Ahoy shipmates…Day 6, and I’ll have be quick due to a network upgrade happening shortly. Another busy day, and finally the breeze has shifted to the west, allowing a great day of sailing. In short today we ticked off a meteorological brief, sail theory and...
Ahoy shipmates. Day 5 and hello Coffs Harbour. After a steady night motor-sailing up the coast (damn those northerlies!), we arrived in Coffs at 0800 this morning, anchoring in the sheltered waters of the harbour. And the rest, as they say, is history (see...
Ahoy shipmates. Day 4. After a wet and windy night, the skies finally cleared and we have enjoyed some fine sailing…and sun. Still bloody cold though! The day was filled with morning brief, happy hour, setting and furling drills, rope races, rotational tacks, some down...
Ahoy shipmates…Day 3 and back at sea! After keeping the youth crew busy all day, including some brief time ashore, we are now underway heading north. Unfortunately that is exactly where the wind and seas are coming from…consequently we are motor-sailing into a 24 knot...
Ahoy shipmates…Day 2…a busy one. We arrived in Nelson Bay at 2330 last night, much to the relief of a few of the youth crew who were a bit green during the transit from Newcastle. Staff crew then kept anchor watches overnight, allowing our young...
Ahoy shipmates! - Day 10...
DAY 9 – End of Command Day Ahoy shipmates! Boy, do we have a packed day to recount today. At the tail end of our Command Day, there were a fair few exhausted faces, with a few youthies feeling under the weather. Our (supreme) chefs, Roy...
DAY 8 – Command Day Commences We Youthies were lucky enough to start our very big day with a full night’s sleep, a beautiful sunrise and Eric Clapton blaring through our cabins. Anchored off the lovely Mooloolaba, we enjoyed a BBQ breakfast out on the deck;...
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Ahoy shipmates, and welcome to Voyage 05/21...
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