17 Apr Outward Bound School Sail Training Expedition to the Equator

This Expedition to the Equator story looks back at the Outward Bound School sail training journey of 18–25 May 2019. The original account describes an eight-day, seven-night expedition with FOCUS Adventure and Outward Bound School Singapore.

About the Expedition to the Equator

The report below records the journey and training experience, including the stated distance of 300 nautical miles. Read it as a historical account of that expedition, rather than a current course schedule. The original story and photographs remain below for visitors interested in the voyage.

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On the 18th to 25th May 2019 .. 8Days 7Nights … FOCUS Adventure partnered with he Outward Bound School – Singapore for a Sail Training Expedition to the Equator and Back

The Journey covered a total of 300 nautical miles and fulfilled ALL Requirements for the Inshore Skipper Qualifications Awarded by ISSA International Sailing Schools Association www.issa-schools.org

The TEAM onboard the Sailing Ketch PPower … crossed the Equator from the Northern Hemisphere to Southern Hemisphere at precisely 1743 on 22nd May 2019 . this is first time the OBS crossed the Equator and there will be many more to come . All Instructors are now transformed from greenhorns / polliwogs to shelbacks .

Here are some of the Highlights of the Expedition 

SAIL TRAINING unlike sail racing or sail cruising is a form of TeamBuilding, Leadership and Character Development program first created by the Outward Bound School in the darkest hours of WWII . the term Outward Bound is used when a ship leaves the safety of the harbour into the unknown risks and storms . https://sailtraininginternational.org/

We have perfected the art of Sail Training onboard our 5 Sailing Ketches. ( 50 pax ) ( Sail Training International requires fore and aft rigged sailboats to qualify ) Whether it is Leadership, TeamBuilding, VUCA, Change Management, Personality Profiling, Onboarding or Core Values Assimilation … we will customise the right activities onboard with the right dosage of Challenge and Perceived Risk .

For more info on your next Teambuilding program using Sail Training platforms … please contact us at info@FOCUSAdventure.com

Reported by

Andrew Chua
CEO
FOCUS Adventure Pte Ltd