The Wallabies won on Saturday, so despite the rather bleak Gladstone weather, it was an excellent weekend. We finally got all the youth crew onboard by 1630 this afternoon and following some quick introductions, we got underway at 1650. As the ship motored to...
Had a great concert last night with the highlight being a song written and sung by the whole YC. The fact that it was done as one epitomises the level of teamwork that this crew has established.Having weighed anchor, the YC lay aloft and manned...
Yesterday evening we discussed the command day for nearly two hours. Both good and not so good aspects of the day were discussed and I found many of the comments very moving and even inspirational. It was a very honest, open and worthwhile affair. Today...
The ship entered Gladstone Harbour late yesterday evening and sailed all the way to the anchorage, anchoring shortly after 0100. The YC had a real baptism of fire sailing in the worst conditions that I have seen during a command day and they performed very...
After anchoring yesterday evening at Round Head Hill, the command day elections were held in the cafe. The noise of cheers and applause indicated they were keenly contested. Later in the evening each of the elected YC were given the opportunity to pick the brains...
We woke this morning to clear skies which made a very, very pleasant change. The wind was still blowing hard from the south but it looked a great day for sailing. After 'happy hour' anchor was weighed and the ship sailed from the anchorage and...
The rain never really stopped last night and with the strong SE breeze the only positive thing was that we were running with it. In basic terms it has been awful sailing weather. I still haven't figured out if we're having beautiful or perfect Queensland...
Had a fairly slow start today not getting underway until after lunch. There was little point anyway as there was very little wind until then. We sailed from the anchorage and did a series of tacking drills. This was followed by my lecture on sail...
The ship continued to run up past Fraser Is last night wearing at midnight to close the coast and clear Breaksea Spit. The spit was cleared at 0500 and the ship hardened onto the wind to work southwards into Hervey Bay. The three square sails...
We had a good run up the coast last night although it was everybody up at 0400 to wear ship as the wind backed to the SE. With a following sea, the ship's motion has been quite uncomfortable and quite a few of the Youth...
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