From Courney Evans, Youth Crew Captain:Today we set sail at 1300 with a light breeze. Our intention was to head out around Lady Musgrave Island and then tacking towards our first waypoint. As we sailed on we accidently tacked and then spent a good part...
Dear All,What a great day! The weather has been fantastic, and we have just had a top shore visit to the town of 1770, about 1 1/2 hours drive north on Bundaberg. Tonight we will sail for Lady Musgrave Island, which is a reef and...
Ahoy Me Hearties,We've just dropped anchor in West Bay, Middle Percy Island just offshore from the "yacht club", which is an A-Frame leanto built by a previous owner of the island for the amenity of passing yachties - like us!Last night we had a really...
RANRActing Commanding Officer.YOUTH CREW IMPRESSIONSMegan...
Command Day V 11/06Youth Crew CaptainMeganHeya allWow talk about a full on 25 hours!!!Tuesday morning brought with it clear skies, sun, some good wind and command day. With all the positions voted on and finalised on monday night we were ready to take command of...
After an enjoyable night last night - the last before Command Day, we arrived in the Whitsunday Island group. Guess what...
After a relaxing day at anchor off Magnetic Island yesterday we all returned to enjoy a tasty BBQ dinner cooked by Eddie (the engineer) and Hektor (the crazy sailing master). The evenings entertainment consisted of three way talks where watch members got to know two...
After an afternoon of sailing and rotational tacks yesterday it was time to test the watches out with the 'Bear ex' in the watches overnight. The Bear ex is an exercise that encourages watches to conduct an evolution set for them by their watch leader...
After a failed rain dance to make the rain go away, it was all ashore to Zoe Bay on the southern end of Hinchenbrook Island yesterday afternoon. After a short walk to the waterfall there, we were all rewarded with a view of a tropical...
After another hard night at sea last night with only 3 tacks, we awoke to more liquid sunshine this morning! During the night the wind died off, making it necissary for us to set the iron top sails and motor the last 7 hours of...
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