NYAA campcraft

25 October 2007
Hours completed: 2.5 hrs
Participants: Yi Wei, Yongwei, Yock Siong, Jervin, Sakib, Jun Han, Walter(WAS NOT THERE), Azhri

Today, we taught the sec 2s and some Sec 1s and 2s cadets from NCC (land) how to tie the 8 basic knots:
Thumb knot, slip knot, clove hitch, figure of eight, bow line, reef knot, ship shank, sheet bend.
These knots are easy for most of us, but for the NCC cadets who did not learn campcraft before, they seemed to be of some challenge. By teaching them the knots, we could also revise on our campcraft skills.

Luckily the sec2s had learnt 6 out of the eight knots before, and thus could enhance our teaching by guiding the NCC cadets when needed.
The cadets learnt the first 6 knots quite quickly, however, for the remaining 2, they were of a slightly higher difficulty and thus more time and effort was required before the cadets managed to tie the knot without our PROFESSIONAL HELP.