Day: May 5, 2024

Gloucester, MA Sea Scouts Open House on Schooner Adventure – Free event

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

(Gloucester MA) – Sea Scouts Ship 5 crew and adult volunteers from Gloucester MA belonging to

BSA Spirit of Adventure Council, chartered by Gloucester Elks Lodge 892, will join the Schooner

Adventure, located at the end of the pier behind the Maritime Gloucester Museum on Harbor Loop,

for an Open House on Mother’s Day, Sunday May 12 from 1pm-3pm.

The event will feature various demonstrations and activities which Sea Scout Ship 5 maintains

throughout the summer months including knot tying, heaving, splicing, celestial navigation using a

sextant, along with an introduction to the Big Anchor Project, Mass Oyster Project, Girls on

Adventure, and the Marine Debris Tracker. All aboard the historic Gloucester Schooner Adventure.

Sea Scouts is a program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women ages 14 to 20

which promotes Maritime skills available in and around Cape Ann through collaboration with the

Harbormaster, Mass Oyster Project, SailGHS, Gloucester Elks 892, and others. Sea Scout Ship 5

focuses on Maritime skills available in the Gloucester area. For additional information on Ship 5

see our facebook page, seascoutshipno.5.

Join us on Mother’s Day for a tour of the Gloucester Schooner Adventure and Sea Scout Ship 5

Open House, Sunday May 12, from 1-3pm. Rain or Shine

Fox On Rocks

Posted on by Pat D

We came across a fox feasting on the beach rocks in the vicinity of Black Beach recently. the photo id suggests this might be a red fox, though it appears to have seen better days. When done foraging, it hopped onto the road and trotted close enough to us to make me prepare to get back in the car. But then it hopped back over to the beach and continued trotting along the beachfront. It seemed to be oblivious of the traffic going by so perhaps it’s become used to populated areas.