The Scout must complete all these activities.
- Hold the Nautical Skills Badge, or be at least 13 and complete requirements 1 to 5 of the Nautical Skills Badge.
- Demonstrate knowledge of pilotage, navigation lights, sound signals, tides, currents and eddies, as relevant to their local waters.
- Take care of and maintain a boat or canoe for a period of at least three months.
- Know how to get local weather forecasts, understand their importance and be able to recognise signs of changing weather.
- Choose one of the following two activities
- Gain the Pulling Coxswain Award, or take charge of a pulling boat and carry out a range of manoeuvres including: getting underway, man overboard, picking up a buoy, anchoring and coming alongside. Show a working knowledge of the pulling orders and be able to demonstrate them to less experienced members of the crew.
- Gain the RYA Dinghy Level 2 - Basic Skills or Young Sailing Scheme - Start Sailing Stage 3, or take charge of two other people in a sailing boat and demonstrate crew management and a range of sailing skills including: launching and recovery, getting underway, coming alongside, tacking and gybing, man overboard, picking up a buoy, anchoring and capsize recovery.
- Take part in an expedition afloat with a minimum 24 hour duration.
- Obtain an authorisation to undertake water activities (Form W).
- Complete from the list of nautical skills training activities:
- One further item from the Practical Skills section, making sure that at least two skill areas have been covered.
- Two further items from the Safety section.
- One further item from the Rules of the road and communications section.
- Three further items from the remaining five sections.
- Keep a log of the water activities they complete.