April 2014

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...

Ahoy there Shipmates,The Ship remained at anchor overnight with the Youth Crew keeping their first anchor watches. That meant that only one member of each watch was up on deck for an hour, letting the other members of the watch catch up on some much...

Ahoy there Shipmates,The Ship remained at sea overnight on passage towards Great Keppel 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 east coast of Fraser 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. All of...

Hello Shipmates,After a good nights rest the Youth Crew were woken by Sail Master Adam and one of his reggae 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...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Day 8 of our voyage. Given that we did not anchor until 2345 last night it was a leisurely start to the day this morning with late 0800 wake-up call followed by breakfast.Given this was our first anchorage of the voyage...

Hello Shipmates,After a good nights rest the Youth Crew were awoken by Sail Master Dougie. 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...

Ahoy there Shipmates,This morning Sandy woke the Youth Crew at 0600 and roused them up and onto the deck for an entertaining early morning activity. With the blood flowing and everyone ready and raring for another full day of fun the Youth Crew then went...

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