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February 22, 2001

A Ship Takes a Deserved Break

Early this morning we went for another swim. That's 6 swims this Voyage and must be a new record. The YC packed and wrote farewell letters.

February 21, 2001

A Prime Ministerial Day!

Our day with the Prime Minister and distinguished guests was excellent.

February 20, 2001

Longest Day of My Life

The real story of what happened during Command Day reads like this.....

Youth Crew entry by Karl Harisson, 23, of Brisbane.

February 19, 2001

Falling into Crying Heaps

I handed Command to Karl Harisson and YC 04/01 (a fine bunch) and we got going straight underway, (which would explain why we haven't had Happy Hour yet).

February 18, 2001

Cooking Up a Storm

Last night we conducted the 'Bear' teamwork exercise, which went really well and brought out some good learning points.

February 17, 2001

A Fairly Active Morning!

Today we cleaned, ate, polished, climbed, sang, set sails, furled sails, brailed sails, laughed, clewed sails, slept, ran, swam, got stung, swung on a swing, screamed, dived, sailed, pinched, spewed,

February 16, 2001

Dolphin Escort

After a good nights' sleep we were up early this morning for some exercises. After a great breakfast cooked by our lovely chef, Karen, and served by her trusty helpers, we got the day underway.

February 15, 2001

Holding the Fort

Our Youth Crew are doing really well so far and are getting into the swing of things. The sailing has been great and we've managed to set all but one sail.

February 14, 2001

Leapfrogging the Ship

Last night was pretty bumpy but we had some good sailing. At midnight we wore ship and headed back towards Australia and made landfall at 7am.

February 13, 2001

Stoically Holding On

The overnight climbing and knot tying went well. The Youth Crew were up again at 0630 hrs after keeping a 4 hour watch on deck and today, as always, the learning curve has been very steep.