July 2002

Situation at 20:00- This morning at 08:00 at a formal ceremony command of YOUNG ENDEAVOUR was turned over to the Youth Crew and Command day got underway. They lost little time in weighing anchor and setting sail.After several hours of beating to windward, the ship...

Situation at 20:00- Today has been a good balance of work and play. Once morning brief and cleaning stations were astern of us, Captain John put the YouthCrew through their paces setting and furling various sails in order to ensure that they are able to...

Situation at 20:00- During the watches overnight the Youth Crew were challenged to complete a task assigned them by their Watch Leader. The object of the exercise was to identify and apply all the attributes that go into making a successful team and discuss the...

Situation at 20:00- The night watches provided an opportunity for the Youth Crew to take part in team building and lateral thinking exercises. Throughout the night the Ship had to fight head winds to make groundto the North, only to have the wind back into...

Situation at 20:00- Overnight the Youth Crew stood their first watches and layed aloft to the T'Gallant and Topsail yards. This was carried out inabsolutely ideal conditions, without a breath of wind and a completely calm sea. At 06:30 all hands were awakened by...

Situation at 20:00- The Staff Crew for the voyage is made up of Captain John, Executive Officer Paul (Chook),Navigator Aaron (Bullet), Watch Leader Lauren (Lozza), White Watch Leader Greg (Rags), Red Watch Leader Athol(Wiggy), Blue Watch LeaderLuke, Engineer Simon (Stewy) and Chef Chris (Polly). Joining...

Overnight the watches took advantage of the light winds to practise setting and furling both the squares and the fore and aft sails. There was also work aloft to be done that saw most of the Youth Crew busy on all three Yards.A gorgeous sunrise...

Situation at 20:00 - We are Northbound, under sail with seven sails set.Overnight the main activity for the different watches was to climb aloft out onto the T'Gallant and Topsail Yards. The majority of the Youth Crew were successful in achieving this and in the...

Situation at 20:00 The Youth Crew for voyage V14/02 joined this morning as planned and YOUNG ENDEAVOUR sailed from Dockside Marina at 10:00. The transitdown the Brisbane river and across the Bay to Redcliffe took just over three hours during which 'Captain Safety' provided a...

Situation at 19:00Tonight, we decided to give the Captain a well deserved night off, and Lauren (Loz) who is on duty looking after the ship is sending a few words on today.The final morning aboard YOUNG ENDEAVOUR for the Youth Crew started (slowly) at 06:15....

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