Good morning Shipmates, Sailmaster Chucky’s final Wakey Wakey song, Paper Planes by MIA, was pumped through the Ship's speakers to jar the crew of YE from their deep slumber after a particularly tiring day of the Community Day Sail activities, end-of-voyage chats for the watches, harbour...
Good evening shipmates, After a well-earned quality night’s sleep at anchor in Hunters Bay, Sail Master Chucky woke us with another of his soothing tunes to get us on deck for a quick early morning activity. While the youth crew had breakfast the staff crew weighed...
Hello there all armchair sailors! Today brings us in to the end of our 24 hour ‘Command Day’, the period of time where the youth crew are given responsibility for the ship and are to set about completing a number of tasks while keeping the ship...
Halloa, Beach Bums! Today, the eight day of our voyage, was Command Day. The youth crew awoke to find that within the next few hours the entirety of the ship and its contents (crew included) would be under their guidance and protection. No pressure. The day...
Good evening Shipmates, Captain Mike here tonight. I will be talking to you about today's activities as the Youth Crew are still busy with their Command Day Elections at present. We had a good night's sailing, completing our transit to Sydney this morning. There was plenty...
Ahoy there friends! To begin the morning, we indulged in a delicious breakfast of raspberry pancakes and an assortment of other delicacies made by Ash and today’s youthie master chefs. After morning brief with Chucky and Trev at 09:30, happy hour commenced and everyone enthusiastically participated in...
AHOY THERE LANDLUBBERS!! We started the morning with a classic golden sunrise on a beautiful Jervis bay Floral Friday with everyone donning their best Hawaiian shirt. This then led to an early morning card game that red watch (best watch) crew member Kima Terry won. Breakfast...
Ahoy all land lubbers! Second nights watch proved just as eventful and gruelling as the first; minor squalls, navigation drills, and foremast climbs proved to be exceedingly challenging among strong winds. The foremast climbs involved the sea furling of all square sails, wherein the Youthies climb...
Ahoy there Landlubbers, Overnight the Youthies were missing their beds as it was the first round of watches, this is basically shifts of steering the ship, keeping lookout, changing sails and going for the occasional climb up the mast. Shifts go from 8pm-8am in four hour...
The youth crew of V18 awoke at a 0630 for a few brisk crisp laps around the deck. After a scrumptious breakfast provided by the magnificent chef, Ash, the youth crew assembled on the deck for the flag-raising ceremony of Colours, accompanied by the National...
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