TheWoWDBYou may complete this quest and "Unfurling Plan," and find that the questline abruptly ends. There SHOULD be a quest giver standing right next to Engineer Hexascrub named Jorlan Trueblade who gives "Hostile Waters." If you do not see Jorlan then ride back to the Tranquil Wash and wander around a few minutes, check the Engineer Supplier, talk with nearby NPCs, whatever, then ride back to Engineer Hexascrub's location and Jorlan should be there.
I know this sounds hokey, but it worked for me. I suggested it to others having trouble and it worked for them. The intricacies of phasing technology elude me, honestly, but if it helps, it helps. Best wishes.
Quest
Come Prepared
A World of Warcraft quest in Shimmering Expanse. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Looks like a regular floating crate, in teh south end of the boat.
At (61,86) Inside the back end of the boat.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
Quest ID25895
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25895))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 129 of 149
RewardsAnomuran Footpads, 
Nephropsis Treads, 
Staff of Post-Facto Preparation, 13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Anomuran Footpads, Nephropsis Treads, Staff of Post-Facto Preparation, 13g 74s, 4,800 XPDescription
We must always come prepared. Prepared with gear. Prepared with plans. Prepared with gear plans! All of the ships in all of the Alliance fleets stow a survival kit. A lot of our tools came from a survival kit. My balloon came from a survival kit too! But now it's gone. I need another survival kit! There's a ship to the southeastish. Let's hope that the survivors were dumb and didn't take the survival kit. More survival kit for us!
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Nearby on the Shimmering Expanse map
- To the Deeps about 850 yards
- Wavespeaker's Trail about 850 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,300 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Shimmering Expanse, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shimmering Expanse:
- Voldrin's Hold, Vashj'ir
- Tranquil Wash, Vashj'ir
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Choose one of these rewards:
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Other quests on the Shimmering Expanse map
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypeLeather Feet
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +6 Mastery
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for35 gold46 silver
TypeMail Feet
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Versatility, +5 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for35 gold33 silver
TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon9 - 12 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+8 Intellect, +12 Stamina, +7 Haste, +8 Mastery
Suited toAugmentation, Fire, Arcane, Restoration, Preservation, Devastation, Frost, Balance, Shadow, Mistweaver, Elemental, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Discipline, Holy
Sells to vendors for84 gold91 silver
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse
Part 129 of 149.
Previous: Hostile Waters · Next: Unfurling Plan
- 124Chosen Burden
- 125The Culmination of Our Efforts
- 126Losing Ground
- 127Desperate Plan
- 128Hostile Waters
- 129Come Prepared
- 130Unfurling Plan
- 131Honor and Privilege
- 132Welcome News
- 133Visions of the Past: Rise from the Deep
- 134Losing Ground
- 135Desperate Plan
Showing steps 124 to 135 of 149.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Hostile Waters
Hexascrub came out here with a balloon of some sort that he retrieved from one of our ships. He tried to float it to the top, but those Muckskin Scroungers came out of nowhere and swarmed the thing. He's got an idea for another balloon, but we need to make sure that the past doesn't repeat itself.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Unfurling Plan
Survival kits never have any rope. It makes no sense! No sense at all. I bet those Kvaldir have rope. They're always riding around in boats, tying knots, dressing in nets. Go take some rope from them! I must have it for our plan to work. Absolutely must.
Quests that require this one
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Shimmering Expanse · Level 30-35.
The storyline at a glance
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse has 149 steps, from Call of Duty to Full Circle.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shimmering Expanse (98), Kelp'thar Forest (48), Abyssal Depths (2), Vashj'ir (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Shimmering Expanse map
- Azshara's Power
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.