Portland-Area Sea Scouts Learn All Things Nautical, from Sailing a Ketch to Converting a Mine Sweeper to Biodiesel

(The Oregonian) ...the Tsunami, recently won the most prestigious national honor awarded by Sea Scouts: the position of National Flagship. The award recognizes program quality, youth achievement and adult commitment, and is given to just one ship of the more than 500 nationwide. It's the first time since 1936 that a Portland-area group has won.
...And the committee was also impressed that 100 percent of the youths advanced at least one rank during the year, and that Tsunami worked with the biodiesel program at Heritage High School to convert their powerboat, a retired, 36-foot mine-sweeping launch, to biodiesel. The biodiesel idea came from the crew, which is typical of how skipper and lead adult adviser Dennis Moore runs the ship. READ MORE