Ahoy landlubbers and armchair Sailors for the last time! That’s right, it’s the final day for V10/23 and what a journey it has been! We’ve learnt some sailing, we’ve seen some sights and we’ve made some new friends. And maybe, just maybe, we’ve learnt a...
What’s up beaches and sea creatures, After a set of enjoyable anchor watches off Mud Island, we entered the mighty Brisbane River and harnessed the power of our underwater sails to motor past the port of Brisbane enroute to HMAS Moreton. Here, we picked up some...
Ahoy there land lubbers! Our previous log left you just prior to our overnight watches. We didn’t get many z’s as we had to reach certain waypoints to complete our Command day navigation task which required late night Tacking Stations. ‘Bird Watch’ finished off the morning...
We started our day with another of Haydo's great breakfasts. After that we had Colours, which is where re raise the flags on the boat at 0800 hours. Following Morning Brief, we went into our favourite time of the day, Happy Hour! where we got...
Ahoy there landlubbers and armchair sailors, it’s Day 7! The day started in spectacular fashion with wakey wakey and morning activity with Sail Master Tomo. A beautiful sunrise to our East, lovely Mooloolaba Beach to our West. Can it get any better than this? I heard...
Welcome to New York! Just kidding, welcome to Mooloolaba! Like a magical spell was cast, we woke up enchanted in the great state of Queensland with a gorgeous view of the Glasshouse Mountains. Last night we needed a cardigan outside, but when we woke today...
Argh! Ahoy there! I like the cut of your jib. Fine lines fore and aft. Day 5 for these salty sea pups! We woke up this morning to a nostalgic throwback with ‘Wake Up Jeff’ by the Wiggles, thanks to White Watch. After rolling out of...
It’s Day 4 already, can you believe it! We remained at anchor overnight in Trial Bay and were greeted with a stunning sunrise over the Trial Bay Gaol. The Youthies wrote such a great Captain’s Log last night I might be out of a job!...
Ahoy there!! Last night we successfully held our first night watches! As a crew we learnt skills such as navigation, driving the boat and, setting and furling sails in the dark. After a delicious breaky made by the one and only Haydo, we stumbled on deck...
Ahoy there! Day 2 saw us rising with the sun and heading straight up on deck for some Early Morning Activity led by Sail Master Tomo. Not that we needed the extra motivation, but the frosty start to the day certainly had us keen to...
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