August 2018

"16-year old Ronnie Critchley from Charters Towers recently sailed on an 11-day adventure aboard Australia’s national sail training ship, STS Young Endeavour. Ronnie, who is College Captain of Blackheath and Thornburgh College, heard about the youth development program from her mum and applied for a community...

Ahoy shipmates,Well our cunning plan didn’t quite come to fruition. After 6 days of calm seas and light winds, overnight we had a bit of a blow. The wind remained at 15-20 knots whipping up the seas. Unfortunately this made our plan to anchor at...

Ahoy one and all, Well what a day we have had…after a cool but clear start to the day we departed HMAS Moreton at 0900 and commenced our lengthy transit of the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay, finally making to the open sea around 1600 this...

Ahoy there Shipmates, Overnight the Ship remained at anchor off Montagu Point in Jervis Bay (JB). We enjoyed a pleasant night’s sleep in mild weather conditions. Sail Master Evan piped Wakey Wakey at 0630 and the crew arose for a quick EMA followed by a BBQ breakfast...

Ahoy there Shipmates, Sail Master James woke the crew at 0600 with another of his painful retro tunes. After a few laps walking around the deck, followed by the YC learning some ‘Tall Ship’ dance moves, it was straight into the showers and breakfast. After the final...

Hi Everyone,                  Welcome to day six of our voyage. The Youth Crew awoke refreshed this morning following a peaceful night at anchor. Given the pleasant conditions we started the morning with a refreshing swim then enjoyed a breakfast of egg and bacon rolls served on...

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