Date: Fri May 29, 6:30 PM EST - Sun May 31, 5:00 PM EST
Category:
- Outdoor
Level:
- Volunteers
Please read this entire column for additional information BEFORE selecting your number of girl and/or adult participants in the right-hand column on the registration page.
Members Only
Event Description: Join us for a 2-night, 2-day weekend training, where you can certify to take Girl Scouts on the water. There are three sessions offered for this training weekend that you will choose from: Basic/Council Properties: Canoe, Kayak, and Paddleboard; Basic/Council Properties: Sailing; or for those that are advanced boaters and want to join our watercraft facilitator team to teach future classes: Watercraft Instructor Training.
Class Options:
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here for more detailed information on specific
classes.
- These courses include both online and in-person training that must be completed to be considered certified.
- These classes are for registered adult volunteers.
- Credentials are good for five years from the completion date.
SESSION 1:
Combination Basic Skills Plus Watercraft Leader:
Council Properties -Canoe/Kayak/Paddleboard
DESCRIPTION:
- Learn all of the basic boat handling and rescue skills for canoeing, kayaking, and paddleboarding covered in both the Basic Skills class and in Paddling Watercraft Leader: Council Properties.
- Participants may go from beginner to " take girls out" on council properties.
- Successful demonstration of both paddling and rescue skills, and completing all portions of this class, meets the Safety Activity Checkpoints for leading paddling activities at GS-NCCP council properties for adult volunteers, and meets the criteria for Qualified Assistants/Co-Boating Leader for Ambassadors Girl Scout age 16 and over.
- This class is a mandatory prerequisite for the Watercraft Leader - NC Waterways training.
FEE: $50.00
SESSION 2:
Multi-level Sailing Class
DESCRIPTION:
GS-NCCP Sailing classes are small,
customized classes for sailors of all levels. Each participant will
have an individual development plan with criteria and skill
requirements for the level they are seeking. The following levels will
be offered:
1. Combination Basic Skills Plus Watercraft
Leader: Council Properties I - Sailing.
This class will focus on
sailing preparation, safety, and leading sailing in the cove at Camp
Graham and within specified limits at Camp Hardee.
2.
Watercraft Leader: Council Properties II - Sailing.
This class
will focus on leadership of sailing activities beyond the cove at Camp
Graham to the Water Treatment Plant and in a more expansive area at
Camp Hardee.
3. NC Waterways Leader - Sailing
This
class will include leadership of sailing activities on flat water
sites away from NC Coastal Pines properties within North
Carolina.
4. Sailing Facilitator cross-over.
This
class will enable currently certified boating facilitators
(Canoeing/Kayaking/Paddleboarding) to cross-over to Sailing
Facilitator. Minimum age 18 and registered with GSUSA as an
adult.
5. Motorboat Assessment
This class is
available only to participants in #2-4 above. The Boat US online class
for North Carolina MUST be completed prior to the training weekend.
Minimum age 18 and registered with GSUSA as an adult.
This sailing class is for registered adult volunteers.
- Learn
boat handling and rescue skills for Sunfish sailboats.
- This
class is open to beginners as well as those with experience sailing
and/or teaching sailing.
- Successful demonstration of both
sailing and rescue skills, and completing all portions of this class,
meets the Safety Activity Checkpoints for leading Sunfish sailing
activities at the limits stated above for adult volunteers.
FEE: $50.00
SESSION 3:
Watercraft Facilitator Training - Canoeing
and Kayaking
DESCRIPTION:
- This weekend-long class is designed
for volunteers who are excited about boating and are interested in
becoming a paddling facilitator for GS-NCCP.
Mandatory
prerequisites:
1) Completion of Watercraft Leader classes for
both Council Properties and NC Waterways;
2) Demonstration of
solo canoe and kayak skills by successfully paddling a figure-8
course; and
3) Willingness to join the Council's facilitator
training team and co-teach a boating class at least once per
season.
In this weekend-long class, participants will
refine rescue skills, learn how to teach paddling strokes to new
boaters, and practice teach elements of the Watercraft Training
classes.
Digital access to facilitator materials will be
provided prior to the class and participants are encouraged to
familiarize themselves with the basic water rescue skills, paddling
skills, and rescue skills taught in the Council Properties and NC
Waterways classes.
FEE: $30.00
Location: Camp Graham, Vance County, 27537
Registration: February 16, 2026 - May 12, 2026
Event Confirmation Packet/Details: All the details that you need to attend this event can be found in the event confirmation packet. Once it is finalized, you will see it when you go to the My Events page of your My GS account and select the event from the list. All registered participants will also receive a copy via email closer to the event date and after registration closes for the event. Please review the packet at least several days prior to the event so you will have time to adequately prepare for the event and to ask questions, if needed.
Cancellation Policy
- For cancellations received by May 14, 2026, we will refund to original method of payment.
- For cancellations received between May 15, 2026 and May 28, 2026, we will refund to original method of payment minus $20 cancellation fee.
- In case of illness or family emergency, cancellations received by June 29, 2026 will be refunded to original method of payment minus cancellation fees and costs as applicable.
- Please send all cancellation requests to helpdesk@nccoastalpines.org. Requests will be processed based on the date received.
