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V01/26, Hobart to Hobart

8 January 2026

Day 6 – V01/26, Hobart to Hobart

Ahoy there!

Mum, Dad, it’s official. I am not coming home. Nathan’s Pork Belly Adobo has pulled me over the line. Goodbye landlubber life. Hello salty sea dog living!

Last night, the sunset was incredible. It looked like a lava explosion in the sky. All the colours streaming across the night. Then, fast forward to this morning…

First up, Wakey Wakey was as delightful as ever, with Cara picking Rocketman to blast through the speakers because we all know, we’re no longer the men they think we are at home. After this, we gathered for morning brief with a new special guest, Engines. We’ve been spoiled with Salty and Nav’s introductions but it was time for a change.

Happy hour came next. Everyone’s favourite part of the day! Cleaning was a breeze. We’re getting quicker every time. With rough seas ahead, we commenced tacking stations. In our positions we hauled and checked away until all sails were successfully set. Ropies was next, with a tough competition, luckily, we all had the intuition. Except Whitie’s had the most intuition when it came to knowing where things were and eating the most amount of Sao’s because we won (as usual). #nevereatingsaosagain.

Captain Leups was ready today. Ready to teach us some incredible sail theory. We learned about sailing downwind and upwind and the theory of tacking/wearing. As Command Day creeps up, we now definitely feel more equipped to use terms like closed haul and broad reach with confidence (instead of hoping it’s the right answer).

We closed out the day with some Demonstrational tacking. Captain Leups took small groups through the sequence of a tack explaining each of the sail calls and what they mean to turning the ship through the wind.

Now, we are about to eat dinner before another night at sea, so we’ll sign out. We’re getting ready for a BEAREX – whatever that is!! Sounds fun!

See ya!

Belle and Cara

* Hey mum and the girls! We saw a whale, although we were traveling the speed of a snail. Love you x

* Clover, I found Michael. He was hanging out with Spongebob and the space horses. He may be ready to talk again once we get back. Xx

* Mum, Dad, Remi, love you and miss you (a little bit)

* Shoutout to Dylan turning 19 today. Happy Birthday legend!!

Latitude/Longitude:

43 13.886 S / 147 35.363 E

Conditions:

Weather: Sunny Wind: 15KN SE Temp: 25C

AUTHOR: Peta Binns

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Day 5 – V01/26, Hobart to Hobart

Ahoy there, Landlubbers! This is James, Neve, Eamon and Mikaela here for a debrief on day 5! Last night, we set anchor in the haunted (allegedly) Port Arthur, a penal colony that is one of the more beautiful and history infused places we have sailed to. The navigator gave us a challenge to complete during the watches which included what we had learnt earlier that day. Although 3am and maths don’t mix well we managed to finish with flying colours. We then continued our anchor watches, making sure that we weren’t headed for Antarctica any time soon. We awoke to the beautiful sound of Benny and the Jets belted through the pipe. We ate breakfast and were then informed that we would be able to try out the rope swing for the first time. Everyone had a blast, and a few belly flops later we were headed to land to find out more about the history of our anchor point. Turns out that the Port Arthur convicts and the Young Endeavour youthies have a couple similarities, including the fact that we arrived on tallships and the numbers of people that came across (30). Within our time at Port Arthur, we had a tour guide who talked us through the history of the site as well as all the culture surrounding this world heritage site. A few highlights included the penitentiary, the commandants house, and separate prison which housed prisoners who were unable to rejoin society. We are really looking forward to the rest of the voyage and what it holds! Sayounara from James, Neve, Eamon, Mikaela.

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Day 4 – V01/26, Hobart to Hobart

Ahoy! This is Marty, Matthew, and Zoe reporting from STS Young Endeavour Day 4! Last night we were anchored in the beautiful and unique Adventure Bay on Bruny Island. We spent all night taking turns on Anchor watch looking out for drag and wind. Each watch was 1 and a half hours long. Some of us had to wake up at ridiculous hours, making many of us grumpy for the morning. This morning, we had the usual for breakfast; bacon, eggs, sausages, and an assortment of salads which was quite yummy. After breakfast we were called onto the port side of the bridge for colours, which was conducted by the White Watch Crew where we sung the national anthem while the flags were being hoisted. Dylan had a great attempt at blowing the Bosuns Call. For many, being a MasterChef is more of an obligation than anything else, but I feel like washing up and helping our Chef whilst playing Us and Them in the galley was a massive highlight of the day for me, and I hope others liked it also. After the cleanup of breakfast however it was right to work for us Youthies. We started our day with another briefing from Sarah, followed by a call for the wise Salty about why the toilets and showers were called the heads. and then a rundown of the weather and wind by our navigator and lastly words of wisdom by none other than our Captain Leups. Afterwards we had a briefing about how we would put up the sails and we got to learn some sail theory! Everyone was super engaged when we were practicing putting the sails up which was amazing to see. We have all mentioned that we have grown super close these last few days. We have grown a sweet family and have already made so many memories that I know we will all remember for the lives. Anyway, back to our day… While we were moving towards Port Arthur, we tacked the boat for practice 7 times! It was super hard work but it is crucial for out upcoming Command day. For those who don’t know, Command Day aboard the Young Endeavour is when the staff members onboard just sit back and let the Youths take over the entire vessel for 24 hours. We’re interested to see how it goes… We’ll keep you posted! We then were taught how to navigate the seven seas by Benny, who taught us how to use degrees, minutes and seconds to cut up the world into small pieces, how awesome! It’s going to be very useful for our upcoming takeover of the ship. And Then… Also love you family! -Marty, Zoe and Matt

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