October 2009

Hello again everyone,Coming to you tonight from a peaceful anchorage at Albany. The Youth Crew have enjoyed the opportunity for some time ashore where everyone did mid-Voyage talks (opportunity to let us know how things are progressing and what other things we need to do...

Hi everyone,The cold front gave us an exciting ride today with 3 metre seas and swell with 30+ knots, surfing, raining and spray on the deck - made for good hard work all day but we didn\'t spill a drop of lunch. In fact we...

Hello again everyone,Great sailing overnight, albeit a little slow. As the sun rose the wind eased a little more and we had to hoist the \'iron topsail\' (start the engines) and do some motor sailing so we could continue to make good ground to the...

Hello again everyone,We awoke to a beautiful day and after another great breakfast thanks to Chad our chef, the Youth Crew were introduced to the morning brief routine where we sung the national anthem, pulled the flags up and heard things about the Ship and...

Hi everybody,We sailed from Fremantle this afternoon a few minutes ahead of schedule to allow the WA Sail Training Ship Leeuwin II, who was berthed inboard of us, to sail. We departed under bright clear skies and light wind - a plethora of local pleasure...

Hi Everyone, This morning was overcast and unseasonably cold for this time of the year in Perth. Following a short morning brief the anchor...

Hi Everyone,Please find attached the second edition of the Youth Crews Command Day.Until tomorrow, take care.Yours AyeCaptain GavCAPTAIN'S LOG 19/10 MONDAY 20.53Hello again all,It's Cass here. I have to, unfortunately, start on a not so positive note�.I have handed Captaincy back to the rightful owner,...

Hi Everyone,I handed the Young Endeavour over to the Youth Crew of Voyage 15/09 at 1000 this morning and ever since then they have been doing a great job of running the ship (I might be out of a job). One of the many tasks...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to Day 8 of the voyage. By sunrise this morning we were located 30nm to the south west of Dirk Hartog Island motor sailing due to very light conditions and the requirement to maintain a speed of at least 5kts so that we...

Hi Everyone, It was an early start again this morning with a well rested Youth Crew on deck at 0630 to launch boats and make...

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