V10/18 Tag

Hello Shipmates, Welcome to Day 2 of the voyage. Following a well deserved and much needed night’s sleep the Youth Crew was woken at 0630 to a cool Sydney winter’s morning. Sail Master Guv got us all up on deck for a quick ‘ice-breaker’ activity which...

G’day shipmates,Welcome to Young Endeavour’s Voyage 10 for 2018. Our journey starts in the beautiful Harbour City of Sydney and will conclude in Newcastle. We have a magnificent tall ship, wind for our sails and the NSW Coast explore. The potential is limitless and sense...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Sail Master Baggers woke the crew at 0600 on a grey, damp Newcastle morning. The EMA he had cleverly devised was for the Youth Crew to erect our mid-ships awning. After the final Morning Brief and Happy Hour for the Voyage, Young Endeavour departed...

Ahoy there Shipmates, A well deserved night’s rest alongside Queen’s Wharf was had by all. I think everyone onboard slept very soundly and for good reason, most were exhausted from Command Day, but that didn’t stop us from conducting our usual Early Morning Activity on the...

Ahoy there, Well, do I have a story for you!With a sail plan in order, the crew is woken up at 0630 with 30min to be on deck, ready to sail out of Broken Bay.  We planned to set the forestaysail, mainstaysail, jib, mainsail and follow...

Ahoy there Shipmates, After a restful night at anchor in Jerusalem Bay, the crew were woken by Sail Master Guv at 0645 and mustered on deck in the grey drizzly weather for an early morning activity. We then dined on another of Marcus’ delicious breakfasts prior...

Ahoy there Shipmates, Overnight the ship continued on a beam reach taking advantage of the 20-30 knot westerlies to make a quick passage to Broken Bay. At 0700 we commenced the Captain’s Setting and Furling assessment of the Youth Crew by Watches. We had completed that...

Ahoy there Shipmates, Overnight the ship remained at sea on passage to Jervis Bay. The wind fluctuated a bit through the middle and morning watches. We were motor-sailing with the fore and main staysails set and at times had to come off engines as the apparent...

Ahoy there Shipmates,Overnight the Ship remained at anchor in Snug Cove, Twofold Bay. At 0800 we observed the ceremony of Colours followed by Morning Brief and Happy Hour.At 0930 Navigator Adam gave the Navigation Brief to the Youth Crew, which was followed by lunch. At...

Ahoy there Shipmates,We had a great night of sailing towards Twofold Bay, with good wind conditions that varied requiring changes in the sail plan. Youth Crew kept deck watches overnight, during which they were responsible for conducting duties as helmsman, lookout and for conducting engineering...

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