Hello Shipmates,Welcome to Day 2 of the voyage and the last day of Spring. Following a well deserved and much needed night’s rest the Youth Crew were woken at 0630 by Sail Master Sandy, who treated us to an ‘ice-breaker’ deck game to wake us...
G’day shipmates,Welcome to Young Endeavour’s Voyage 20 for 2013. Our journey starts in the Harbour City of Sydney and will conclude in Melbourne in twelve days. We have a magnificent tall ship, wind for our sails and the NSW and VIC Coasts to explore. The...
Ahoy there shipmates, We awoke to blustery and choppy conditions in Watsons Bay, weighing anchor at 0800 and making best speed under engines to the Fleet Base at Woolloomooloo where we berthed alongside at 0900. We then embarked forty-five guests, twenty-five of whom were half...
Ahoy there again from youth crew Captain Liz,This morning our last few hours of command day involved wearing the ship a total of three times in order to meet our final waypoints. The entire youth crew were woken up to help out and despite how...
Ahoy there shipmates, The Ship entered Broken Bay and anchored at Patonga at 0230. When we woke everyone at 0645 the Ship was enveloped in fog, which had started to clear by 0800 when we held only the second ceremony of colours since we sailed...
Ahoy there Shipmates,The Bluey’s wakey wakey song got everyone up to a beautiful sunny morning after a much smoother night’s sleep. The swell had reduced in height due to a reduction in the wind speed. This made our ride smoother but also meant we slowed...
Ahoy there Shipmates,What a shocker of a night’s sleep that was! We had the 2.0 m swell on our beam all night. The lee sheets certainly got a workout. The whole crew had a bit of a zombie look about them when they turned-up for...
Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the ship remained on a Westerly course making ground towards Sydney. The winds remained light and variable and the average speed achieved was 7.5 knots. The watches all undertook the leadership and teamwork exercise named ‘the Bearex’. It involved each watch being...
Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the ship remained on a course of 290 making an average speed of 7 knots in the variable wind conditions. The first watch experienced a heavy shower while they were putting sea furls into the Topgallant and Topsail and got absolutely drenched.Blue...
Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the Ship remained on a WNW course on the starboard tack. During the middle watch the wind abated to less than 10 knots and all sail was handed in to protect the rigging from being flogged. During the morning watch the wind...
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