May 2018

Greetings from the Wetsundays (closely related to the Whitsundays - just add rain!). Yesterday the Youth Crew and most of the staffies summited Whitsunday Peak, this morning the remaining staff and myself did the same...

Ahoy shipmates,  An easy one for me tonight…the mighty White Watch have covered the day below, so there is not much to add other than to say that all are hale and hearty and we are enroute to Magnetic Island…the adventure continues! Over to White...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Welcome to day 3 of our adventure under sail. The ship continued sailing south-south-west overnight along the NSW then VIC coast. The wind freshened from between northerly and north-north-east overnight and the swell under 1.0 m from the NNE also. The Youth Crew...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 10 of our voyage. This morning the crew awoke to cold and partly-overcast day. Sail Master Guv got us all on deck for a quick game to get the blood flowing and mind awake after a restful night at anchor off...

Ahoy there Shipmates, After a restful night at anchor at Leeka, the crew were woken by Sail Master James at 0615 and mustered on deck for another early morning swim and rope swing. We then dined on another of Marcus’ delicious breakfasts before the morning brief,...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the ship continued motor-sailing towards Flinders Is in a 10-15 kn breeze that started from the south-east and eventually backed to north-westerly by the morning watch. Engineer Mark (Horto) and I commenced the ‘Captain’s Setting and Furling Drills at 0700, which enable...

Hi Everyone,                     Welcome to day three of our voyage. Overnight and during the early hours of this morning we continued to stay close to coast and transit through the Mercury Passage and into Great Oyster Bay which worked in our favour as we picked up...

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