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23/06/2014

On Sunday 22 June, Captain Sea Cadets, Captain Jon Holloway RN, spent the day at the Isle of Sheppey Sailing Club to sail with Sea Cadets across the Thames estuary to Southend and back, as part of Sail the UK. They sailed 14 miles with a flotilla of four picos, one bosun and vago including a yacht and two safety vessels. One the way they spotted an American ship that sank during the Second World War. However, the weather conditions proved too much for the picos and so they made the sensible decision to turn back!

The Captain had a terrific day with cadets and is looking forward to his next stop at Woking Sea Cadets. Keep up to date with Sail the UK here.

23/06/2014

Sea Cadets is proud to support Seafarers Awareness Week (21 – 29 June) to promote the UK’s reliance on seafarers supplying essential food, fuel and goods, keeping shipping lanes open and protecting the UK’s interests at home and abroad. Half the food eaten in the UK is imported and, of this, 95% comes by ship (a fact known by only two per cent of the public, according to a recent survey). Yet despite this, a quarter of us (27%) assume the bulk of our food comes by air and one in five of us (20%) think it comes by road! The top food Brits can't live without is the potato - with almost half of those surveyed (43%) saying it's their favourite food we import.

19/06/2014

Sea Cadets in Haringey met Team GB athletes when they helped present a medal at the 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom. They spent Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 June at the Lee Valley White Water Rafting Centre in Broxbourne where Britain's own canoeists were in action. The 12 to 17-year-olds were invited by the British Canoeing Union to assist with the medal bearing and flag raising on Saturday afternoon. Officer in charge Stuart Jackson said: "They loved it. It is sometimes hard to get volunteers at the weekend but they all jumped at the chance. They were in awe of the Team GB canoeists and just of being at the Olympic venue."

18/06/2014

Sea Cadets new flagship is well on its way to being constructed! The stern section, from engine room forward bulkhead to transom, is the second section to be constructed after the keel was laid in April. Look at our photos that show the steel stern section and elements of the glass reinforced polyester superstructure on the Sea Cadets UK Facebook page.  A flagship voyage is the pinnacle of the Sea Cadet experience and one which the charity wants to ensure future generations of Sea Cadets can benefit from.

16/06/2014

Congratulations to Sea Cadet volunteers Lt Cdr (SCC) Alfie Simpson RNR, District Officer for Tyne South/Teesside and Superintendent of the Derwenthaugh Boating Station, Ms Leslie Hastie, a civilian instructor at TS Rebel and A/Lt Cdr (SCC) Ruth BELL RNR, District Officer for Bedfordshire, for being awarded an honour by Her Majesty in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Alfie and Ruth were awarded an MBE and Leslie an OBE for their outstanding contribution to Sea Cadets and their local community.

Over 1,000 people have been honoured by Her Majesty in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list which was released on Friday 13 June to mark The Queen’s Official Birthday.