Coxswain Blue

Coxswain Scout Badge Blue Woven and Bound 1934 to 1967

The Coxswain was worn on the Right arm in between the shoulder and elbow.

A scout could not gain any more than 6 proficiency badges before gaining a First Class scout badge.

To earn this badge a scout must do the following *

Identify not less than four types of pulling boat and name the various parts of a boat by actual demonstration.

Take charge of a boat’s crew and demon strate that he can Use the correct pulling orders.  Bring boat alongside a vessel or landing stage, Maintain boat discipline.

 Know the elementary Rule of the Road at Sea for both steam and sailing ships, together with any local rules for small boats.  Use properly the following:  Clove Hitch.  Rolling Hitch.  Anchor (or Fisherman’s) Bend. 

Know the gear that should properly he carried in a pulling boat.  (6) Form part of a crew of a pulling boat for an expedition  of not less than 24 hours’ duration, to include a night spent it  camp at a distance of not less than six miles from the starting  point.

*The Requirements for each badge varied through issues of POR