March 2015

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 44 of our voyage and the last night at sea for this wonderful Crew as we arrive in Cadiz tomorrow, which is our final destination for Passage two of Young Endeavour’s 2015 World Voyage. Since departing Rio on the 18th February we...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 43 of our voyage. Overnight we continued to make good speed towards Cadiz and due to a wind shift even managed to shutdown main engines at 0300 this morning and sail. This continued until late this afternoon when the wind moderated...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 42 of our voyage. At 1000 this morning the Shellbacks handed back the Ship to us Staffies following a very successful 48hr Command Period in which they did an amazing job. Despite not having the opportunity to do much sailing they...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 41 of our voyage. Well our 48hr Command period is well underway and going extremely well with our crew of Shellbacks clearly demonstrating that they have the skills to successfully run this magnificent Ship. Ex Captain Nicole has now handed the Ship...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 40 of our voyage. As explained in last nights log today I handed the Ship over to the Youth Crew (Shellbacks) for a 48hr Command Period so they can continue to challenge themselves and develop the skills they have learnt since...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 39 of our voyage. Since departing Tenerife we have continued to battle strong N/NE winds and that has continued today and it’s as if the ‘weather gods’ want to throw one last challenge at the Crew of Passage 2 prior to...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 38 of our voyage. Overnight in strong conditions we made good speed to the ENE and by sunrise we were located 10nm the west of the Island of Lanzarote which is one of the easterly Islands in the Canary Island Group....

Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 37 of our voyage. Following a very enjoyable 4 day visit to Tenerife we departed our berth at 1000 this morning and are again back at sea battling strong NNE winds. At present it is not to bad as I have...

Ahoy shipmatesWell, as they say, all good things must come to an end. Thus I bid you farewell as this will be my last Captain’s Log (for now). Thanks to Captain Gav for sharing, thanks to the crew for tolerating me and finally thanks to...

Ahoy friends one and all Welcome my penultimate Captain’s Log. Today was another good day as far as making ground east towards Tenerife is concerned. We have averaged around 7kts and are almost within sight of our goal…should sight the Canary Islands sometime in the early morning...

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