Yesterday evening we left our shore party bravely struggling to paddle the inflatable dinghy against the offshore breeze to bring it into the beach. This they eventually managed and from there it didn't take them long before they found the instructions and now with...
Ahoy shipmates,This morning while staff crew changed over headsails the youth crew continued preparations for their command day. At midday, once the brief handover ceremony had been completed, the new command team soon took charge and had us sailing from anchor. The youth...
Ahoy shipmates,Strong winds last night kept everyone alert during their watches as we sailed up Spencer Gulf. At midnight we tacked and headed back south with a view to setting ourselves up for Youth Crew command day which starts tomorrow. Unfortunately the boisterous...
Ahoy Shipmates,We sailed overnight to the west and in the morning wore ship so as we could sail past South Neptune Island. The island is supposedly home to a large seal colony but we could see none as we passed close by the northern...
Ahoy shipmates,It turns out that Althorpe Island is not a manned lighthouse these days after all, but we were lucky to find a party of six people on the island who were from the ���Friends of Althorpe Island�� society there on a week long working...
Ahoy Shipmates,Yesterday we continued sailing out of the Gulf of Saint Vincent and as we turned west around the heel of Yorke Peninsula to make our way through Investigator Strait the wind followed, veering into the west, and forcing us to continue tacking ship through...
Ahoy Shipmates,Voyage 19 of 2007 has gotten off to a challenging start with strong winds for the first two days. On our first night we remained alongside as the anchorage off Adelaide is very exposed and would not have been conducive to the first...
This morning we weighed anchor at 7.00 and sailed in company with the ���One and All�� along the Adelaide coastline. At the morning brief at 8.00 we shared some exciting news that we had received overnight with the youth crew; the Young Endeavour Youth...
Ahoy shipmates,Today we berthed alongside Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide at 9 a.m. to embark guests from the Ashford Special School for young people with intellectual and physical disabilities for a three hour sail . The youth crew were tasked with looking after our guests...
Today the youth crew completed their command day. Unfortunately the lack of wind did not allow them to fully test all the new skills they had learned but nonetheless they made the most of the day and successfully brought the ship safely to anchor...
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