Past - Chevron 2000 Duyfken Expedition - Captains Log - Peter Manthorpe

Jul

30

A Rough Life

Gulf of Carpentaria In the middle of breakfast a plane soars over Gove harbour. Greg and I call out in unison: 'Here come our fuel filters!' Gary is at the airport to meet them ..

Dec

10

The Final Wave and a Touch of Spray

Brisbane Duyfken' topsails are sheeted home and the yards hoist themselves. The big foresail and mainsail drop from their yards and the sheets and tacks creak as the canvass ta ..

Dec

08

The Significance of Wind

Brisbane Of all the bizarre re-enactments we do without even knowing it. On day 241 I wondered 'if the original Duyfken's stores included some tiny oak barrels filled with gold ..

Dec

07

Sailing into the News

Moreton Bay Tomorrow we arrive in Brisbane and the voyage we started in Fremantle in April will be complete. On Monday I will hand over to Gary, leave Duyfken and fly home, so  ..

Dec

06

400 Year Old News

Off Noosa Head Duyfken is making slow but steady progress. The winds are light and variable and we are using the fluctuations to our advantage. At four this morning we tack out ..

Dec

05

Wide Bay Smile

Wide Bay Heaving up Duyfken's anchor is faster with twenty people on board. Henk (good authentic Dutch replica name that) takes the whipstaff, Greg taps the cable into place al ..

Dec

04

Sand Banks and Naval Battles

Great Sandy Strait Between Fraser Island and the mainland is a convoluted channel that barely exists at low tide. Luckily the tides are quite big here so we can get through at  ..

Dec

03

The Home Strait

Departure Urangan Duyfken is full. Today we depart on the last leg of our voyage from Fremantle to Brisbane and there is no shortage of people who want to be a part of it. She  ..

Nov

29

A Crewman's Thoughts as Duyfken's Expedition Nears End

En-route to Hervey Bay Dear Reader I was sent this today by our crew member Greg O'byrne who has sailed with Duyfken all the way from Fremantle. I think we all share his though ..

Nov

23

The One That Got Away

Triangle Cliffs, Fraser Island It's midnight and we have closed the coast again. The scene ahead looks awfully familiar, with the lights of Bundaberg and Bargara exactly where  ..

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