July 2001

There has certainly been plenty of wind to challenge our Youth Crew on their Command Day (and Staff Crew for that matter). The original mission was to proceed to Port Denison ��� there to conduct a shore expedition and then continue south to Fremantle, but...

Our visit to Geraldton has been very successful. Last night Command Team elections were held, the results of which were provided to you by Youth Crew Scott Lollback in yesterday's log entry, and a good nights rest has been enjoyed by everyone within the...

Yesterday's gale force winds were short lived and by midnight we had reset most fore and aft sail and indeed soon after were motoring as the wind died to less than 6 knots. This made for a most uncomfortable night with near continuous rain ���...

We continued making our way to the Abrolhos Island Group last night, the wind light at first but freshening towards morning. At 1100 we attempted to anchor in the lee of West Wallabi Island but the wind was blowing a steady 35 knots and the...

The breeze eventually came in last night at 0230, so we promptly shut down the engines, set more sail and by morning were bowling along at 8 knots before a stiff quartering breeze with all sail set. We have held the wind since and made...

Yesterday the weather was perfect for a day at anchor, the merest zephyr just sufficient to keep things cool and flat seas, which provided for a very relaxing day at Monkey Mia and another enjoyable deck barbecue in the evening. Afterwards we held a...

Last night we entered Shark Bay which, with head winds, limited room to manoeuvre and numerous vessels in the area, meant we motored overnight. We came to anchor at 0830 this morning and, after some minor fuel problems with the ship's boat, got everyone...

The last 24 hours has been spent working our way south down the coast and as anticipated it has largely been against headwinds. Unfortunately this has meant we have had to motor sail for most of the day. Today has been pretty quiet recovering...

Yesterday evening we rounded North West Cape with the massive aerial farm of Harold E. Holt dominating the skyline before disappearing into the dark as we continued south-west. At 2200 we got the wind we wanted and were able to shut down the noisy...

After a very pleasant break last night at anchor, this morning we sailed from anchor in a light southerly breeze which provided another opportunity to practice more of the art of maneuvering a square rigged ship under sail. This afternoon the wind died off completely...

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