Hi! Tiarna and Sophie here from Blue Watch! This is the captain’s log for day 5 of voyage 8! Our day started at 11:15pm when we were woken for our overnight watch. We very impressively managed to square the yards with a team of 5...
The youths started the fourth day doing their anchor watches. The crew woke up to the sounds of the Pokémon theme song accompanied by Rasuputin as we made our maiden laps around the boat (thanks to our illustrious sailmaster for the killer tunes). Adam gave...
We started today waking up to the beautiful open ocean and on the way to Bait Reef (SHARK BAIT OO HA HA). White watch started the day dark and early (12am) to watch the stars go by as we attempted to sail. As soon as...
Good evening Shipmates, The youth crew of V08 awoke to the startling, true blue sounds of John Williamson’s “Home Among the Gum Trees†(Emma’s pick) at a crisp 0630 for a few brisk laps around the deck. After a scrumptious English breakfast provided by the magnificent...
Ahoy there Shipmates, we finished embarking Youth Crew (YC) at our Airlie Beach anchorage at 1630, recovered our sea boat and then introduced the remainder of the staff crew. After the YC had received a safety equipment brief we weighed anchor and commenced our passage...
Good afternoon Shipmates, This is the last time I will talk to you about Voyage 07/21 and the adventures of our able - bodied youth crew. After breakfast this morning we weighed anchor and commenced the 2 hour passage to the Coral Sea Marina at...
Ahoy there family, friends and followers. On the fine morning of day 3, Red Watch kicked things off before breakfast with a climb to the lower top, allowing for fantastic views of the sunrise. A few crew members also opted to head onto the bowsprit,...
Well, ladies and gents, boys and girls, today is the final day of V09/21 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...
Our morning started at midnight with the guts watch where we practiced setting and furling the forestay sail under the skilful hand of our watch leader Bobby. After handing over to the morning watch we then woke up sailing into the Whitsundays. After a quick...
Ahoy shipmates…Day 2…a busy one. We arrived in Nelson Bay at 2330 last night, much to the relief of a few of the youth crew who were a bit green during the transit from Newcastle. Staff crew then kept anchor watches overnight, allowing our young...
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