Situation at 21:00- It was a very busy night for all hands with numerous sail changes and tacking stations piped at 02:00. The wind wouldn't make up its mind where it wanted to blow from and kept jumping all around the compass. At morning brief,...
Situation at 21:00 - During the night watches last night all hands were busy trimming sail and learning more about YOUNG ENDEAVOUR. A large shiftin the wind meant that Wakey Wakey this morning was actually all hands being piped to Tacking Stations. At morning...
Situation at 21:00Today has been an incredibly busy time. Overnight the watches were busy climbing and learning about the Ship as well as each other.Already some firm friendships look to be establishing themselves. A 06:30 "Wakey Wakey" was followed by early morning activity which started...
Situation at 22:00 - Twenty four Youth Crew members joined this afternoon as planned and the voyage program commenced immediately. Because of theexposed nature of the anchorage and the 2-3 metre swell it was decided to conduct the day one part of the program that...
When I left you, the YC and Staff were headed to their bunks for a well earned rest. In true YOUNG ENDEAVOUR fashion, a decent sleep re-energised us all for another big day. We awoke at 0630 and set straight to work cleaning the...
Today has been a huge day for the YC and Staff alike.Overnight the YC continued to sail the Ship, amassing a great deal of experience in tacking by themselves. The wind was working hard to stop them from achieving their end goal of reaching Newcastle,...
SITUATION AT 1900 Well, we are now half way through the Command Day for Voyage 21/02. In the spirit of Command Day the CO's Log will be written primarily by members of the YC. They are Phil Withers, aged 21 of Howard Springs NT, Chris Weenink,...
SITUATION AT 1900We are now sitting at anchor in Fingal Bay. This is about 25 miles north of Newcastle, and constitutes our second check point forthe voyage. It is from this snug little anchorage that our YC team will be departing under sail tomorrow at...
SITUATION AT 1900After a very relaxing night at anchor, the YC were awoken at 0630 to a rousing chorus from our morning watch keepers. We all madeour way on deck for some early morning fun and games before a nice breakfast, then into our morning...
SITUATION AT 2030As you can see, we have reached our first checkpoint for the voyage. Overnight we had an eventful night, after making good timeheading out to the East with a fair wind from the south, it was decided that, in order to make it...
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