Past - Chevron 2000 Duyfken Expedition - Captains Log - Gary Wilson

Mar

08

Dutch Sail Duyfken

Sydney Since our arrival we have had a busy time here at the National Maritime Museum. The staff here have been great, doing their utmost to ensure our stay is trouble free. Vi ..

Mar

02

A Spectacular Welcome

Sydney Harbour Once again I have a tremendous amount to write about to bring this journal up to date, a lot has happened in the last few days, a real whirlwind of events that  ..

Feb

27

A View of the Harbour

Newcastle Newcastle, despite the loss of the State Dockyard and the BHP steelworks, continues to be a busy port. Many people will have seen historic photos of a forest of masts ..

Feb

26

Flags at Half Mast

#1 Throsby Wharf, Newcastle The purpose of our ship is to tell the story of one part of Australian history and if we can get people interested in all parts of history in genera ..

Feb

25

Arrival Newcastle

Newcastle With the wind forecast to back NW'ly, I keep the ship well up to windward so we will hopefully have a good run down the coast for the last leg into Newcastle. Coming  ..

Feb

24

A Night Drifting

Port Macquarie towards Newcastle Noon position 32 53s 153 02e Days Run 87 miles As expected we were becalmed throughout the night and the ship was allowed to drift with the cou ..

Feb

23

A Pierhead Jump

Port Macquarie towards Newcastle With dawn just coming on , the crew turn to at 0600 for the now well established routine of preparing for sea. Hatches on, safety gear in place ..

Feb

21

I Spoke Too Soon

Port Macquarie I am guilty once again of not keeping up with this journal, so here is a bit of an update for the past few days. Saturday and Sunday, back in Coffs Harbour where ..

Feb

16

We Miss Another Gale

Coffs Harbour Getting good at this. At the Gold Coast we got in early ahead of a southerly gale and the same thing has happened here. After the good run down with the northerly ..

Feb

15

We save the Coke bottle

Coffs Harbour The ship rolls gently overnight as the northerly breeze drops away and the swell continues to fetch in to the harbour. I am on anchor watch at 0500 just as we sta ..

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