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22 Mar Day 9 – Farewell shipmates
Dear readers, STS Young Endeavour is, by the definition and origin of her name, about Aussie youths trying hard to achieve something difficult. This voyage certainly provided that...
V06/23 Tag
21 Mar Day 8 – Last night onboard
Ahoy there dear readers. I'll just leave this here...
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...
16 Mar Day 3 – Southern Ocean
Dear readers, we remained in the relative calm of the Gulf St Vincent overnight to allow Youth Crew to settle into watches and find their sea legs. At 0900 we left the Backstairs Passage and entered to Southern Ocean, where we will remain for another...
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...