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SOUTH PASSAGE DAILY REPORT
CLIENT: Trinity Anglican School (TAS)
VOYAGE NUMBER: 20120714
FROM: Cairns TO: Townsville
DATE:16th July 2012 TIME: 2100 hrs
POSITION: Haycock Island, Hinchinbrook Channel
Report by Red Watch:
The journey so far has consisted of positive things throughout the experience. All of the Red Watch group has contributed and has been persuaded to success by Red Watch Leader, “Tony”. Today we experienced rough conditions that required constant manoeuvring in the form of many quick tacks. Red Watch has bonded in a certain manner that is driven by success from depending on each other. Red Watch performed skilfully in the act of sailing which ranges from knots to tying down ropes. Overall, the Red Watch group consisting of eight strong members has proven that we are capable of succeeding even throughout the roughest conditions.
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SOUTH PASSAGE DAILY REPORT
CLIENT: Trinity Anglican School
VOYAGE NUMBER: 20120714
FROM: Cairns TO: Townsville
DATE:14th July 2012 TIME: 2030 hrs
POSITION: Fitzroy Island
Report by Blue Watch:
We woke early in the morning to get mentally prepared for the perilous journey ahead. With excitement rushing through every fibre of our living souls we met the South Passage Voyage at the Sailfish Quay Outer.
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SOUTH PASSAGE DAILY REPORT
CLIENT: Mareeba State High School
VOYAGE NUMBER: 20120710
FROM: Cairns TO: Cairns
DATE: 11th July 2012 TIME: 2030 hrs
POSITION: Low Isles
Report by White Watch: From Fitzroy Island we sailed to Low Isles in fair conditions. It took us nearly all day but when we reached our destination most of us swam and observed the reef. James and Rikki. While sailing to Low Isles we did some tacking and gybing. We also turned the backstays on and off to accommodate the tacking and gybing. Being able to walk the track on Low Isles was a great experience. Sean and Sam.
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SOUTH PASSAGE DAILY REPORT
CLIENT: Trinity Anglican School
VOYAGE NUMBER: 20120714
FROM: Cairns TO: Townsville
DATE:15th July2012 TIME: 2030 hrs
POSITION: Mourilyan Harbour
Report by White watch:
Today has been a roller-coaster of wild weather, legendary (amateur) sailing and a quest to find the iron stomach. A bugle call rudely awakened sleeping sailors after a night interrupted by shift rotations.
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SOUTH PASSAGE DAILY REPORT
CLIENT: Mareeba State High School
VOYAGE NUMBER: 20120710
FROM: Cairns TO: Cairns
DATE: 12th July 2012 TIME: 2030 hrs
POSITION: Michaelmas Cay
Report by Red Watch:
I had probably the best day of all so far today. The sun was out and the wind was blowing. Best of all we saw so much marine life. We saw plenty of fish and reef tip sharks, which we enticed to the boat by an old trusty rope, swimming at Lowe Isles and then later in the morning we saw our first whale and then later we saw another and another (or the same one three times???). That was exciting. Later in the afternoon we also saw numerous dolphins swimming around the boat and off in the distance we would often see a pod jumping out of the water. Maybe the funniest thing that happened today was when Marcus shared his lunch with Jack. I won’t say any more about that. We got to Michaelmas Cay around 4pm and rather than go ashore we swam off the boat – jumping off the starboard bow. The water was really deep but warm. There was also a diving competition that was won by a 9.75 dive made by Callum. Later that night, Bradley played his guitar on the deck whilst the rest of us sung along and made up raps. That was the chillest moment of the trip, along with laying on the ropes at the bow.
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SOUTH PASSAGE DAILY REPORT
CLIENT: Mareeba State High School
VOYAGE NUMBER: 20120710
FROM: Cairns TO: Cairns
DATE: 10th July 2012 TIME: 2030 hrs
POSITION: Fitzroy Island
Report by Blue Watch: I had a great day except for the weather, which was overcast and raining. The swell was a bit lumpy and the wind probably reached 18 to 20 knots (a few of the passengers became sick during the trip but were able to get over it upon reaching dry land. We arrived at Fitzroy Island at around 1500 hours and disembarked at the resort and took the track down to nudey beach, (no nudists of any gender) before being taken back for a swim off the front of the ship, by that stage the water was warm and refreshing after the day spent working and tying knots. After we had dried off we competed against the other watches in a knot competition (we still need some work) and I can’t wait see what will happen tomorrow.
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