February 2000

This is Cap'n Bob back for a guest appearance so Andrew can have a well earned break after his voyages to the land of the long white cloud.Great start to Voyage 5 of 2000, bound for Geelong. Every one made it to the topgallant yard...

Having entered through Sydney Heads yesterday afternoon at midday, the Command Day continued and the ship sailed all the way to the anchorage in Rushcutters Bay with 30 mins of Command Day to spare, anchoring at 1230. The sail down the harbour was lovely with...

The ship was handed over to Captain Craig and his crew at 1400 yesterday afternoon. All sail had been handed in, so the ship was left drifting with about 100 nautical miles to run to Sydney. Very soon after handover the crew had...

Despite a lack of wind yesterday we managed to achieve quite a lot. Setting and furling drills were conducted in the afternoon which went very well and as best as I can tell, this crew are now ready for the challenges of Command Day. I...

Yesterday afternoon we had a very relaxing time as we chugged along in glorious sunshine towards Sydney. We sighted a few whales and went for a second swim. The second swim was not as popular as the morning session. A few people getting stung by...

Yesterday afternoon we had the ship under absolutely full sail. The whomper, fore staysail, three square sails, main staysail, fisherman staysail, main and main gaff topsail. We managed to get cranking along at over 8 kts with only 15 kts of breeze. You've got to...

The deck Olympics yesterday afternoon were fun and we had a special visitor, Brother Nutzee, to help us pray for wind. The wind gods were obviously happy with our performance and have been obliging ever since with fair winds and following seas. We completed 175...

Winds remained light yesterday afternoon but we still managed to do some tacking drills which went well. Overnight we motor sailed in the light and variable conditions and if nothing else managed to punch out quite a few miles towards Sydney.With sunrise this morning came...

Despite light winds yesterday afternoon, we had some great sailing. The generators were shut down for a silent period and at 1400, following a lecture on sail theory, the ship went to tacking stations and did a few drill tacks. The fisherman sail was...

By mid afternoon yesterday the wind failed us and the ship motor sailed the last 15 nautical miles to the anchorage in Whangaroa Harbour. Once at anchor the crew proceeded ashore and commenced the hike to a local peak called 'Dukes Nose'. The track was...

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