March 2014

Ahoy there Shipmates,Adam woke the crew with another of his cheery tunes. This time it was ‘Don’t Worry, be Happy’ by Bobby McFerrin. His parting gift to the youth crew was teaching them the Young Endeavour ‘dance moves’, which will no doubt get a lot...

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...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Today we were awoken at 0700 to the song of “Barbie Girl”, thanks to a special request from youth crew member Aaron. The song seemed suitable as most of the youth crew needed a morale booster after limited sleep and a difficult night...

Ahoy there Shipmates,After a restful night at anchor in Port Stephens, the crew were awoken by Sail Master Adam at 0630 for a quick game of ‘Evolution’ to get the body and mind moving. We then dined on one of Haydo’s delicious upper-deck BBQ breakfasts...

Ahoy there Shipmates, Overnight the ship continued to motor-sail towards the entrance to Port Stephens and the Ship was called to Tacking Stations at 2300 to take us onto the port tack in order to make some more ground to the north before coming back...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the ship remained at sea sailing in a NE direction paralleling the coast approximately 30 nm offshore close-hauled against the northerlies. We awoke to a bright sunny morning and the voice of Sail Master Adam singing the Wakey Wakey song White Watch...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the Ship continued to make ground to the northwards along the NSW coast. We entered Broken Bay at 0800 and proceeded to anchor at Patonga, a quaint little fishing village and holiday destination. Once morning brief was completed we put the youthies...

Ahoy there Shipmates,We had a restful night at anchor in Athol Bay just off the Taronga Park Zoo with the light breeze gently rocking the ship overnight. Youth Crew got their first experience of anchor watches, during which they were responsible for monitoring the safety...

G’day Shipmates,Welcome to day 3 of our adventure under sail. The ship continued sailing north east opening out from the coast on a beam reach. The wind backed to north westerly at 15 and a 0.5m easterly swell was experienced for most of the night....

Hello Shipmates,Welcome to Day 2 of the voyage. Following a well deserved and much needed night’s rest the Youth Crew awoke at 0630 to a fine Sydney morning. After breakfast the Youth Crew mustered on the port bridge wing where they experienced their first morning...

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