Life Feels Different
Time spent at Sea Cadets is different to what you might experience at school. Classroom work is backed up by practical activity, on and off the water.
Who can join
You can join our Junior Sea Cadets as soon as you are ten years old or if you are twelve or older, you join the Senior Sea Cadets.
You ‘Age Out’ on your eighteenth birthday but your journey doesn’t have to end there. At that point, you can choose to join our volunteers to pass on your knowledge and experience.
Junior Sea Cadets
Junior Sea Cadets follow a similar but slightly different path to Seniors in that they progress in rank when they have learnt enough new skills but there are options on which skills each Junior can take. Most of the time, lessons are more practical and craft based than the average Senior lesson.
Junior Cadets can go away to Junior Camps and Junior DMACTs (a weekend course where they study things like sailing or STEM).
Senior Sea Cadets
At twelve and over, Senior Sea Cadets work their way through the Cadet Training Programme. Completion of each set of classes allows progression upwards through the ranks. Classes at each rank build upon knowledge gained at the rank below.
Senior Sea Cadets are able to attend courses run at District, Area and sometimes National levels to gain access to Intermediate and Advanced Specialisations and Proficiencies.
How much does it cost?
Sea cadets pay a small subscription fee monthly and contribute to external skills training but it is our intention that no one misses out because they cannot afford it and bursaries are available for many courses. After the initial uniform fee, we will replace uniform for the duration that you stay with us at no further cost.
Our unit sailing sessions and in house training sessions are free.
Weekly Routine
We meet on Friday nights at the Drill Hall on Swindon Street, Bridlington (see the map below). We are still working on the timetable for the summer ‘boating’ months.
Arrive at 18:45
Arriving at the Drill Hall, Sea Cadets congregate in the entrance hall and sign in. Senior ranking Sea Cadets will inform them of any special duties. Everyone gets a turn doing the fun things.
Colours at 19:00
All Cadets will form up in squads or divisions in the main hall (the Main Deck) for the Colours ceremony. We will issue any special orders for the evening here.
Session 1
Cadets are split up into groups, usually based upon rank and attend a class covering topics that either go towards advancement or that will be needed for some other task (eg. boating).
Stand Easy at roughly 20:00
Stand Easy is the Sea Cadets term for a break. Cadets can chill out, catch up with friends, play pool and buy things from our small tuck shop. Some Cadets use this time to catch up on practicing for side projects of their own like Piping practice.
Session 2
After Stand Easy, Cadets attend their second class of the night (or finish off their first one).
Evening colours at 21:00
The Cadets return to the main deck and again form squads or divisions. The colours are lowered to signify the end of the night and announcements are made. Qualifications and promotions will be given out at this time.
Come and see
Come and join us for a night and see if we are what you are looking for. It won’t cost you a penny and you might make some new friends.
Don’t worry that you are not in uniform and we’ll make sure that another Cadet is on hand to guide you through the night. We’ll even make sure that you get a drink and a snack for free during break on your first night.
