St James Sea Scout Group 12
St Johns Scout Group
St Peters Sea Scout Group 26
Sumner Scout Group 12
Tainui Sea Scout Group 8
Tamaha Scout Group 15
Tasman Sea Scout Group 6
Tauhinu Sea Scout Group 16
Te Anau Sea Scout Group 34
Te Ara O Kiwa Sea Scout Group
Te Atatu/Endeavour Sea Scout Group 16
Te Puna Sea Scout Group 22
Te Puru Sea Scout Group 8
Terra Nova-Monowai Sea Scout Group 10
Thames Sea Scout Group
Wainui Sea Scout Group 6
Wairau Sea Scout Group 11
Waitaha/St Leonards Sea Scout Group 6
Western Bays Sea Scout Group 8
Westshore Sea Scout Group 17
Weymouth Sea Scout Group
Whitianga Sea Scout Group