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22 Jul Day 1 – Farewell Brisbane…Hello Tangalooma!
Ahoy shipmates and welcome to Voyage 12/19...
July 2019
19 Jul Day 11 – Farewell shipmates
Well, ladies and gents, boys and girls, Today is the final day of V11/19 and shiver me timbers (ye olde nautical saying), what a voyage it’s been. We’ve had some great weather, amazing sailing (for a couple of hours! lol) and some of the best anchorages...
18 Jul Day 10 – Penultimatum
Ahoy dear readers, tied up alongside Bulimba this evening as I write this, the penultimate log of our fantastic voyage from Gladstone and I must say, it has been a wonderful adventure. Ships staff have completed all post voyage administration, including voyage debrief and a...
17 Jul Day 9 – Command day cont…
With great power comes great responsibility, as we discovered today. The early morning started off with decreasing wind conditions and a correction of course to make up for some broken hardware...
16 Jul Day 8 – Command day
Today is the day we’ve all been waiting for. With a skip in our strides and heads held high, today is time for our crew of 27 young Aussies to take STS Young Endeavour for our own. We anchored in the most beautiful Double...
15 Jul Day 7 – Command day eve
Another lovely sunrise at sea, ladies and gents, boys and girls. Great to have you with us again. Yes, sunrise at sea! It doesn’t get any better in my opinion. Pity I missed it, slept in! Oh well. The morning watch definately didn’t miss it...
14 Jul Day 6 – Bit of a blow
Dear readers, t’was an epic day, which started with a blow from the south, late last night… I felt the ship heel over around midnight, due to the lovely southerly winds, we were expecting, although coming from the direction of our destination was obviously not ideal…...
13 Jul Day 5 –
What happens when you combine nine youths, an unknown challenge, a late night and remove the staff? An amazingly successful team building exercise, that’s what! The youthies were flung from their comfort zones and managed to climb aloft, while underway, setting and furling the square...
02 Jul Day 7 – River Derwent and Hobart
Ahoy shipmates...