July 2015

Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 3 of our voyage. It will have to be a short entry into the Captains Log from me tonight as we are just about to weigh anchor and complete our passage to the entry to the Thames were we will embark...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to day two of our voyage. Despite our late start yesterday we still managed to get two of the watches through their first climbs last night and ended up getting everyone to bed by 2330. Despite this late finish it was still an...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 15 of our voyage. Following a warm sunny day yesterday we were brought back to reality today with overcast skies and light winds coming from the SSW which were a little cool as they were coming straight from the Antarctic. Being...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 17 of our voyage. Well following a night of stormy weather we made it the isolated but spectacular island of Tristan Da Cunha just before 0800 this morning only to find that the weather was completely unsuitable for a safe...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 47 of our voyage and what a special day it has been. At 0245 this morning we crossed the equator and re-entered the Southern Hemisphere for the first time since the 2nd March this year which really does mean that we...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 17 of our voyage. Overnight we continued to make good speed under sail south and are now located 156nm to the west of Lisbon, Portugal enjoying light – moderate NNE winds.Each day of this voyage the weather gets warmer and gone...

Hi everyone,Welcome to day 5 of our voyage. As expected we had a cool change in the weather today and gone were any thoughts of another swim, instead we have been adding extra layers of clothing and trying to keep out of the chilly wind...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 45 of our voyage. Rather than write anything special tonight I will handover to Captains Derry and Ann so that they can tell all about their experiences in command of Young Endeavour throughout this enjoyable but equally challenging Command Period.Until tomorrow,...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 14 of our voyage. Since departing Volos we have continued to experience light winds so it has meant that we have had to utilise main engines. The positive to this is that we have made good speed which enabled us to...

Hi Everyone,                  Welcome to day 4 of our voyage. I am going to have to make this short as we have been battling heavy seas and extremely strong winds trying to transit through the Straits of Gibraltar but have had to accept that it is...

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