Hands-On Skills
Practical experience with vessels, maintenance, seamanship, and safe operations on the water.
OUR HERITAGE
Rooted in Tradition.
Built for Leadership.
Sea Scout Ship Terrapin carries forward a tradition of maritime learning through practical experience, teamwork, and service.
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THE STORY BEHIND THE SHIP
Learning by Doing.
Sea Scouting has introduced young people to seamanship, leadership, and responsibility for more than a century.
Organized in the United States in 1912, Sea Scouting built on the traditions of the wider Scouting movement and the skills and responsibilities of life on the water.
Those values remain central to Ship Terrapin. From maintaining a working training vessel to cruising San Francisco Bay and the Delta, members develop practical maritime abilities while learning to lead, contribute to a crew, and take responsibility for one another.
Terrapin welcomes prospective members who are curious about life on the water. No prior maritime experience is necessary.
Learn How to Join →WHAT WE TEACH
Skills for Life.
Learning aboard Terrapin goes beyond navigating and maintaining boats. Members develop confidence through shared responsibility and real-world challenges.
Taking Responsibility
Learning to lead a crew, take direction from peers, and follow through on commitments.
Working Together
Teamwork, service, lifelong friendships, and a shared sense of accomplishment.
OUR TRAINING VESSEL
Meet the
Cape Wash.
Alongside a variety of smaller boats, Terrapin's primary training vessel is the 95-foot former United States Coast Guard cutter Cape Wash.
Its maintenance and operation provide opportunities for hands-on training, teamwork, and responsibility that are difficult to replicate in a classroom.
Ask About Visiting ↗USCGC CAPE WASHFormer United States Coast Guard Cutter · Training Vessel
PEOPLE BEHIND THE MISSION
Ship Leadership.
Terrapin is supported by adult volunteers and guided by its youth leaders.
Skipper
Max Rosenberg
Adult leadership
Executive Officer
Dan Kroman
Adult leadership
Boatswain
Youth Leadership
Contact the ship for current youth leadership information.