New boat launched with tribute name

A Yorkshire scouting group has held a ceremony to launch a new craft named after a masonic magazine.

Wharfedale Scout Sailing Centre, at Reva Reservoir near Menston, bought four boats and a trailer, thanks to a £12,000 grant from the Freemasons Province of Yorkshire West Riding.

AHOY THERE: Representatives from the Freemasons and the scout sailing centre with one of the new boats.placeholder image
AHOY THERE: Representatives from the Freemasons and the scout sailing centre with one of the new boats.

To thank the organisation for the donation, the scouts named one of their boats, White Rose, after the twice-yearly provincial publication.

Roger Newhouse, Assistant Provisional Grand Master of the West Riding, said: “We are delighted to be able to support the Wharfedale Scout Sailing Centre with this grant.”

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