Ahoy! Today has been an action packed day with a total of 8 hours of sailing… upwind. We started our day with the usual morning swim, with a nice icy wind to get everyone out of the water quickly. After morning chores were completed, we had a fire drill which was...

Kiaora Tucker family. We had an action packed day today! Waking up at 6:30am, we began our sail out to the Poor Knight Islands with the sun rising over a cloudy horizon. Perfect sailing conditions had us reaching along at an easy seven knots. The wind increased as we...

Today started as usual with a swim and again with a beautiful sunrise. We have been lucky so far this trip. Then after breakfast there was a chance for those who hadn’t done the Tucker challenge. Ruahine, Myah, Katrina, Jessica, and Tama earned their turks head...

Hello Folks! Our third day on the ship began with our normal morning routine, swim, duties and breakfast. Then, with a big journey ahead we set sails and raised the anchor. Nikki, Kyle and Adrian volunteered to be the first trainees to lead a sail raising each for the...

Kiaora Tucker family. After a rainy night, we woke up to some blue skies and fresh winds for the morning swim. Swim done, chores completed and breakfast consumed, After learning line handling, sails were hoisted and we headed off into the bay with some strong winds...

Day one is off with a bang! Starting with a yummy lunch of Mac n Cheese, we picked up our final trainee, Jre, from Russell and headed off into the bay. After we put up sails and had an orientation with the ship, Nikki, Cornell and Adrian were straight up the mast into...