Ahoy there Shipmates,The ship remained at sea overnight making good speed in the fresh SE conditions, rolling occasionally when a larger easterly swell came through. The Youth crew were kept busy throughout the night setting and furling sails, as it was necessary to change the...
Ahoy there Shipmates,The Ship remained at anchor overnight with the Youth Crew keeping their first night anchor watches. This meant that only one member of each watch was up on deck for an hour, allowing the other members of the watch catch up on some much...
Ahoy there Shipmates,The ship remained at sea overnight on passage towards Middle Percy Island, our intended anchorage for tonight. All the watches had a chance during their night watches to further develop their watch-on-deck skills, including on the helm, being lookout and conducting engineering rounds,...
G’day Shipmates,The ship remained at sea overnight making way northwards up the Capricorn Coast towards Great Keppel Island. The Youth Crew each kept their first night watch last night, which means they were awake for 4 hours during the night, keeping the ship safe. The...
Hello Shipmates,After a good nights rest the Youth Crew were awoken by Sail Master Sandy and one of his 80s classics. Once on deck we participated in a very quick early morning ‘ice-breaker’ activity and then everyone headed below decks for a quick shower and...
Ahoy there shipmates, Welcome to Young Endeavour’s fifth Voyage for 2014. Our journey starts in Gladstone and will conclude in Mackay in eleven days. We have a magnificent tall ship and an amazing coastline to explore, our adventures will take us from the deep blue...
Ahoy There Shipmates,After a challenging night at sea, my able-bodied Youth Crew have successfully sailed STS Young Endeavour to Gladstone. To maintain the planned speed, we were unable to set all sails and had to make use of an engine. The wind dropped off completely...
Ahoy there Shipmates,After a quite night at anchor recharging our batteries Adam woke the Youth Crew at 0630 and got them up on deck to some glorious tropical QLD weather for a quick heart-starter EMA, after which Aaron made the early morning start worthwile with...
Ahoy there Shipmates,What a fantastic night at sea. We had enough wind to set most of the sails, including the Topsail and Top Gallant squares. The Watches were kept busy through the night finishing off the Bearex / ‘Apples and Onions’ activities as well as...
Ahoy there Shipmates,The ship remained at sea overnight making slight way in the very light conditions. The Youth crew were kept busy throughout the night setting and furling sails, trimmed for the light conditions, to maximise the achievable speed. They also undertook the leadership activity...
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