Ahoy there Shipmates, A well deserved night’s rest at anchor in Little Manly Cove was had by all. I think everyone onboard slept very soundly and for good reason, most were exhausted from Command Day. After breakfast, we departed the anchorage and proceeded to Fleet Base East...
Welcome fellow savvy sailors, The overnight plans for sailing out to sea and entering Sydney Harbour were frequently adjusted due to impromptu unfavourable Easterly winds. Our Navigators had set a sensible course to follow beforehand, off the forecast of stable 24kn NE winds. Many ideas were...
Ahoy there Shipmates,After a restful night at anchor in Broken Bay, the crew were awoken by Sail Master Harry at 0700 to a fine sunny morning. Once everyone was on deck Harry ran a quick heart-starter game of ‘Knights, Mounts and Cavaliers’. We then dined...
Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the Ship continued on passage to Broken Bay. The wind backed to north-westerly during the early hours of the morning allowing us to set the fore-and-aft sails and the youthies got the opportunity to further hone their sail handling skills as well...
Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the Ship remained at sea in transit to Jervis Bay. The winds remained north easterly between 15 and 18 Kn and we motored through the night until just after sunrise when, 10 nm north of Jervis Bay, we reversed course, set all...
Ahoy there Shipmates,After a reasonable night’s sleep with the Ship moving around at the mercy of a 15 Kn north-easterly breeze, still ‘on our nose’ and an easterly 1.0 m swell, Sail Master Harry woke us with one of his energetic tunes played over the...
Ahoy there Shipmates, Overnight the Ship continued to make ground to the north-east towards Jervis Bay and the wind maintained a steady 15 kn from the NE, which was the direction we needed to go in. This resulted in us having to motor most of the...
G’day Shipmates, Welcome to day 3 of our adventure in Australia’s National Sail Training Ship. We continued motoring south east overnight through Bass Strait and arrived off Deal Island just after sunrise. The winds experienced overnight prevented us from setting sails. We had the morning brief...
Hello Shipmates, Welcome to Day 2 of the voyage. In order that we could depart Port Phillip Bay through ‘the Rip’, the notoriously challenging entrance / exit of the bay, at the optimum state of the tidal flow, the Staffies weighed anchor at 0645 and commenced...
G’day shipmates,Welcome to Young Endeavour’s Voyage 02 of 2018. Our journey starts in the vibrant city of Melbourne and finishes in the beautiful harbour city of Sydney. We have a magnificent tall ship, wind for our sails and the Victorian and NSW Coasts to explore....
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