Hi Everyone,Welcome to Day 10 and the final night of our voyage. Due to the close proximity of our anchorage to Darwin Naval Base and the short distance for us to get alongside it was a normal start to the morning with a 0630 Early...
Hi Everyone,                    Welcome to Part 2 of Command Day. Well our Command Team got us safely to Darwin which allowed me to keep my promise of giving them a swim during the voyage, which ended up being the Darwin Lagoon and Wave Pool which would...
Hi Everyone,                      Welcome to day 8 of our voyage. Well Command Day kicked off at 1000 this morning and the Youth Crew have been kept busy ever since.On taking command they were given one hour to do some quick planning then have us sailing from...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to Day 7 of our voyage. By sunrise this morning we were located 12nm to the ENE of Port Essington sailing on a very broad reach under a reduced sail plan.The morning activities commenced early with Captains Setting and Furling Drills at 0715....
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day six of our voyage. The stronger ESE conditions remained with overnight and early this morning of which saw a couple of the Youth Crew succumb to seasickness due to the rolling of the ship whilst sailing downwind.Later this morning the Navigator...
Hi Everyone,                   Welcome to day five of our voyage. During the early hours of this morning the wind freshened to 20kts from the south east which enabled us to set more sail and increase our boat speed to 7kts. By sunrise we were located 65nm...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to Day 4 of our voyage. It was another clear but humid morning that greeted the Crew of Young Endeavour when we awoken from our slumber at 0630 this morning. Our Early Morning Activity consisted of a game of Knights, Mounts and Cavaliers...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to Day 3 of our voyage. We remained in the vicinity of Melville Bay overnight wearing ship twice and getting the Youth Crew comfortable with keeping watches and sailing the ship.At 0800 this morning we transited through the narrow passage between Point William...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to Day 2 of our Voyage. It was a warm Northern Territory morning that greeted a well rested Youth Crew at 0630 this morning.Following an Early Morning Activity (EMA) and quick breakfast we commenced first climbs of the foremast before it became to...
Hi Everyone,                    Welcome to Young Endeavours eight voyage of our 2016 Circumnavigation of Australia. This voyage will see us sail from Gove (to Darwin which is approximately 450nm but I am sure that we will cover a few more miles than that during the next...
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