G’day Shipmates,Welcome to day 3 of our adventure under sail. The ship continued motor-sailing north overnight along the NSW coast. The wind remained light and variable and the swell was negligible through the night. This was fortuitous as it is giving our new crew members...
Hello Shipmates,Welcome to Day 2 of the voyage. Following a well deserved and much needed night’s rest the Youth Crew were woken to a beautiful sunrise at 0630 by Sail Master Matt, who treated us to an ‘ice-breaker’ deck game to wake us up. After...
G’day shipmates,Welcome to Young Endeavour’s Voyage 7 for 2013. Our journey starts in the Harbour City of Newcastle and will conclude in Brisbane in eleven days. We have a magnificent tall ship, wind for our sails and the NSW Coast explore. The potential is limitless and...
Ahoy there Shipmates,Guv woke the crew on ANZAC Day 2013 with a traditional ‘Wakey Wakey’ on the Bosun’s Call (instead of his usual 80s retro tunes) at 0545 to enable those who wished to attend our onboard Dawn Service. The order for the service was...
Ahoy there Shipmates,A well deserved night’s rest alongside FORGACS was had by all. I think everyone onboard slept very soundly and for good reason, most were exhausted from Command Day, but that didn’t stop us from conducting our usual Early Morning Activity on the upper...
Hello friends,The second half of Command day was definitely more testing than the earlier half. We found that not only our teamwork, but also our skills improved exponentially as the night progressed.At around 2200 conditions became more difficult with the wind playing against us. It...
Ahoy there Shipmates,After a restful night at anchor in Port Stephens, the crew were awoken by Sail Master Guv at 0630 and mustered on deck for an early morning swim. We then dined on another of Squizy’s delicious breakfasts prior to the Morning Brief, which...
Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the ship continued to beat to windward against the 20-25 knot southerlies and into the 2-3 metre southerly swell. We eagerly awaited the forecast easing of the wind speed to 10 knots however when this hadn’t occurred by 0200 it was necessary...
Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the ship remained at anchor sheltering in Port Stephens with the Youth Crew keeping anchor watches. The wind gradually abated to under 20 knots from the west by 0700.Wakey Wakey was at 0630 and the plan was to weigh anchor after morning...
Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the Ship continued to make ground to the north towards Port Stephens. The wind freshened (25 knots) during the middle watch to the maximum apparent wind limit of the Jib so it was necessary to furl it to prevent it from being...
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