St Ives-a new millennium - Flipbook - Page 92
St Ives-a new millennium
4/10/02
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Below: The 2nd St Ives Sea Scout Group
Photo: Stuart Littlewood/Ricoh XR7
The Group includes a Pack of Cub/Scouts and a mixed Sea
Scout Troop a third of whom are girls. Pack and Troop
compete in events organised by the Cromwell District of the
Scout Association with a proud record of success, fully
justifying the Group’s motto ‘Nulli Secundi’.
Cubs are eligible to become Scouts when they reach ten-anda-half, and at fifteen-and-a-half they can graduate to the
Venture Scouts. The Sea Scout Troop offers a range of
activities including canoeing, sailing, pioneering, orienteering,
hill walking and camping.
The Sea Scouts are based at the old swimming pool on Holt
Island dug out in 1913 but closed to the public in 1949.
Above: Mick Jones, The Boathaven
Photo: Stuart Littlewood/Pentax MX
L.H. Jones & Son Ltd was started by Mick’s father, Laurie, in 1946. The firm originally designed and
built river and sea-going cruisers, small yachts and motor sailers.
The 13-acre marina site with 120 berths was specially dug, and became established in 1958. It is
thought to be one of the oldest inland marinas in the country. The boatbuilding staff now undertake
refit and repair work. Among the facilities is one of the largest chandlery shops in East Anglia and a
brokerage department that has become one of the busiest cruiser sales centres in the region.
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