Mareeba SHS
Today, we won the hardest knot of them all, the bowline. Many were soaked on the bowsprit and we loved snorkelling at Milln Cay. We sailed about 27 nautical miles from High Island, with no tacks needed. By 7:00 AM, the crew was up on deck for a rope tying competition of the reef knot, a cold breakfast closely followed by a hot breakfast. Our fearless watch leader encouraged us through almost impossible tasks, hoisting sails, flaking ropes, tacking several times on our way to Sudbury Cay and having a blast. After our 2 and half hour watch, we moored at Sudbury Cay and jumped off the vessel like the pros we are. We finally got to eat lunch at 12:30 and then raised the sails again! Heading for High Island in the Frankland Islands group. We anchored and swam from the boat or the gorgeous shore until it was time for a knotting competition of figure of 8 followed by dinner and scrumptious dessert. Skip to content

South Passage Daily Report

CLIENT: Silver Youth Voyage

VOYAGE NUMBER:  20230625

FROM: Cairns to Cairns

DATE: 27 June 2023

POSITION: Milln Cay

REPORT: Blue Watch

Today, we won the hardest knot of them all, the bowline. Many were soaked on the bowsprit and we loved snorkelling at Milln Cay. We sailed about 27 nautical miles from High Island, with no tacks needed.

We also did an emergency drop of the sails for practice just as we arrived at Milln Cay, and all participated in a small treasure hunt around the ship for key areas as a familiarisation exercise.

Happy birthday to Georgia and Paul!

Love from the stupendous Blue watch (the best), Markus, Oona, Saskia, Jaz, Eden and Riley!

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