Scouting the Baltic Sea

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The route

Copenhagen - Rønne - Gdansk (Poland) - Kaliningrad (Russia) - Klaipeda (Lithuania) - Riga (Latvia)-Tallinn (Estonia) - St. Petersburg (Russia) - Helsinki (Finland) - Stockholm (Sweden) - Gotland (Sweden) - Karlskrona (Sweden) - Christiansø - Putgarten (Germany) - Copenhagen.

Schedule outline
Where we sail from Tallinn - Helsinki capes we 300 nautical miles and can be had as a buffer.

1 May to 1 June gives 32 days, most recently in Copenhagen 4th Jun. 33 days and directly from Christiansø gives three days less sailing time.

Purpose of trip

We want to create awareness of Scouting nationally and internationally, both internally and externally DDS in the nationwide media. It comes out of that: We consider some of the values ​​contained in the scout movement, could be used in other contexts in society generally. Concepts of active citizenship in a democratic society or intercultural tolerance based on knowledge rather than unfounded prejudices, values ​​which are embedded in the practice of Scouting is daily exercise of. By focusing on the international networks that are a natural part of Scouting, we may be able to draw an understanding and experience in these matters, and so in our work within the Scout movement and externally in the sense scouts have in the surrounding communities .

We would like to show that the values ​​of tolerance and recognition is not only spoken words but concepts can and should be done in the action to be meaningful. Through the encounter with the unknown, the unfamiliar and the unexpected becomes tolerance and recognition of a world open bodily comings that can be felt by yourself and observed by others, which I hope will inspire and act as a positive example for others.

We would like to show how scouting to be done when it is done entirely through an extreme experience of nature and through meeting with each other and with scouts in other countries. Many of the experiences, challenges and lessons we, as scouts have gathered together through the years it builds on the items we have gathered in this raid. The challenge of navigation, team work on board, meeting other Scouts abroad as well as an innovative and creative thinking in art of the possible. We see it as an opportunity to give others a feeling that scouting does not find its limits in economics, politics, religion or nation states' borders, but only in the creative and innovative ideas like summer out of a developing and progressive vision scout environment.

We would like to strengthen the relationship and network in the countries closest to Denmark, in the future to reap more benefit from each other. The last wilderness we have in Denmark is the ocean surrounding us. It has just not changed since we drank mead and sailed in the Viking ships. At that time the Baltic Sea is a vibrant commercial center for large parts of the world where wealth is often changed hands. The contact and the cooperation the nations in the region had then drawn track until today, both linguistic, cultural and opinion pieces, it will be both historicitetens and modernity signs be natural to substantiate and develop a network with the countries bordering the Baltic Sea.

We would like to be able subsequently to share our experiences through a movie or a slide presentation to be shown on Blue Summer, Søledermøde, Corps Council Meeting, el. As inspiration for other land and sea scouts in scouting beyond Scouting, and has intervention in social issues while scouting values ​​alive. Therefore, no we have a prior agreement with the various media coverage of the trip, so the message can reach as wide an audience as possible. What is the per. value for DDS, Søspejderne and Ran can be difficult to analyze their way, but on the basis that Mustos generous sponsorship, we must assume that there is a very significant value in each. moiety.

We want an opportunity to spread the trip out to as many people as possible and maybe use it as a prelude to Blue Summer, therefore we invite guests to be longer or shorter stretch and have contacts in the country so that we or they can manage events where we can exchange ideas and scouting experience.

But it is primarily a vacation ...

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