Wow, what a night! After rounding Cape Graften late yesterday afternoon, we turned the ships head south. Unfortunatly the winds gods were not happy and it seemed no matter hard we tried, they were against us. After 6 tacks all evenly spaced through out the...
Voyage 11/06 commenced at 1600 alongside HMAS CAIRNS Navy Base. After saying good bye to family and friends we departed the wharf to anchor in Cairns rivulette over night. Ships tours and a few quick briefs out of the way, it was time to start...
MICK - YOUTH CREW CAPTAINSailing Young Endeavour from Dunk Island to Cairns would seem adifficult task with no staff input. This was not our biggestproblem. Whilst the Youth Crew worked around the clock to get ussailing we were missing Mother Natures input and...
After a relaxing swim and some beach sports opposite the Dunk Islandresort it was time to move to our own private island for a BBQ dinnerand Command Day elections. On completion of elections and the sereneboat ride back to the ship, it was time to...
which is an exercise in defining your personal values stance. The strenuous journey completed after about four hours at Furneaux Lodge in Endeavour Inlet.Tonight we are having a BBQ ashore at the inlet before some free time ashore enjoying the Lodge facilities. Tomorrow morning we...
The serenity of yesterday morning continued through out the day and into the evening. Weather conditions were so favourable in fact that we were able to get out a complete press of sails, setting every single sail (except for the storm trisail) on board....
With winds abated to 10-15kts, Young Endeavour continued a slow passage north, averaging 4-5kts. Over night Youth Crew conducted the bear ex. This is an exercise designed to pool the collective knowledge of a watch to complete an excercise without any staff input. Relying heavily...
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