rubbing strake runs the length of the vessel and circular port holes are visible above the waterline. A wooden rail runs around the edge of the entire deck. The standard crew of the Spirit of New Zealand has varied during her lifetime, but in 2010 consisted of 1 master, 3 mates, 1 cook, 1 engineer, 2 cadets, 4 volunteer watch assistants, 2 leading hands and 40 trainees. For day sail voyages, the ship is registered to carry significantly more passengers. The trainees are normally split 20 male and 20 female, and sleep in separate accommodation. A change to the male accommodation was made so that 6 of the bunks could be separated from the remainder, allowing voyages to sail with 26 females and 14 males. This change was made in response to frequently higher female applicants than male applicants. Operational history In October 2013, the vessel was in Sydney, Australia as part of the tall ship fleet at the International Fleet Review 2013. References Duder, Tessa, & Thompson, Kate (Editors). (2003). Spirit of Youth: Thirty years of the Spirit of Adventure Trust. Auckland, New Zealand: Exisle Publishing Limited. Sharp, Ian. (1994). Sail the Spirit. Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Books. Duder, Tessa, & Hawkins, Cliff, & Thompson, Barry. (1985). Spirit of Adventure. Auckland, New Zealand: Century Hutchinson Ltd. Hindley, David, & McLean, Gavin. (1989). SPIRITS: New Zealand's Adventure Voyaging Ships Spirit of Adventure & Spirit of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Bookprint Consultants. External links 1986 ships Tall ships of New Zealand Barquentines Ships built in New Zealand Training ships Individual sailing vessels Waitematā Harbour Hauraki Gulf