Day 4 – Pacific Ocean

Ahoy there everyone, Overnight the ship remained underway motor sailing along the Queensland South East coast. With calmer 1.5 metre seas a more restful sleep was achieved by all. After morning brief and happy hour Dutchy the Navigator presented his navigation brief proving to all that in fact the earth was not flat but round, the rest of the Staff Crew are still out on this theory noting that next he would be espousing that mermaids didn’t exist.Chef Squiz crafted a stunning buffet lunch ensuring that energy levels and morale were kept at a high level. With the sun shining the opportunity to hand wash clothes and dry them on the ships side was taken. Next Engineer Leon conducted round three of rope races which saw the non disappear from the non-competitive title as the watches gained confidence in the lay out and terminology of the ship in order to locate the various nominated items.During the afternoon Watch Officer Tug presented an intriguing maritime Rules of the Road lecture, an important component of safely navigating the ship to avoid colliding with other vessels or running aground by identifying various lights, shapes and navigation markers.The remainder of the afternoon was utilised by the Watch Leaders to continue consolidating deck work and climbing aloft while those on bridge watch applied practical navigation skills by fixing the ships position. It is pleasing to note that it appears the majority of the Youth Crew have been awarded their sea legs. It has been an extremely busy and rewarding day for the Youth Crew. With an abating sea conducive to a peaceful night sleep for all either side of a four hour bridge watch. The intention is to remain at sea overnight continuing motor sailing and making ground to the south. Happy Mother’s Day to all those special Mum’s, below are attached some of the messages to you all.Until tomorrow evening.Yours AyeCaptain Damien From Captain DamienThinking of you keeps me awakeDreaming of you keeps me asleepBeing with you keeps me aliveHappy Mother’s Day all my loveFrom Matt the SailmasterHey Mum, I hope you are having a very special day today. Thanks for just being you. Can you Google how to sail a square ship for dummies for me? Oh and the only thing that would make being on Young Endeavour better would be if we had a dog onboard. I miss Sweep almost as much as I miss you! Love MattFrom Dutchy the NavHey Mum, thanks for teaching me all about Nav, I can finally use what you taught me. Ps. How do I get to Sydney? Love DutchyFrom Ali MusgroveHey Mum, it seems like these last few years I am always away for mother\’s day and I\’m sorry to continue the trend this year. I want to wish you a really wonderful day and I look forward to seeing you when we get into Sydney. I\’ve got lots of adventures to share. Love you! Hugs, Ali xx ooFrom Wayne RoulstonHi Mum, thanks for supporting me in everything I do. I hope you have a fantastic Mother\’s day, I look forward to seeing you again and I\’ll be sure to make up for my abscence on such a special occassion. Love, Wayne.From Matthew HammenHi Mum just wishing you a happy mother\’s day from here on the Young Endeavour ship at sea. Look forward seeing you at sydney when i come in, love matthew. :)From: Eilzabeth TempleHAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!! I hope that you have a lovely day and enjoy yourself! Looking forward to seeing you when I head back down south. I am loving my time onboard and you should check out my war wounds! Lots of Love x x xFrom Billlie-Jo HurleDearest Mother, Happy Mother\’s Day! Hope you have a sensational day. Thinking of you always, Much Love Billie-Jo =) xxFrom Nick WaughHappy mothers day, sadly wont be there to share it with you, we are currently sailing past the Gold Coast…enjoying every minute…Hope all is well at home, missing everyone, havent been sea sick yet, but the wrist bands are working for me. The most amazing trip so far, will fill you in when I get into sydney. We are currently at the present time(07:10 SATURDAY) passing nsw/QLD boarder. learning all the tricks of the trade with (matt) with navigation. I am one of about feeling that havent been feeling sick so all is good. Everyone is getting along well and only one night of rough seas which put alot of people sea sick.we had to drop a couple of people back to brisbane because of sea sickness but their personal choice. Anyways have a fantastic mothers day. Looking foward to a home cooked roast when I come home!!!!!!!!!!!!Love Nick xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoFrom BethHiya Mum (and Dad, Ba n Tam oh n Jess)I hope ur all having a great time back home enjoying school 😛 and getting ready for gliding. Happy Happy mothers day, treat her well little ones (but just for one day – oh and hide ur chocolate 🙂 . Hope ur recovering well dad – I\’ve worn your very sexy Nepalese Beanie. Having a fantastic time and i\’ll see you when we come in.xoxo BethieFrom JoelHey Mum, Happy Mothers day! Hope you have a great day, wish I could be there. We can have Yum Cha on the 14th to celebrate! Look forward to seeing all of you in Sydney! Love you xoxo From AJ Hey Mum, hoping your having a great mother\’s day and sadly I am too far away to celebrate it with you. The Young Endevour has been pretty up and down so far with really bad sea sickness but I think I am starting to get over it finally. Especially with the first challenge of the trip which just had to be climbing to the of the ship\’s sails and sitting up there for 20 mins or so. Hope all is well, I love you! Wishing you and the family a special day and I will see you all in Brisbane soon!

