July 13, 1968 u. _Castlégar News Macbeth writes book Hard in the wake of the tall ships, in celebration of Expo 88 in Aus tralia, the First Fleet re-enactment and the epic triple circumnavigation of the globe by Jon Sanders comes to 4 study of young people's attitudes to sailing before the mast. The study is co-authored by a former Castlegar man, Dr. Jim Macbeth, son of local resident Mrs. Joyce Pearce and the late Jim Macbeth. A Murdoch University researcher, Macbeth and Ken Roach examined whether the value of sail-training really lives up to the rhetoric sur. rounding its promotion. The following story on their study is taken from Murdoch News, a pub- lication of the university, * «© « More young people need to exper. ience wilderness adventure to trans. cend the passive, fast-food, video- packaged lifestyle of today’s urban society, according to Murdoch Uni- versity researcher Dr. Jim Macbeth. Whether they were sea-sick, soak. ed to the skin and clinging to a mast 20 metres above a ship's tossing deck, or trekking footsore and par. ched through arid outback desert far from the nearest Big Mac or ice-cold Coke, participants in wilderness ad. ventures invariably report “feeling great” after the experience. But Macbeth despite a self. confessed passion for sailing — re. tains an open mind about whether sail-training schemes, particularly, live up to the rhetoric and hype surrounding their promotion. Rigours “They are advertised as ‘character. building’ — helping to improve young people's self-esteem, leadership skills, discipline, teamwork and pre- paring people for the rigours of 1x22 It's newspaper talk for a one column by 2'2" ad. Too small to be effective? You're reading this one! Your best bet to reach the maximum number of readers at the lowest cost. Call Castlegar News Advertising Department today for details. 365-5210 modern day living,” Macbeth says. And while the many studies on land-based wilderness adventures, such as Outward Bound, seem to supply ample evidence to support the claims, international inquiries by the Murdoch research team have failed to find any similar studies of the value of sail-training programs — despite the widespread, and bur- geoning popularity of such schemes. The Macbeth/Roach study is the first phase of a research program on the long-term benefits to individuals who subject themselves to the rigours of 10-day voyages aboard the Fremantle-based _sail- ig ship Leeuwin, operated by a non-profit educational foundation The Leeuwin Sail Training Foundation Ltd. ees The first phase, interviewing and testing 60 trainees on three STS Leeuwin voyages, established that trainees believed they had gained valuable experience under conditions which stretched their physical and psychological abilities to the limits. Macbeth said many trainees ad- mitted to feeling petrified about climbing the mast to change sails for the first time, and some suffered re- curring bouts of seasickness, but the agreed it was an adventure which, at the end, gave them a sense of heigh- tened self-esteem and a_ special feeling of achievement. Analysis of questionnaires and in terviews, designed to test the train- ees’ self-esteem immediately after completing their voyage, supported their perceptions of feeling that they were better people for the sailing experience. Valuable “As an individual, I have no doubt that sail training is a valuable ex. perience for people of all ages,” Macbeth says. “As an academic, when you ask me if sail training lives up to the rhetoric I have to give two answers: “The first comes from the per- spective of the so-called ‘scientific’ research process of structured ques- tionnaires and large samples over many voyages in different types of vessels and programs. There is not sufficient evidence from this type of research to make a judgement. “But the other answer comes from what, in the long-term, are more appropriate methods and data — ob- servtion, interviews and participants writing. If I accept this sort of data for the Leeuwin then my answer is unequivocal — sailing in the Leeuwin is an experience of a lifetime, it forces trainees to push their bound- aries, to take physical, mental and emotional risks. It allows, even forces, them to face the power of the sea and to meet its challenge. That experience changes them.” Later this year Macbeth will re- survey and interview the trainees — a year after.their voyage. “If the patterns of improved self- esteem survive after 12 months we will have a ‘hard-nosed’ test of the value of sail-training schemes,” he says. “But I am concerned to ensure that the young trainees really do experience the true environment of the sea wilderness and the demands , it makes on the individual.” Tyros He believes there should be no port calls during the 10-day voyages because it takes the sailors four to five days to begin to adjust to the routine and environment of ocean sailing, to be fully immersed in ship-board life and cut off from life ashore. “Expose them too soon to the easy life ashore and the process of adven- ture education is quickly diluted,” Macbeth says. “They need the full 10 days to learn what it is like to live at close quarters with up to 40 people, to be woken in the small hours to stand watch, to climb a swaying mast, to take orders and to be. in charge or part of a team.” There is no discrimination in assigning duties. Males and females do their fair share of helping to run the ship — from swabbing the deck to changing sails — and they perform equally well. “Bug” Some first-time crew-members, caught by the sailing bug, sign up for later voyages as volunteer watch- leaders, assisting the vessel's exper. ienced, full-time crew of five. STS Leeuwin trainees range in age upwards from 16 and pay $75 a day for the chance to experience life before the mast on voyages as far north as Broome and south to Esper. ance Employers sponsor some of their younger staff for a voyage designed to improve their corporate leader. ship skills and ability to be part of or to manage a team. BARBECUE TIPS . . . Safeway'’s Dave Anderson gives the Castlegar Christian Women's Club 's some helpful the club's meeting at the /olesnahing Inn last tie I Selkirk principal quits Jim Cromwell, Selkirk College Castlegar Campus principal, is leav- ing his position with the college to return to university and take up studies in advanced administration says the college president. Cromwell's departure marks one of several changes in the college's senior administrative staff which are aimed at reducing operating costs for the upcoming year, Leo Perra said. “The restructuring was prompted by the need to reduce operating expenditures,” Perra said. Mal Stel- ck will take over for Cromwell Aug. 1 and Richard Hallett, vice-president for evaluation, planning and institu- tional research, will be responsible for college services. The shuffle cuts the number of senior administrative staff to six from seven. Perra praised Cromwell for his service to the college during his 20-year tenure. “The present cam- pus principal, Jim Cromwell, has served the college very well,” Perra said. “The college community appre- ciates sincerely his untiring commit- ment to the institution and extends its best wishes to him in his future endeavours.” Cromwell, who started at the Castlegar campus as a lecturer in 1968, said he has enjoyed his time at the college but added it is time for a change. “For years people at the college have been telling me I should ac- tually learn something,” he joked. “I figured this would be the most ap- prpriate time to leave the college and pursue further studies.” Cromwell said he will not be re- turning to the college. 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