Dear readers, you wouldn't believe it but I went to volunteer a volunteer to write tonights log but they were all impersonating Rip Van Winkle! (Google = Tired Dutch bloke who slept for 20 years) They were sound asleep, boys and girls. Anyone would think...
Some started the the day off at 0100, some at 0330, some at 0500. This was when the watches began. We each, in duos commenced the day by keeping an eye on the anchor, and making sure everything was all in tact. But for all,...
The start of day 4 was an amazing wake-up call to the sound of Red watch singing a sea modified version of "chicken fried". The Whities were on first watch of the night, then handed it over to blue watch at 12pm to take on...
G'day friends and family, Day three of the eleven days done and dusted. We all had a cracker of a cold morning travelling south down the coast. Last night everyone experienced their first watch, the first watch was with red group from 8pm-12am, the next...
Ahoy there, dear readers. The morning of day 2 found us soundly anchored in the lee of the lovely Fitzroy Island and as the sun rose over the gorgeous Coral Sea, our youthful mariners were up and at 'em. After an early morning activity, breakfast...
Ahoy there shipmates, landlubbers and armchair sailors, it was a great pleasure to meet the lovely youth crew of Voyage 9 today in sunny Cairns, comprising 17 Aussie youth, from all over Queensland. They embarked at 1500 with friends and family in tow, who came...
Well, ladies and gents, boys and girls, today is the final day of V09/21 and shiver me timbers (ye olde nautical saying), what a voyage it’s been. We’ve had some great weather, amazing sailing (for a couple of hours! lol) and some of the best...
Well, it's almost a wrap dearest followers. At anchor as I write this, the penultimate log of our fantastic voyage from Cairns and I must say, it has been a wonderful adventure. Ships staff have completed all post voyage administration, including voyage debrief and a...
Well readers, we are happy to report that our Command Day is now successfully completed. We had some testing conditions over night but our 16 youth crew members all stood up to the challenge and we reached our destination of beautiful Cid Harbour around lunch...
Ahoy there, readers! This special day started out like normal, with a lovely breakfast and hilarious morning briefing from the Staffies. The rope swing was then quickly set up and we were back-flipping over the seas of Whitehaven Beach. This was shortly followed with our...
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