I don’t have any details about this sailboat or its crew, but I know by the banner that the Sea Scouts were on board Wednesday morning when I drove through LaConner. The Sea Scouts have a rich history in this area. My dad, who was born in Anacortes in 1925, was a participant before graduating from high school and joining the Navy. Sea Scout Ships have had names as well as numbers since the 1920s. The Boy Scouts of America national office maintained a registry of Ship names until 1949, when Sea Scouting was absorbed into the Exploring program. The earliest published listing of Ship names from March 15, 1919 includes the SSS Neptune of Anacortes. Last year high-school aged rowers from Anacortes Sea Scouts Ship 81 brought home several honors from the annual Pacific Challenge, a test of maritime skills and seamanship, which was at Vashon Island on May 16 to 18. As reported in the Anacortes American, the Scouts competed in two long boats, Discovery and Elizabeth Bonaventure. Discovery’s crew won first place in rowing, first in sailing and first in pass and review. The crew of Elizabeth Bonaventure won third in sailing, second in pass and review and second in crew overboard. Trophies went to Addie Pope for Best Coxswain and to Elizabeth Bonaventure’s crew for Excellence in Seamanship and Sailing.