Captain's Log
V03/25, Geelong to Hobart
4 February 2025

Day 9 – The Morning After

Are you head to wind?? Because I luff you!

As the clock ticked over to midnight, the Youthies maintained Command of this beautiful ship sailing the cold waters South of Tasmania. Working tirelessly through the night, we fell into watches organised by our elected crew leaders. Fatigue was a prominent issue, with many crew members being challenged by long hours, broken sleep, adverse weather conditions (up to 30 knots of gusty winds!), and increased stress levels that come with undertaking leadership roles. Thankfully, we all pulled through and the ship has made it through the night in one piece and everyone still on board!

We were woken by the sweet tunes of Moana’s ‘How Far I’ll Go’ then went straight into a morning brief lead by Lucy who hyped us up for the coming hours, as well as Shakyra blessing us with some bagpipe melodies. After cleaning up the aftermath of command day during the famously popular ‘Happy Hour’. We counted down the minutes until we handed control back to the Captain Leups and ship crew. Followed by a quick debrief of what we completed during the 24 hours and how we worked together.

We worked our way to Hobart with the wind in our sails, and after a few hours and tacks we found ourselves in Stormy Bay. The specialised engineer ran an entertaining round of ‘Rope Races’ which included a bonus round of fender relays around the middle of the ship. After a few face plants and laughs we headed off for some well-deserved rest before a formal debrief with Captain Leups and crew. In this debrief we talked about the highs and lows of command and some key takeaways from our 24-hour experience.

We enjoyed a delicious meal prepared by our lord and saviour, Steve!! A few of our Tasmanian crewmates recognised familiar places as we sailed through stormy bay to our current anchor position in Hobart. Afterwards ending the day with a round of Ship’s Trivia run by our sail master Tomo.

We’re looking forward to meeting and mingling with the public tomorrow on community day and we hope to see you there!

Yours Aye,

Casey, Jack and Sienna +

Latitude/Longitude:

42 54.0 S / 147 20.6 E

Conditions:

Weather: Rainy Wind: 15kn NNE Temp: 21C