December 2001

and provided ample opportunity for the Youth Crew to gain confidence working aloft. The afternoon was taken up byNavigator Aaron explaining the mysteries of navigation and Watch Officer Lozza providing a practical example of the Rules of the roadfor avoiding collision at sea.Despite the calm...

Hello shipmatesRecently we had to cancel two Voyages - V17/01 & V18/01. The reason for this was that we are serious about safety on board Young Endeavour. During the maintenance period we have been monitoring issues regarding safety of youth crew at sea, and unfortunately...

G'day shipmates, the Circumnavigation is not yet complete but the ship has returned to Sydney for seven weeks to conduct some maintenance before continuing with two more Voyages before Christmas. Since we completed Voyage 16/01 from Melbourne the ship has been in Sydney undergoing some...

Voyage 16/01 is complete and we've had a blast. Thanks to all the Youth Crew and Staffies who made this trip from Melbourne such a success.Last night we had great fun at he ship's concert. The staffies act was to farewell Woody in...

On a glorious spring day that only Sydney can offer, we left our berth and arrived at Garden Island. The ship has been away from Sydney for 7 months conducting the circumnavigation, so it was great to return to our home port.A large group...

Command Day was a success. Well done, YOUTH CREW. After plenty of frustrations and the wind God not playing the game, the YC gave us a tremendous display of teamwork to overcome their problems. They sailed the ship to anchor and the Beach Assault Team...

1800hElections were held this morning and everyone it seems is happy with the result. Today the YC prepared for Command Day and spent time with the relevant Staff Crew member whose position they will be filling in order to drain the last few clues...

Last night we made ground north past Bega and Ulladulla against a strong wind. Today we carried out setting and furling drills and the YC did very well at proving to themselves and me that they could set and furl sails safely and efficiently...

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