Had a great Australia Day yesterday. BBQ and sports day were a lot of fun and youth crew also managed to get to the local shops. Later in the afternoon crew returned onboard and conducted harbour furls of all sails. Watched the America's Cup yacht...
Command Day went very well despite Mother Nature being against the team. When the ship needed to go north we had northerly winds, once able to bear away to the west we had the wind back to the west and finally on entering the Hauraki...
Conducted final set of sail handling drills yesterday afternoon. Ship then proceeded through tight passage appropriately named 'Hole in the Wall'. Anchored in a lovely bay of Great Mercury Island late in the afternoon. Cook named island after viewing the transit of the planet Mercury...
Completed tacking drills early yesterday afternoon and then proceeded to anchorage at Mayor Island. Mayor Island is very beautiful and we anchored in snug little cove in crystal clear water. Got everybody ashore and choice was beach or climb the crater. Most chose the beach...
Despite a lack of good sailing wind yesterday afternoon, we made the most out of the fine weather and conducted an inter-watch deck Olympics. Highly spirited and fun contest. As this was occurring the volcano was looming closer and looking very eerie with steam billowing...
Youth crew had an enjoyable time ashore at Tolaga Bay. Anchor was weighed at 1600 and the ship commenced passage North to East Cape. Typically wind was on the nose and we tacked at 2000, 0001, 0400 and finally at 0800. That's life in a...
Yesterday afternoon we had a tremendous and exhilarating sail in fresh NE winds prior to anchoring in Tolaga Bay. The wind had veeredsufficiently to enable squares to be set and I'm sure the ship would have made a lovely sight entering the picturesque bay under...
Early afternoon yesterday had the ship sailing across Hawke Bay in light NE winds. Preparations were being made for a swim when the afternoon sea breeze came in at 20kts from the East. Had an excellent fast sail (10kts) across the bay and then tacked...
Conducted a successful set of tacking drills shortly after lunch yesterday. Youth crew performed well. Wind gradually eased later in afternoon and speed was down to 2 knots by sunset at which time commenced motorsailing.Remained under power overnight and light winds backed to NE as...
Youth Crew embarked yesterday and had all onboard by 1530. Following a quick hello and introductions proceeded at 1600 and went to nearby anchorage within Wellington Harbour. Once at anchor commenced training program and got everybody climbed aloft. Training continued overnight within watches.Early start today....
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