Ahoy there landlubbers, armchair sailors, and of course, our new shipmates! Welcome to the Captain's Log for Voyage 13/23! The Youth Crew of Voyage 13/23 joined us in the sunny tropics today (only Cairns forgot to turn the sun on!). Lucky the rain wasn’t enough to dampen...
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 Activity at 0630 this morning. Our anchorage overnight in Trinity Inlet had proven to be a good one and we...
Hi All, Welcome to the last full day of V12/23! There were very mixed feelings as the voyage is coming to a close. We woke up to a fully cooked barbeque breakfast, featuring our trusty engineer, Hitchy (the Man), demonstrating how to fry eggs Young Endeavour...
Sail Training Ship (STS) Young Endeavour has welcomed a new Commanding Officer with Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Newman taking command of the Navy’s tall ship. Lieutenant Commander Newman, now known as ‘Captain Libby’ to the youth crew on board, assumes the position after a rigorous training period, including sea...
Ahoy there landlubbers, We concluded Command Day with a bang! Since early this morning, our Youthies have been sailing in less-than-ideal conditions under the command of our elected leaders. With a few wears and attempted tacks, we eventually made it to our destination, the lovely Fitzroy...
It was a long 9 day journey from Sydney to Brisbane. Being on board with strangers around my age but we became friends very quickly. My first days I was suffering from sea sickness, however I still kept going as I was intrigued by the...
Ahoy there family and friends, We have made it to day 8 and the time is flying by (or sailing in our case!) This morning we woke up well rested (how good are anchor watches!) near the beautiful Dunk Island. After a delicious breakfast prepared by...
A new sail training ship will be built in Australia over the next three years, to replace STS Young Endeavour. The original brigantine is now 35 years old, and has been delivering sail training voyages in Australia since 1988. The new ship will be a barquentine rig,...
Hey everyone keeping up at home! This morning we woke up cold, damp, confused, and a bit knocked around from last night. During the guts watch, winds went from four knots to thirty knots with torrential rain in a split second, meaning the blue watch...
Hey Everyone, Today we all woke up with full bellies from yesterday’s Christmas feast in the beautiful Horseshoe Bay. After an educational morning briefing learning the origins of port and starboard, as well as a quick clean of the ship, the youth crew embarked to Magnetic...
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