May 2013

Hi everyone welcome to day seven of our voyage. Following a good nights rest at anchor our crew awoke to an overcast morning with strong winds and passing showers. On completion of our normal early morning activity at 0630 we enjoyed a quick continental breakfast...

Hi Everyone,                   Welcome to Day 5 of our voyage. A well rested crew awoke to strong winds and overcast conditions this morning. Given our picturesque anchorage we would have normally started the morning with a refreshing swim but with the poor weather conditions we...

Hi Everyone,                   Welcome to Day four of our voyage. Overnight we entered Hervey Bay and continued to experience changing weather conditions, which included more passing showers and moderating winds. These conditions meant that we had to hand in the majority of sail during the...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Day 3 of our voyage. Overnight we continued to make good speed to the south and despite a number of the Youth Crew succumbing to the dreaded sailors curse of ‘seasickness’ spirits amongst the crew remained high. By 0800 this morning...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Day 2 of our voyage. Following a good nights rest it was an early start for our crew this morning with everyone on deck at 0500 for first climbs.Following a harness and climbing system brief by Taff the Sailmaster the Youth...

Hello everyone, Welcome to Voyage 09/13 and Young Endeavour’s third voyage of our northern program for this year. Our journey starts in Gladstone and will also conclude in Gladstone (not that far to go). We have a magnificent tall ship, wind for our sails and...

Ahoy there Shipmates, Guv awoke the Youth Crew at 0630 with yet another hit from a forgotten era and everyone came up on deck for the last early morning activity. Guv had quite a treat in store for the Youthies with some Young Endeavour dance...

Ahoy there Shipmates, This morning Guv awoke the Youth Crew at 0630 and roused them up and onto the deck for an entertaining early morning activity. With the blood flowing and everyone ready and raring for another full day of fun the Youth Crew then...

Ahoy there Shipmates, What a fantastic night at sea. We started out with very light winds which meant we had to motor sail for the first half of the night, but this allowed the Youthies to focus on their Nav and to really hone their...

Ahoy there Shipmates, The ship remained at sea overnight making way under a full press of square sails towards Heron Island. The Youth crew were kept busy throughout the night setting and furling sails as required by the watch officers to maintain the required speed...

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