Requirement
3. Describe your boat, and check it is a boat this badge accepts
Required Often forgotten
Naming the major parts and what each does. The conditions hidden in its note are the important half: capsizable, able to sail to windward, and not a sailboard.
Notes and warnings
Warning. The conditions on your boat live in this requirement's note, and they decide whether requirement 6 is possible at all: it must be capsizable, it must be able to sail to windward, and a sailboard will not do. Under 20 feet is suggested rather than required. Requirement 6(g) is a capsize. Settle the boat here, before anything is booked.
Where this step comes from
- Small-Boat Sailing Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 3 · Its note carries the conditions on the boat: the skills may be demonstrated on any boat available to the Scout, sailboards are not acceptable, under 20 feet is suggested, and the boat must be capsizable and able to sail to windward.