V08/15 Tag

Welcome to day 8 of our voyage. Late this afternoon we officially reached the Roaring 40’s! As forecast the wind has started to strengthen and from now on we expect to experience the favourable sailing conditions that we have been chasing since departing Cape Town.The day has...

Welcome to day 7 of our voyage. This morning we awoke to find that we were ‘a painted ship upon a painted ocean’ with not a breath of wind and not a ripple on the ocean. Not weather that you would expect in the Southern...

Welcome to day 6 of our voyage.This morning we awoke to a completely different ocean than the one that we have experienced the past three days. Gone were the headwinds and confused swell which had made life at sea rather unpleasant for our new mariners...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day five of our voyage. The weather did improve overnight but this morning found us close to the Mallory Seamount which due to the unique weather conditions has a very unusual swell which we found ourselves in the middle of. To be...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 4 of our voyage. During the morning watch the conditions deteriorated very quickly with the wind backing to the SE and gusting up to 40kts. Thankfully precautions had been taken before this hit with upper sail reduced and the jib furled...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 3 of our voyage. During the early hours of this morning the wind moderated and veered to the south west which enabled us to tack and commence making ground to the south east. It was always my intention to get south...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 2 of our voyage. It all started with a 0630 wakeup call and early morning activity and hasn’t stopped since for our World Voyagers of Passage Eight. Following breakfast we had a delivery of a large amount of beautiful South African...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 1 of our voyage. Well Passage Eight which is the final passage of Young Endeavours World Voyage officially started at 1600 today when our new Crew joined the ship at the V&A Waterfront here in Cape Town, South Africa. Once our new...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 19 of our voyage. As forecast the wind freshened from the NW to 20-25kts early this morning and since then we have been enjoying sailing under nearly a full press of sail (haven’t set the Gaff Topsail as the wind...

Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 18 of our voyage. Overnight and during the majority of today we have continued to make good speed under sail but are now experiencing a short lull in the wind as we wait for the next front to come through...

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