October 2014

Ahoy there Shipmates,After a quiet night at anchor recharging our batteries Dougie woke the Crew at 0630.At 0730 we held ‘Opposites’ where the youthies coming into the leadership positions for Command Day get to talk to their Staffy ‘opposite number’ to find out what they...

G’day Shipmates,The ship remained at sea overnight making way northwards up the Central QLD Coast. 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 watches got the...

Hello Shipmates,Welcome to Day 2 of the voyage. 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 up. The Staffies weighed anchor at...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Day 5 of our voyage. Overnight we made good speed north and by morning brief we were located only 2nm to the south of Sydney Heads. Once we had completed morning brief all sail was handed in and we proceeded to...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the Watches were kept busy undertaking the ‘Apples and Onions’ activity as well as preparing for the ‘Captain’s Setting and Furling’ assessment. During the first watch the Ship’s Navigation Gyroscope began performing erratically and necessitated the Ship anchoring in Stonehaven Bay on...

Hello Shipmates,After a good nights rest the Youth Crew were awoken by Sail Master Kenny. 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 some tasty breakfast treats from Chef...

G’day shipmates,Welcome to Young Endeavour’s first Voyage for 2014. Our journey starts in the City of Melbourne and will conclude in Devonport in eleven days. We have a magnificent tall ship, wind for our sails and the TAS and VIC Coasts to explore. The potential...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 4 of our voyage. The Youth Crew awoke to a fine morning well rested from our night at anchor. We kicked of the morning at 0630 with an early morning activity which this morning consisted of a competitive round of...

Ahoy there Shipmates,The ship remained at sea overnight making slow ground towards the Whitsunday Islands against the fresh SE wind and the swell. During the first watch we were able to set the fore-and-aft sails when the wind veered more southerly, however that only lasted...

Ahoy there shipmates,Welcome to Young Endeavour’s seventh Voyage for 2014. Our journey starts in Mackay and will conclude in Airlie Beach in eleven days. We have a magnificent tall ship and an amazing coastline to explore, our adventures will take us from the deep blue...

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