V13/16 Tag

Hi Everyone,Welcome to Day 6 of our voyage. This morning was overcast with passing showers. Due to the good conditions we made good speed overnight and even had to reduce sail so that we could slow our speed down so as to achieve our scheduled...

Hi Everyone,                   Welcome to Day 5 of our voyage. The South Easterly Trade Winds continued at 15-20kts overnight which continued to give us great sailing conditions and kept our young mariners extremely busy with sail changes as we navigated our way through the reef. By sunrise...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to Day 4 of our voyage. We continued to make good speed under sail overnight and by sunrise this morning we were located 5nm to the north of Cape Melville sailing downwind under all three squares.At morning brief it was noticed that all...

Hi Everyone,                         Welcome to Day 3 of our voyage. In favourable conditions we made good speed overnight passing Endeavour Reef and Cooktown during the early hours of this morning.By morning brief we were located 14nm to the south west of Lizard Island sailing on a...

  Hi Everyone,Welcome to Day Twelve and the final night of our voyage. The Crew were awoken at 0630 for an Early Morning Activity which was followed by another one of Chef Jenko’s amazing breakfasts. At 0715 we weighed anchor then transited the 14nm over to Gove...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day eleven of our voyage. The SE winds remained moderate to strong overnight and by morning brief we were located 16nm to the north east of Gove still sailing close hauled under fore and aft sail. One of the many tasks that the...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day ten of our voyage.This morning we experienced a number of rain squalls with 20-25kt winds which soaked the morning watch but in these warm conditions they didn’t seem to mind.Following morning brief the Youth Crew conducted their Command Team elections then...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day nine of our voyage. Stronger than expected winds remained with us overnight which gave us some good sailing but with it came a confused swell which again brought on some more seasickness for a small number of the Youth Crew. By sunrise...

Hi Everyone,Welcome to day seven of our voyage. This morning was overcast with a few passing showers. Following a 0630 wake up call the Youth Crew and a number of Staff were ferried ashore to Prince of Wales Island where they followed a track up...

Hi Everyone,                       Welcome to day seven of our voyage. Following a good nights rest the Youth Crew were awake and up on deck at 0630 for an early morning activity. The passing tropical rain squalls that we had experienced overnight had now cleared and we...

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