Jubilee Sailing Trust Ships' Blogs
Posted - 31 August 2011
“Today has been insane” Jack Black. We were on anchor watch from midnight till 4am.
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Posted - 30 August 2011
Friday..after much attention from onlookers in Poole motored out to Swanage and anchored for the night. Voyage crew enjoyed the bar and a calm night in bunks before Saturday.
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Posted - 30 August 2011
After a night of being dangerously close to being thrown out of our bunks, we received an early wake up call ready for our 8-12:30 watch. An entertaining breakfast that was more like gymnastics than a meal, as we tried to stay upright whilst balancing cereal.
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Posted - 30 August 2011
After arriving on Friday the 27th, a bunch of complete strangers, everyone was soon given interesting
tasks to do.
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Posted - 26 August 2011
Day 3: Started off the day with a healthy supply of pancakes for breakfast. The next duty of the day was to carry out assisted climbs and wheelies aloft, where two of the crew’s wheelchair users, John and Janet took on the task of making it up to the first platform on the forward mast.
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Posted - 26 August 2011
Day 2: Unfortunately clear skies weren’t to last and the night watch received a thorough soaking. Whilst some were feeling abit green, most were treated to a full-English and the rain didn’t last long.
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Posted - 26 August 2011
Day 1: The crew boarded around 1pm, warmly welcomed by their watch leaders. After finding our bunks and being kitted up with wellies and extreme wet-weather gear we all gathered in the lower mess for the essential safety brief.
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Posted - 22 August 2011
Seas became a little rough in the wee hours of the night. 7:30 came way too early for many, however; everyone but the faintest of hearts made it to breakfast.
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Posted - 22 August 2011
We arrived in Cherbourg yesterday morning at about 11.00, we motored the final part of our journey and entered through the eastern approaches of Cherbourg port.
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Posted - 22 August 2011
Joining day! At approx 13.00 the ship began to fill up with new and familiar faces for signing on.
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Posted - 11 August 2011
Well……. What can I say? We have been to beautiful places , sunshine was greeting us …. And now we’ve arrived in Hartlepool!
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Posted - 09 August 2011
We are pitching along the Norfolk coast into the North wind , which is making life a real workout! Happy Hour was managed working in pairs, one person holding up the person doing the job!
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Posted - 08 August 2011
Good Evening Readers. We left Bruges through the locks of Zeebrugge early this morning, and are well
on our way to the British Coast.
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Posted - 08 August 2011
Sunday in Bruges
Hello there , we are alongside in Bruges as planned and the ship is very quiet as the majority of crew have wandered ashore. We arrived a little later than planned , having had to “ hover “ at the locks to let freight ships out.
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Posted - 08 August 2011
Welcome to Amsterdam
We arrived in Amsterdam at around 16:00 hours yesterday, after a lovely ride up the canal from Ijmuiden. We had lunch on deck and watched from the ship as we headed up the North Sea canal.
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Posted - 04 August 2011
Ahoy shore crew! We are fast approaching the sunny shores of Amsterdam and are in the middle of an air sea rescue exercise with a lifeboat and helicopter.
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Posted - 02 August 2011
After spending the morning taking pictures and climbing the mast in Dieppe, we left the port to sail for Swanage.
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Posted - 02 August 2011
Done something that I never thought I would ever do today: Climbed up to the first platform with the help of Colin and Lucy.
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Posted - 02 August 2011
Hi everyone, second day on the ship and everything is good. Yesterday we left Canary wharf at 15.00 and motored down the very scenic, themes river.
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Posted - 01 August 2011
We are alongside in Aberdeen and planning to leave around 19.00 tonight. The crew this voyage are from Ireland, UK, Belgium, Netherlands , and France, all aged between 16 and 24, and part of a European Sail Training voyage.
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