By date

January 31, 2002

Rushing the sides

Situation at 1800:

January 30, 2002

We're Off!

Situation at 1800:

We're off on Voyage 03 of 2002. We got away on time and our Youth Crew (YC) gave friends and family the traditional YE wave to say goodbye.

January 26, 2002

Winners All Round

We won again.

January 25, 2002

Happy Birthday and a Great Job

Command Day is now complete and the YC did a great job of getting the ship from Dromana to Melbourne via Portarlington. Several tacks

January 24, 2002

New Record and God Speed

At 0630 hours this morning the YC took over control of the ship. They even did a washdown by themselves so they started with clean decks. I handed command to Megan .........

January 23, 2002

A Big Day Out

A big day out. Last night the 'Bear' teamwork exercises went really well and to make things tougher we threw a tack in during the night.

January 22, 2002

Movies and Popcorn

Last night we stayed at anchor, watched a movie and ate popcorn.

January 21, 2002

Wicked Meals and a Free Feed

We made across Bass Strait and made it to Western Port where we are now anchored. The thing is with Bass Strait it is all or nothing.

January 20, 2002

Pea Soup Fog

Early this morning we departed Grassy Harbour in thick 'pea soup' fog and set sail to head north. By 1400 hours the fog was as thick as ever - we could just see the bowsprit.

January 19, 2002

A Tour of the Island

Last night we left the islands (the Fleurieu Group) off the north west tip of Tassie and with a freshening breeze made landfall on King Island early this morning.