23 of the youth crew had joined the ship by 1530 and we got on with our program of getting to know one another and getting to know the ship. Our missing man was struggling with flight delays and joined about five minutes ago. We...
Last night the Staff and Youth Crew entertained each other with the end of voyage concert and each watch provided us with some very amusing skits. This morning it was up early for final preparations before entering port, namely cleaning above deck and below. Then...
Yesterday we left our intrepid Youth Crew with the first part of their mission completed, having safely brought the ship to anchor off Scawfell Island and delivering the Beach Assault Team ashore. All back on board it was hands to dinner then anchor was...
The big day has arrived and the Youth Crew have taken over the ship. Thus far all has gone well. They successfully sailed the ship from anchor and proceeded to sea with an upwind work required to get them to their first destination at Scawfell...
Last night was another very pleasant sail with light south-easterlies of 10-15 knots. Departing the Whitsunday region yesterday we made ground to the south to be in the vicinity of St Bees and Keswick Islands this morning. After the ritual happy hour it was into...
We have kept a light but steady breeze today enabling us to catch up on all the sail training we needed for this stage of the voyage. Last night was the first where we have not had to use the engines. This morning after...
At last we've got a bit of wind, not a lot but we are sailing. Last night we remained at sea to conduct navigation training and to see if we could find some wind. We managed to sail for a little overnight but by this...
We have had a couple of patches of light wind today just to tease us, which we've made the most of. Last night the 'eggs might fly' competition was a great success and a lot of fun with some very promising flying contraptions manufactured from...
STILL NO WIND, not even a puff, so today we decided to focus on some touristy things. This morning during 'happy hour' (cleaning stations) we weighed anchor and motored over to Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island, one of Australia's whitest and most beautiful beaches where...
Shortly after completing tacking drills yesterday afternoon the wind died so we started motors and continued on our way to the Whitsundays. At 0330 a gentle land breeze picked up and soon we had all plain sail reset and were cruising at a steady 4...
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