March 2011

Evening everyone,We said to each other at our morning brief that we should be positive about the rain. We have only had one day of it and it wasn't incessant or cold. The power of positive thinking and it turned out to be a mostly...

Evening everyone,We anchored at Coffs Harbour at 0725 am this morning and after a quick morning brief we enjoyed opportunity for a swim ��� yeah! Swinging from the monkey rope or diving off the bow sprit, it was a good dip in the ���pool' and...

Hi everyone,The Ship sailed nearly 100 miles yesterday and we passed Port Stephens early in the morning and then Smokey Cape around lunch-time, where the East Australian Current is traditionally at its strongest. The current is the warm water flowing down the east coast from...

We sailed from Garden Island and then went to anchor about an hour later in Hunter\'s Bay in the northern part of Sydney Harbour. The Sail Master and I had an opportunity to sit down and talk with everyone before we completed some ship familiarisation...

Ahoy there everyone, Welcome to day three on our adventure under sail. The ship continued sailing along handsomely at six knots overnight under all plain sail on a close reach port tack, rounding Tasman Island as the wind backed to the nor west.With the rising of...

Hi Everyone, Overnight the wind strengthened from the south west and by morning brief we were located 80nm to the south east of Gabo Island being challenged by rather unpleasant conditions (30kt winds and a 2-3m swell). Despite these conditions, during the day we continued...

Ahoy there everyone, A well deserved nights rest at anchor was had by all. I guarantee everyone onboard slept very soundly and for good reason, most were exhausted from Command Day. The ship weighed anchor at 0500 and conducted a transit from Tangalooma to berth at...

Ahoy there everyone,Welcome to day three on our adventure under sail. The ship continued sailing overnight making ground north towards Broken Bay. Weather conditions increased to 20 knots overnight which kept the watches busy with sail trimming and wearing ship. This proved challenging for their...

Ahoy there,Day 9 of our amazing voyage was in full swing from the moment the clock rolled over to midnight. Attempting to make our second waypoint for Command Day, we were making good time until we were faced with quite the challenge. Strong winds, rain...

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