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21 Mar Day 8 – Last night onboard
Ahoy there dear readers. I'll just leave this here...
Author: Commanding Officer STS Young Endeavour
20 Mar Day 7 – Safely alongside Portland
Ahoy dear readers, regrettably we have made the difficult decision to terminate V06/23 earlier than scheduled, following positive rapid antigen testing for COVID-19. All Youth Crew have tested negative and the ship is now safely alongside Portland Harbour, Victoria. The COVID positive Staff Crew members are...
19 Mar Day 6 – Ashore to explore
Ahoy there shipmates and land dwellers! It’s Hugo and Sarah here. We had another great day aboard the Young Endeavour. We started the day with another early morning after a long night of anchor watches. We woke up at 6:30 with the song of the...
18 Mar Day 5 – Fine tuning our skills
Ahoy there shipmates and land dwellers, April, Mikayla, Madi and Wassa here to report the events of another day oboard Young Endeavour. We were ‘Rick Rolled’ this morning for wakey, wakey at 0630, with his famous song "Never gonna give you up!". We then headed to...
17 Mar Day 4 – Land ho… Portland!
Argh! Ahoy there, Zoe and Jess from Red watch here (the superior watch!) The team woke bright and early to shakes from white watch, telling us to get ready for the 0400 to 0800 watch. The waves were choppy and wind cold as we rugged up...
15 Mar Day 2 – Seamanship training begins
Ahoy dear readers, the morning of day two found the ship anchored in Largs Bay amidst the most gorgeous sunrise. Youth Crew had slept soundly until Chucky piped the wakey wakey at 0630 then everybody rose and shone, topside for a wee early morning activity...
14 Mar Day 1 – Ahoy there shipmates
Ahoy there shipmates, landlubbers and armchair sailors, welcome to Captain's Log for Voyage 06/23. 23 Youth Crew from all over Australia embarked this afternoon, alongside McLaren Wharf at Port Adelaide, and they look like a great bunch. After stowing their kit bags below deck, I welcomed...
08 Feb Day 11 – Hobart Arrival
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...
07 Feb Day 10 – Final Night
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...
06 Feb Day 9 – Command Day Part 2
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...