Overnight ship familiarisation continued and Youth Crew climbed aloft to the upper top and beyond. This morning intensive training in safety, line and sail handling continued. At 1300 we weighed anchor and the days training culminated in the Crew conducting their first tacks...
All Youth Crew joined at Townsville on time and at 1600 we were away from the wharf and motoring to Magnetic Island. Training started straight away with initial safety and ship familiarisation taking place on our way to Magnetic Island, a short distance off Townsville.Overnight...
Last night proved to be a quiet night with the wind deserting us just north of Cape Upstart. After tacking the ship at midnight the light winds decided to come around to the northwest. As luck would have it, this was the direction in which...
Having had a good night's rest we weighed anchor at 0800 this morning and commenced sailing to the NW towards Townsville. It has been another glorious sunny day. This afternoon we had some deck Olympics which was a lot of fun and later on we...
Brother Nutzie's efforts proved worthwhile yesterday evening as a moderate SW breeze came in allowing the engines to be shut down. All hands were required on deck at midnight to wear ship as the ship made reasonable speed to the north.At 0700 the breeze started...
Last night everybody had a go at climbing and most people made it to the top. Good effort. This morning it was up bright and early for some fun exercise on deck and then at 0800 we had our first morning brief. 'Happy hour' was...
24 new youth crew, all from Townsville, joined the ship at midday today. After lunch I introduced the staff to them and formally welcomed them onboard. At 1400, we let go our lines and proceeded to sea from the Mackay Marina. It was a glorious...
We have just berthed at the Mackay Marina having had another tiring night at sea with sleep regularly interupted by the requirement to tack.This morning has proven to be a glorious day with clear skies and a gentle breeze. As the ship berthed the yards...
Having had a well-deserved rest at anchor last night, it was up at 0630 for a spot of aerobics and some dance lessons. We weighed anchor at 0800 and motored out through Solway Passage. Sail was set very shortly afterwards and the engines shut down...
Having finally completed our tacking drills yesterday evening the YC settled down into their watches overnight. There was little sleep to be had as at each watch change we wore ship with all hands required on deck.At 0800 this morning the ship transited Long Island...
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