Sea Base

Sea Base Capt. Steve Cansler, who ran the Bahamas-based sailing adventures at the BSA’s Florida Sea Base, died Dec. 24, 2017. He was 65.

The Sea Base Alumni and Friends Association put out a call, and volunteers arrived with chainsaws, tools, trucks, water and muscle power.

The Florida Sea Base will invite volunteers to help clean up Brinton Environmental Center and the main Sea Base after Hurricane Irma passed through.

After Hurricane Irma made landfall on the Florida Keys, FEMA used one of the Florida Sea Base facilities as the staging area for search-and-rescue efforts.