January 2014

Happy Australia Day everyone,Sunrise finds us 20nm east of Moruya Heads continuing to make ground for Jervis Bay. The sun is shining, Albatross are wheeling about and a lazy swell is surfing us northward. Tis a beautiful morn.During the night, the Youth Crew had been...

Hi everyone, Welcome to Young Endeavour’s second Voyage for 2014. Our journey starts in the City of Devonport, Tasmania and will conclude in Sydney in eleven days. It will take us across the infamous Bass Strait then north, along the spectacular NSW coastline, stopping off...

Ahoy there Shipmates, Sail Master Sandy woke us at 0630 and we rotated through a quick Breakfast and showers. On completion the crew were tasked to pack their bags and clean their sleeping spaces. We had morning brief after the ceremony of colours and then cracked-on...

Ahoy there Shipmates,After a restful night at anchor off Ulverstone, Sandy woke us with another of his daggy tunes at 0630. After a snappy breakfast we mustered the youth crew to participate in the ceremony of colours followed by a very brief morning brief.We then...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the ship continued on passage south-west towards Ulverstone, a town 15 nm west of Devonport. We were woken at 0700 by Blue Watch singing the attached song.After the morning brief, at which Salty explained the terms ‘Hunky Dorey’ and ‘Hi-Jacked’, and ‘happy...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the ship remained at sea in transit between Deal Island and Flinders Island. White Watch woke the crew at 0700 with their Wakey-Wakey song attached. We experienced a heavy dew overnight and accordingly the decks were very wet, that combined with the...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the Ship remained at anchor in East Cove at Deal Island with the youth crew keeping anchor watches through the night to ensure the Ship remained safe within our anchor swinging circle and that machinery such as fridges and generator were running...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Day 5 of our voyage. It was an extremely cold morning that greeted the crew of Young Endeavour with temperatures plummeting along the Queensland Coast to 5 degrees (The Big Chill). By morning brief we were located 15nm east of the...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the Watches were kept busy through the night finishing off the Bearex / ‘Apples and Onions’ activities as well as managing the sail plan to suit the wind and practising for their assessment in the morning.During the morning watch Sandy and Dougie...

Ahoy! Again the Youth Crew was treated to a magnificent morning on the harbour, albeit a little overcast today, it’s still always a treat. We had breakfast, Youthies packed their bags then we sang the National Anthem whilst Colours were hoisted. I love that song!...

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