LOS ANGELES - Children who are need of leadership and teamwork skills may be chosen to be part of the TopSail Youth Sail Program, which aims to aid at-risk middle schoolers. The Port of Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners recently approved a three-year agreement with the Los Angeles Maritime Institute's TopSail Youth Sail Training Program at a Nov. 1 special meeting. Under the agreement, funding will start at $525,000 for the first year and increase 3 percent a year for the second and third year, as stated in official documents. FULL STORY...
Photo courtesy of the Port of Los Angeles
Teaching Life Lessons - Those who board the Swift of Ipswich or the brigantines Exy Johnson and Irving Johnson return to land educated in more than ship operations. Self-esteem, teamwork and life skills are taught during the TopSail Youth Sail Training Program, which is held through the Los Angeles Maritime Institute.
The Log's Publisher Honored With Good Sea Scout Award
11/1/2007
NEWPORT BEACH - Publisher and boat show producer Duncan McIntosh received the inaugural Good Sea Scout Award from the Orange County Sea Scouts at a marine industry luncheon Oct. 23 that raised more than $20,000 for the Newport Sea Base. Mayor Steve Rosansky presented McIntosh with the award on behalf of the Sea Scouts, and then surprised him by officially proclaiming Oct. 23 "Duncan McIntosh Day" in the city of Newport Beach. More than 100 people attended the event at Balboa Yacht Club. McIntosh - who, with his business partner and wife, Teresa McIntosh, is co-publisher of Sea Magazine, Go Boating Magazine and The Log Newspaper; and co-producer of the Newport Boat Show, Lido Yacht Expo and Marina del Rey Boat Show - was honored for exemplifying the ideals of the Sea Scouts program in his daily life and serving as an excellent role model. FULL STORY...
Club Hosts Sailing Event for At-risk Youths
9/20/2007
By Ambrosia Sarabia
NEWPORT BEACH - Costa Mesa-area children who live at a local motel received a once-in-a-lifetime experience to sail - many boarding boats for the first time - when Balboa Yacht Club offered a unique community outreach program Sept. 8. Unlike some other youngsters who spend their summers on a boat or at the beach, many of the 20 youths who call the Costa Mesa Motor Inn on Harbor Boulevard their home had never been off dry land until they were invited to sail through the harbor with Balboa YC members. "They were very responsive and had a great time," said Alan Oleson, chairman of community affairs for Balboa YC. FULL STORY...
Scouts Turn 100
8/23/2007
Orange County Scouts celebrated the 100th anniversary of Scouting with a sunrise ceremony at Dana Point's Doheny State Beach. Scouts blew a kudu horn like the one used to summon boys to the first camp on Aug. 1, 1907 at England's Brownsea Island, by founder Robert Baden-Powell. Two packs and three Scout troops were present for the Dana Point ceremony, which included Sea Scouts. FULL STORY...
