February 2023

Ahoy, it’s the salty sea puppies of voyage 04/23, Chloe and Oli. Our blissful slumber was abruptly ended at 0700 by the tunes of Mamma Mia (Young Endeavour Remix) (ft. Dion), and the crew, or at least those who felt like they could stomach breakfast after...

Ahoy dear readers, the morning of day two found the ship anchored securely in North West Bay, in the vicinity of the lovely town of Snug. Wakey wakey was piped at 0630, with an Early Morning Activity (EMA) taking place on the chilly teak deck,...

Visit Australia’s national sail training ship STS Young Endeavour in Adelaide this February. Explore the ship, meet the Royal Australian Navy staff crew, and hear from the Young Endeavour Ambassadors about their voyage experience. A special performance by the South Australian Royal Australian Band will also take...

Ahoy there shipmates, landlubbers and armchair sailors, 24 YC from all over the country arrived today at 1330 ready for an amazing adventure. After our welcome and introductions, we slipped and proceeded into the Derwent River and waited for our fellow tall ships to take...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Day 11 and the final day of our voyage. It was a well-rested Youth Crew that mustered on deck for an Early Morning Brief at 0630 this morning. Our anchorage overnight in Sandy Bay had proven to be a good one and...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Day 10 and the final night of our voyage. Following a peaceful night at anchor the Youth Crew woke to an overcast morning in Port Arthur. Originally we had plans to depart our anchorage early but a leaking grey water pipe required...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Day 9 of our voyage.  Following a busy night of sail plan changes and early morning tacks the Youth Crew made their final waypoint at 0945 this morning which was a major achievement having safely sailed the ship all the way from...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Day 8 of our voyage and Command Day. Thankfully the weather improved overnight and a well rested Youth Crew awoke to a beautiful Tasmanian morning with clear skies. Following Morning Brief I conducted Captain Setting and Furling Drills which is our final...

Ahoy there Land-lubbers! Today has been the wettest yet! After a busy night of anchor watches and little sleep due to the rolling seas, this morning’s weather seemed promising. We awoke to a beautiful sunrise in Wineglass Bay with dolphins in abundance, chasing and playing alongside the...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Day 6 of our voyage. The strong northerly’s experienced yesterday moderated overnight and by the early hours of this morning we had entered Great Oyster Bay and were now motor sailing due to the light conditions. Just before sunrise we altered course to...

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