Palau Ubinn Incident Analysis

This essay is based on the recent concluded 3 day, 2 night sea expedition trip Around Ubin.

Roles played in the team

During the expedition, I participated more in the role of self-leadership. For example in the expedition, I would say most of us in the class practise self-leadership as well. Self-leadership can come in the form of taking initiative and caring for the welfare of the peers around you. Some of us are stronger in kayaking long distance while others need the support of their teammate to help them through. During the paddling, when one of your teammate gets tired, you take up the initiative of paddling for your teammate, letting them rest for a while, checking on his/her welfare if they are feeling well, offering some snacks to keep the morale up. When people throw

It was nice kayaking and viewing the familiar sights and sounds of Palau ubin again. I feel our class got off on the right notes; overcoming some of the challenges we might face during the expedition, we use the 3 main approaches to guide us:

1) What to do before the expedition starts

-Pre departure check

During pre-departure check, the safety team and expedition leaders will check on the 4 main elements. Firstly on people if they are feeling well, the total head count. Equipment check such as if the PFD, Kayaks, paddles are in working conditions. The processes such as any change in plan like route, is the group on schedule. Lastly, environment, how’s the weather, is it still safe to kayak when you see a storm approaching, what’s the tide level, are we able to go through the mangroves now.

-Expedition briefing

During expedition briefing, the leaders would cover and re-emphasize on the expedition route, group formation, preventive safety measures, communication protocols, tide, current and wind effect on the expedition.

2) How to manage the