After a wind swept evening where a strong nor'easter helped us move to our destination, we woke up to see a monolith, similar to Uluru, looming on the horizon. The winds abated in the forenoon watch as we conducted setting and furling drills where the...
After the howling winds of yesterday, the winds abated overnight and by this morning we were becalmed on a painted ocean. I gave a presentation on sailing theory in the morning and then all the Youth Crew took turns to be on the bridge to...
After three way talks last night some of the Youth Crew did a spot of fishing at anchor. Apart from a seal scaring away all the fish, not too much happened. Early this morning we all went ashore and climbed a peak overlooking the bay...
Overnight we motor-sailed towards the most southern part of the Australian mainland. During this glorious day a fresh wind rose from the south enabling us to set all squares and do some real sailing on some flat seas and with 25 knots of breeze with...
The expected weather front only amounted to about 20 knots and it brought heaps of rain as we entered Bass Strait last night. Today the pace was easier after the hectic pace of yesterday. The Youth Crew are catching up on some sleep and are...
Today went really well. The Youth Crew seem to have acclimatised to the motion of the ship and although the sea is a little rough there are not too many cases of fish feeding - but the dolphins are still following us just in case.When...
Hi everyone. Most of our Youth Crew joined last night and spent today (before we sailed) looking over the replica HM Bark Endeavour, visiting Old Tom at the Eden Killer Whale Museum and going to the beach - a great way to start off...
The Voyage has ended for YC 16/00. There were many sad faces and fond farewells. The YC were very harmonious and they had some memorable adventures. At midships I presented Voyage Certificates to all of them and the Order of Australia Emblem to Karen...
We are now at anchor doing our end of voyage jobs, like furling the sails, talking about our experiences and getting ready for the concert. The Youth Crew had an excellent Command Day and achieved outstanding results. The following entry is from the Captain...
This morning at 0800 I handed command of Young Endeavour to Tony Baker, from Brisbane and the youth crew of Voyage 16/00. Soon after cleaning stations and morning tea the team got ready and we successfully sailed from the anchorage in very light winds -...
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