Motorboating
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Motorboating merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1961 | |
Replaced: | Seamanship | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 076 | |
Requirements revision: | 2012 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2008 |
Contents |
“ | With the fun of operating a motor boat boat comes the responsibility for keeping that boat in first-class condition, knowing and obeying the nautical "rules of the road," and gaining the general knowledge and skills to operate a boat safely. | ” |
![]() | Motorboating merit badge is an option for the National Outdoor Badge for Riding. |
Motorboating merit badge requirements | ![]() | ||
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Notes
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- Item 5 of the Motorboating merit badge meets Sea Scout [Able] rank (requirement 6).
- Motorboating merit badge meets Sea Scout [Quartermaster] rank required list (requirement list 6).
- Motorboating is a popular summer camp merit badge.
Requirement resources
1. First Aid:
1a. Hypothermia - Heat Reactions - Dehydration - Motion Sickness - Insect Stings - Tick Bites - Blisters
1b. CPR
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First Aid Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid Merit Badge Pamphlet - First Aid Kit - Emergency Kit - Guide to Safe Scouting - Annual Health & Medical Record
2a. Swimming
BSA Swim Test: Diving also has the feetfirst jump in - Sidestroke - Breaststroke - Trudgen Crawl - Backstroke - Swimming Turns - Floating
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See Swimming Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: Swimming & Lifesaving Merit Badge Pamphlets - Guide to Safe Scouting - Safe Swim Defense - Safety Afloat
2b. Personal Flotation Device
3. Inboard motor - Outboard motor -
Inboard/outboard motor (stern drive)
Related awards
Aquatic-related awards
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See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
First Aid • Weather • Swimming • Lifesaving • Citizenship in the World • Motorboating • BSA Lifeguard |