July 2023

Visit Australia’s national sail training ship STS Young Endeavour in Mackay, Queensland. Explore the ship, meet the Royal Australian Navy staff crew, and hear from the Young Endeavour Ambassadors about their voyage experience. 2023 marks the 35 year anniversary of STS Young Endeavour. Since 1988 the ship has...

Our 7th day of the voyage started after the three Watches had to complete a special challenge on their overnight watches. It seemed easy at first, but it came with a twist and forced the Youthies to put their leadership skills to the test. After...

Ahoy again landlubbers! Captain Libby, the woman that makes the sea sea-sick, started off the day with words of inspiration: “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore” – Christopher Columbus Empowered to take on the world, we...

Ahoy there and welcome to Day 5 of the Captain’s Log for Voyage 11/23! The morning started off like many others on this voyage - rocky, windy and with a few of us still feeding the fish. After a long night of watches, we were very...

The day started off quite abruptly with a morning shake down as the Blue-ies stormed the cabins to stir the White Watch from their midnight slumber. Or at least that’s what it felt like as wakey-wakey was played after watch keeping overnight. The aptly named...

Ahoy there landlubbers on stable ground. Things got a little bit rocky today as we finally set sail! We said our goodbyes to HMAS Moreton and officially began our journey North! We started with Shaun the Man and a game of Ropies. Then we chewed the fat...

Ahoy there landlubbers, armchair sailors and salty sea pups in training! It’s Day 2! For those eagle eyed armchair sailors among us who noted our position overnight, yes we are still in Brisbane! A bit of a false start due to the weather yesterday but have...

Ahoy there new shipmates and armchair sailors, welcome to the Captain's Log for Voyage 11/23! The pouring rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the 24 Youth Crew as they joined us alongside in Brisbane for the voyage up to Mackay. Friends and family huddled together under...

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