Flagging

Finally, our flag has been finalised. Let's look forward to the day as we sail with our flag up high.

Logistics update

Hi all

Just an update, Logistics team, aka me, kerrie and Haireel will be coming together after course break to finalise the list of things we will need for the expedition. You can expect to be assigned things to bring for the group.

We will also be coming up with a logistics timeline, detailing what to be done when and where etc.... I reckon most of the consolidation and packing will be done the days prior to the staff ex, starting from 16 September.

We are sharing knowledge with the logistics team from Hamish T so we hope not to leave anything out. In the meantime, if you need to point out any special logistical needs, please do so.

Cheers,
Chung Tai

Mini tag

After much thought... I've decided on a smaller tag to save the environment and easier to affix with double sided tape, old retrieve line or cable tie.

Baggage tags

I've designed a series of baggage tags which I'll print and laminate. The tags can be hole punch then attached to our equipment or pasted on with double sided tape. Look cool right...

Crew Tag

Here's the draft crew tag specially for Endeavour crew only.

Post Training report

Its been almost a month since the last posting. Not many people has registered themselves with the Endeavour blog.

A quick recap for the training week.

1. Day 1 - Sailing with the bahia. Most commented a good session with a random crew. Some voice out not confident to sail with the bahia.
   
   
2. Day 2 - Rigging up the cutter. For most, the last cutter rigging was way back during the 21 days. A bit of confusion on the traveler's loop. It's been confirmed to be tied to the shackle with uphaul rope. At noon, we experience the difficulty of capsizing a cutter. At least, we know it doesn't cap so easily except for the problematic one that went "full turtle".
   
   
3. Day 3 - Quite a drama for endeavour... We went head on with a bum boat and the bowsprit got ripped off. Without the bowsprit, we had to down the jib and continue sailing. We did learn the importance of the jib during tacking and also impact of boat balance to assist turning. Ultimately we missed the chance to practise our anchoring and rowing plus a bit of tension in between.
   
   
4. Day 4 - blow up kayak. Roland and and Karma did a good job introducing the kayak parts. The assembly session was a mess. With our kayaks finally pieced together, we did some paddling, capsizing and clipping in to anchor.
   
   
5. Day 5 - Tuition day - Rowing, anchoring and storming. Bad weather took over thus we only paddled with the cutter still moored off.
   

Logistics and Food list updated

Hi all,

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Together with Dayah, Jasmine, Nicholas, Gek Fong plus some help from Liping we've come up with the recommended meal list. Please check it out!!!!

If you have any suggested meals for breakfast, lunch or dinner which doesn't require refrigeration, please post a comment.

We also have a list of cooking equipment required.

Post a comment for the items which you can contribute.

First Meeting

Finally a meet up with some of the Endeavour crew.

Some things on the agenda discussed today:

1. Roles and In-Charges - refer to crewlist
   
2. Expedition Behaviour/Cutter rules - Punctuality, Campsite Cleanliness
   
3. Team Vision/Motto - Explore the unknown
   
4. Learning Objectives - to be added personal learning objective
   
5. Daily/event Debrief - debrief session starting from training
   
6. Activities - songs, games, star gazing
   
7. Any issues and concerns - family, BGR, pets, facebook ...
   

The above mentioned will require brainstorming and inputs from everyone.
Please leave comments for this blog.