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26 June 2006
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V20/25
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Day 02 – V20/25, Sydney -Sydney
Good evening shipmates, We're finally back to sea!! The crew of Voyage 20/25 awoke at 0630L and conducted our traditional early morning activity onboard with the bustle of one of the busiest Naval Ports happening in the background. We remained alongside Fleet Base East overnight and it proved a safe and comfortable berth. Thank you for your hospitality!
At 0800L we cast loose our lines and conducted a sternboard all the way out past the sleek grey warships berthed within the base. Boatswain calls shrieked and our team proudly saluted the senior ships as we passed bridge to bridge.
After a short sail across the harbour we settled in to anchor under the shade of Taronga Zoo. The team worked through their deck safety processes and were initiated to the world of setting and furling sails. This was in preparation for our sail at 1500L where we ran a rack track to the East of Shark Island as we started building muscle memory to the call of "Two Six Heave!". It was a warm day today but the team pushed on, looked after themselves and made more progress than they realise.
At 1800L as the sun reached for the horizon we set ourselves up to exit harbour and proceed to sea. Our headmark is the approach to Port Stephens with a target anchorage deep within the bay in the shelter of Salamander Bay. Our crew are looking forward to their first sea watches and to driving our beautiful ship to cover some sea miles overnight.
Check in tomorrow to see how our crew have fared. We're expecting a little bit of a Southerly Blow through the first watch (2000-midnight) before it settles down for a lovely day.
This crew have brought a pure energy and genuine enthusiasm. It promises to be a great voyage!
Captain Leups Out +
V20/25
08 December 2025
Day 01 – V20/25, Sydney -Sydney
Ahoy there readers of this fine journal. Today begins Voyage 20/25 with 24 Young Australians joining us from all over the country to explore the East Coast of Australia as we depart from and return to Sydney Harbour over 11 days. Engineer Dan and his trusty team have seen the ship through a solid maintenance package refreshing and renewing all things below decks after our 7 month Circumnavigation of Australia adventure. What a ride that was.
At 1500L we had 24 Young Australians and their families arrive onboard for a welcoming ceremony and to figure out just what they have got themselves into. The crew with Leups as CO, Sarah as Sailmaster, Matt as Navs, Jack as the Officer of the Watch, Dan as Engineer, Bec and Ryan as White Watch Leaders, Mitch and Benny as Red Watch Leaders and Karsen as Blue Watch Leader and Kingy the Chef, were happy to meet and greet at the gangway.
The forecast for the coming 11 days is looking good and we intend to make the most of it. Follow us as we brush up some skills and drills in the harbour tomorrow before setting for sea. It's a 50-50 whether we go North or South; will it be Port Stephens or will it be Jervis Bay... Time will tell.
Tonight our crew settled in with icebreakers, ships tours and a delicious meal cooked by Kingy. As the sun sets over the Sydney Harbour Bridge we will climb the foremast and enjoy the city lights from aloft.
It feels good to be through maintenance, back with Young Adventurers onboard and an eager crew. What a way to finish off a very busy year.
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V18/25
17 October 2025
Day 10 – V18/25, Geelong – Sydney
We hope you’re missing us…because we’re almost home!!!!
The final (full) day has come, and spirits were high at this morning’s Pilates session led by our very own sail master, Kars.
Morning brief started late today as someone was still showering, sending Tornado Matt into an emotionally vulnerable state and our staffies into a spiral over remaining water levels, but they don’t want to talk about it…We were then briefed on the weather that was set ahead of us in the day, sunny skies until the evening with thunderstorms (ooh scary). We got the final part of our YE Greeting from special guest Salty, and some of you might be lucky enough to see it at our closing ceremony tomorrow!
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As our siesta started, many nappers strewn themselves across the deck trying to soak up the sun and family time, battling the heat with litres of sunscreen and surprise zooper doopers.
Once the sails were covered, we toured the bay once more to get to our final anchor point in Athol Bay, Sydney Harbour. Everyone started getting excited at the smell of Kingy cooking up a storm – bounty loads of pizzas keeping us fuelled and happy.
To finish up the night, we all congregated to watch the emotional presentations and speeches of our fellow youthies, a few tears were shed and we all went to bed for the final time of our voyage.
V18/25 out +
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