Ship’s Log

CLIENT: Byron Bay High School VOYAGE NUMBER:  20240319 FROM: Manly To: Manly DATE: 20 March 2024 POSITION: en route to Tangalooma REPORT: Red Watch 6:30 the bugle rang even though everyone was already awake. They had all been woken up after doing the night shift very early in the morning.  As all the young sailors…

CLIENT: Byron Bay High School VOYAGE NUMBER:  20240319 FROM: Manly To: Manly DATE: 19 March 2024 POSITION: Big Sandhills, Moreton Is REPORT: White Watch 5:00 this morning everyone woke up because Robbie woke us though we were meant to wake at 6:30 in the process waking up all crew. The departure at 8:00 was quick…

CLIENT: Mullumbimby SHS VOYAGE NUMBER:  20240312 FROM: Manly To: Manly DATE: 14 March 2024 POSITION: Horseshoe Bay, Peel Is REPORT: Blue Watch We had bacon and egg for breakfast. Then we set sail, were allocated positions and had a knot competition which we lost. We practised emergency sail takedown, and we completed that in under…

CLIENT: Mullumbimby SHS VOYAGE NUMBER:  20240312 FROM: Manly To: Manly DATE: 13 March 2024 POSITION: Tangalooma, Moreton Is REPORT: Red Watch We spent an hour on the sand dunes on boogie boards. We went swimming in the bay, some of us snorkled. We had bangers and mash for dinner and hamburgers for lunch. We went…

CLIENT: Mullumbimby SHS VOYAGE NUMBER:  20240312 FROM: Manly To: Manly DATE: 12 March 2024 POSITION: Moreton Is REPORT: White Watch We got up nice and early before we were meant to. We had breakfast and then had breakfast again, we got a quick safety talk and headed out to start sailing, as soon as we…

CLIENT: Volunteer Training Voyage VOYAGE NUMBER:  20240226 FROM: Manly To: Manly DATE: 26 February 2024 POSITION: Horseshoe Bay, Peel Is REPORT: White Watch Today began at 6am and we prepared the ship for sea. Nice brekky provided at 6.30am. We left after a safety briefing. The voyage started with a sharp turn to port; the…

CLIENT: Gold Youth Voyage VOYAGE NUMBER:  20240103 FROM: Sydney To: Brisbane DATE: 10 January 2024 POSITION: Peel Is REPORT: White Watch We woke up to a very loud bugle and were rushed out of bed to raise the anchor. Although it was drizzling and many of us were on very little sleep due to the…

CLIENT: Gold Youth Voyage VOYAGE NUMBER:  20240103 FROM: Sydney To: Brisbane DATE: 9 January 2024 POSITION: South Stradbroke Is REPORT: Blue Watch Today on day 6 Blue Watch had the 1200 – 0400 shift. Throughout this shift we had to do multiple tacks which was very exhausting. We then went to sleep before being woken…

CLIENT: Gold Youth Voyage VOYAGE NUMBER:  20240103 FROM: Sydney To: Brisbane DATE: 8 January 2024 POSITION: at sea off Yamba REPORT: Red Watch On day 5 we began our day by going on a walk to Mutton Bird Island. We walked up the hill and admired the holes left by the Mutton birds as well…

CLIENT: Gold Youth Voyage VOYAGE NUMBER:  20240103 FROM: Sydney To: Brisbane DATE: 7 January 2024 POSITION: Coffs Harbour REPORT: White Watch Today we awoke at 7:00 instead of 6:30. White Watch had a night sail shift from 12:00am–4:00am as we were sailing throughout the night. Luckily there was HOT CHOCOLATE & BISCUITS! The sky was…