May 2007

Ahoy Shipmates,Here is YC Belinda to tell you about her voyage so far:Hi everyone! Well so far our voyage has been far from boring! Now that the entire youth crew seems to be over the sea sickness that hit us in the first few days,...

Ahoy me Hearties,What a fab day we have had - Overnight the wind settled down into the South East which allowed us to make excellent time around the top of Fraser Island. Unfortuately it wasn't from a perfect direction, and so we had to get...

Ahoy Ye Lubbers,The team from V06 have departed the ship, having had the experience of a lifetime!From feeding the Dolphins at Tangalooma, to singing the national anthem as the ship berthed at Dockside Marina, the last day and a half has flown by. After an...

Ahoy Shipmates,Well, Command Day is now over, but to tell you all about it, here is YC Pete, Captain of Command Team Gold:What a morning! Our Goldies were stirred from their collective slumber to take charge from Greenies at midnight. With the winds not being...

Ahoy Me Hearties,What an interesting 24 hours!Overnight we sailed throught some squally weather, with the wind finally settling down not long before midnight to allow us to use the square sails and make good time overnight. By sunrise we were abeam Cape Byron, the most...

Ahoy Shipmates,We are now sailing hard on a fresh breeze after having departed Coff's Harbour undersail at 1000 this morning. We are now trying to make ground towards the north against a northerly breeze and the southerly East Australian Current. This means that unless the...

Ahoy ShipmatesThis morning we awoke at 0630 to a perfect Guichen Bay morning so instead of the normal early morning deck activities it was decided that everyone would test the South Australian water temperature by enjoying an early morning swim. As expected the water was...

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