Spent the night at a great anchorage off Dromana and after a night of laying aloft (climbing) the foremast, we were greeted by a sunrise that would rate among the finest. Not a breath of wind, which was great for us to change out the...
My name is Matthew Rowe and I am the Executive Officer (second in command) of Young Endeavour. I am relieving the Commanding Officer Andrew Davis while he takes a well deserved rest with his family.This afternoon our new Youth Crew joined the ship at Cunningham...
The Premier of Victoria, The Hon Steve Bracks MLA, started the Melbourne to Geelong Race and presented voyage certificates to the Youth Crew. They were thrilled to receive them.Shortly after the Premier's departure we started the Tall Ships race. In short, we won. The winds...
Overnight the wind almost stopped blowing and at 7am the YC successfully completed Command Day and the ship berthed at Station Pier. Today is Young Endeavour's 13th birthday and Woody and Karen made a great cake to celebrate the occasion. We had some media join...
At 0800 this morning I handed Command to Hayden Oberin and Voyage 02/01. Their day so far has been plagued by fluky winds and freak storms. We had to cancel the BAT team going ashore at Mornington and postponed it to tomorrow morning. Nevertheless they...
Today we arrived off the Rip and carried out setting and furling. The YC are now ready to sail on their own and they proved that they can do it safely. At lunch we entered the Rip - it was slack water so it wasn't...
After a snappy morning brief and happy hour, we went ashore in the boat and visited Cowes for a look around. For lunch we had a BBQ on a headland overlooking the ship and gave the nearby playground a good workout. Back onboard we weighed...
The Bear teamwork exercises went so well last night some YC asked if they could do it again - well they will in a really big teamwork exercise on Wednesday called Command Day. There were also some disappointed faces this morning as the crossing of...
At wakey wakey this morning we departed Grassy Harbour, passed the fairy penguin rookery and set sail. We expected a big blow but we were becalmed. The calm before the storm. I gave a sail theory lecture which was really well received (it was early...
Overnight we had some good sailing and the Youth Crew did some sail setting and furling and climbed aloft again. The fish feeding is continuing but thankfully, after a smooth departure, most people are acclimatised to the motion of the ship. We've had a wobbly...
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