July 2011

Ahoy there everyone,Welcome to day seven, the morning commenced at 0630 with an Early Morning Activity after which the ship weighed anchor and departed Snug Cove, Eden and recommenced our voyage north along the New South Wales south east coast. During the day each watch...

Hi Everyone, Following a busy night at anchor everyone was awake and on deck at 0700 this morning. Given the spectacular anchorage and the relatively warm conditions it was decided to start the morning with a refreshing ‘wake up swim’ in the crystal clear waters...

Ahoy there everyone, Welcome to day four, the morning commenced with an epic 0700 wakey wakey song and commentary composed by White Watch, arousing all from their slumber for breakfast and a glorious morning.Overnight the wind and swell had abated significantly while the ship made good...

Ahoy there everyone, Overnight the ship remained underway sailing north paralleling the NSW central coast 30 miles to seaward. After wakey wakey and the standard morning routine I assessed each watch executing setting and furling drills without their Watch Leaders. These drills are designed to evaluate...

G\'day Readers, Commander Andrew \'Gunna\' Rourke here back having a stint as relief Commanding Officer whilst Damien has a bit of a break. Needless to say it is great to be back on my favourite ship.This afternoon 27 of Australia\'s finest youth stepped onboard...

Ahoy there everyone,Well it was an eventful night with the Youth Crew in Command of STS Young Endeavour. Starting from 1300 hours yesterday the official changing of control from the staff to the youth crew was signified by a short ceremony on which I was...

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