V09/19 Tag

Ahoy shipmates and welcome to day 11.It’s Dion here again to provide our final update from this magnificent voyage. Last night we finished of with some end of voyage admin...

Ahoy shipmates and welcome to day 10. It’s Dion here again to tell you that our Youth Crew had a spectacularly successful Command Day. Captain Steph will bring you all up to speed on her 24 hours in Command shortly. The plan changed many times...

Ahoy shipmates and welcome to day 9. It’s Dion here again to fill you in on the day’s activities. Overnight we remained at anchor in the protection of Scawfell Island. After their command day elections the Youth Crew had a movie night (complete with popcorn)...

Ahoy shipmates and welcome to day 8.It’s Dion here again to fill you in on the day’s activities. Overnight we did some great sailing with all of our fore and aft sail sets. The watches consolidated all of their sail handling knowledge, navigation and also...

Ahoy shipmates and welcome to day 7. Dion here again to fill you in on the day activities. Overnight we conducted our eggs can fly activity. It was very entertaining and some real ingenuity and creativeness was on show from our amazing and talented Youth...

Ahoy shipmates and welcome to day 6.It’s Dion here again to fill you in on the day’s activities. Overnight each of our watches conducted a teamwork and communications challenge. The activity definitely throws all of our tall ship sailors in the deep end and pushes...

Ahoy shipmates and welcome to day 5. It’s Sailmaster Dion here again to fill you in on the day’s activities. Last night the Youth Crew had their first night with full responsibilities for looking after the ship while we were at anchor. They did a...

Ahoy shipmates and welcome to a very productive day 4.It’s Sailmaster Dion here again to fill you in on the day’s activities. We have remained at anchor overnight and the Youth Crew have consolidated all the skills they have acquired to date. They did Navigation...

Ahoy shipmates and welcome to a Glorious day 3. It’s Sailmaster Dion here and I’ll be filling you in on today’s activities for Captain Kenny. We had the wind against us most of the night but persevered toward our first anchorage at Hinchinbrook Island, and...

Ahoy shipmates and welcome to a soggy day 2. As I type we are making our way south toward Zoe Bay, Hinchinbrook Island, and the beautiful Zoe Falls (weather permitting), planning to arrive around 0700 tomorrow morning. It's been a busy day, as described by...

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