Well, ladies and gents, boys and girls, today is the final day of V08B/22 and what a voyage it's been. We've had quite an adventure and I'm sure the youthies will remember this voyage and their shipmates forever. Youth crew conducted a sunrise climb in Athol...
Well, it's almost a wrap dearest followers. At anchor in Athol Bay as I write this, the penultimate log of our fantastic voyage and I must say, it has been a wonderful adventure. Ships staff have completed all post voyage administration, including voyage debrief and...
Ahoy Mates! Today the youthies rose with excitement and eagerness. Its command day! After a lovely wakeup call of “If I had a Hammer” by Sam Cook, everyone mustered on the bridge for the final brief before the handover of the ship. At 1000, Declan, our...
Happy floral Friday !! The ship woke up this morning outside the famous Summer Bay (Palm Beach), to Blue watch's rendition of a sea shanty. After another delicious breakfast the watches under went Captain's setting and furling validation. Watches were assessed on their ability to safely...
Ahoy dear readers! Today we were awoken by a funky tune by Simon and Garfunkel, that got us grooving up on deck. After a night of anchor watches and good conversations, we started our day with the beautiful sights of Broken Bay and Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park....
Day 5 today, after taking watches through the night the crew were woken by the wondrous vocals of Rick Astley’s song “Never going to give you up”. After this serenade we were gifted a hearty breakfast by chef Jenko who whipped up a classic scrambled...
Ahoy dear readers, great day in JB today with briefings and training, culminating in tacking stations prior to departing JB and proceeding northbound, as we are now, for Broken Bay. Our Youth Crew are slowly maturing from salty sea puppies into salty sea dogs, ladies and...
G’day my Pirate Followers! We started off day 3 sailing towards Jervis Bay on open seas, the Sydney skyline no longer in sight. Starting at 0700, the crew tired from the night watch duties, woke with big grins and much excitement. After a hearty breakfast, cooked...
Ahoy dear readers, Day 2 of our voyage began at anchor Athol Bay today. It was a beautiful and still morning when Sailmaster Evan commenced the day with a 0630 Early Morning Activity on deck. We all met again at 0800 to sing the National Anthem...
Ahoy there shipmates, landlubbers and armchair sailors, it was a great pleasure to meet the lovely youth crew of Voyage 08B/22 today alongside HMAS Waterhen, comprising 21 youth, from all over Australia (even NT and WA! yay!). They embarked at 1500 with a few family...
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