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28Â° 42' South / 153Â° 45' East

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2300 at sea - Weather, Scattered Cloud, Wind SW 12 knots, Swell SE 0.5 metre, Temperature 20 degrees, Barometer 1015 hpa

AUTHOR: Commanding Officer STS Young Endeavour

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Day 11 – Last Day of the Voyage

Good morning Shipmates, Sailmaster Sara's final Wakey Wakey song was pumped through the Ship’s speakers to jar the crew of YE from their deep slumber after a particularly tiring day of the Community Day Sail. Activities included end-of-voyage chats for the watches, harbour furling the square sails, eating as much home made pizza, cooked by master chef Ash, as we possibly could and knocking over final command day tasks including the Slide Show. It was up on deck for a quick head count to make sure everyone was out of their ‘racks’ and ready for their final day onboard. Breakfast was followed by the morning brief on the plan for the day and then the Staff Crew weighed anchor and got us underway while the Youth Crew laid aloft for a quick harbour cruise. Navigator Seb piloted the Ship from our Athol Bay anchorage, past Fort Dennison under the Harbour Bridge, where we fired the Ship’s saluting cannon, and then into Balls Head Bay to our berth. We berthed at HMAS Waterhen at 1000 to the warm welcome of friends and family of the Youthies, waiting on the wharf for us. Once we had secured the ship alongside we invited our guests onboard, allowed them a walk around the ship to see where the Youthies had lived and worked for the last eleven days, and then we gathered everyone at midships. Sail Master Sara spoke about our adventures during the voyage and then I presented the Voyage Completion certificates to the youth crew and the Young Endeavour Award to Liv for her outstanding hard work on in undertaking the voyage and her dedication to helping her fellow youth crew members to achieve their voyage goals. We then farewelled the Youth Crew of V04/24 after a fantastic challenging and enjoyable voyage. Thank you for following our adventures and hope you enjoyed hearing about them. Yours, aye, Captain Mike

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19 February 2024

Day 10 – Community Day Sail Sydney Harbour

Good evening shipmates, After a well-earned quality night’s sleep at anchor in Hunters Bay, Sail Master Sara woke us with another of her soothing tunes to get us on deck for a quick early morning activity. After breakfast the staff crew weighed anchor and conducted the transit to HMAS Waterhen, at Waverton. We berthed there at 0900 and prepared to embark our guests for the Community Day Sail. At 1015 we cast off our berthing lines and departed with our 34 guests and commenced our 3 hour tour of the harbour. Our Community Day Sailors were a group 30 members and staff from the Windgap Foundation. We also embarked some defence personnel as well. We again passed under the Harbour Bridge and then proceeded into Rose Bay where we set some sails and commenced sailing back towards Waterhen. Whilst on the harbour our fantastic youth crew helped us host our Windgap special guests. They encouraged our guests to participate in setting the staysails and a square sail by helping to pull on the sheets and clewlines. The youth crew also helped Chef Ash to prepare and deliver the food to our guests on deck. At 1300, after 3 fun-packed hours on the harbour, we berthed back at the southern wharf at HMAS Waterhen. Once we had farewelled our guests it was time to commence our end-of-voyage activities and preparations. The staff crew managed to organise a visit to the RAN Ship MATV Sycamore, which is crewed by a mixture of civilians and Navy staff, is a multi-role aviation training vessel. The youth crew embarked with their watch leaders and were given a 45 minute tour of the ship by some of the Navy crew. On completion they returned onboard and Young Endeavour sailed and proceeded to our anchorage in Athol Bay, which affords a great view of the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. During the transit to the anchorage the Youthies undertook their end-of-voyage chats, facilitated by their watch leaders, to examine if they had achieved everything in their full-value contracts they had completed at the start of the voyage. After the traditional last voyage dinner of home made pizzas, Sara gave the Youthies the Harbour Furl brief, who then donned their climbing harnesses and laid aloft to undertake the ‘Harbour Furl’ of the square sails to make them look immaculate for our ceremonial arrival at the end of the voyage tomorrow. Once that was completed, the youth crew then finished off their final outstanding Command Day tasks, which were planned for the last night onboard. These included the Voyage Slide Show compiled of photos taken by everyone. This was excellent and provided a touching reminder of what we had experienced and the beautiful coastlines and islands that we had visited during the voyage. The final activity of the day was the end-of-voyage administration, which for the youth crew included a feedback questionnaire asking for feedback on their experience of the voyage, as well as a letter for each crew member to write to themselves on their experiences during the voyage, which the Young Endeavour Youth Scheme will post to the youth crew in 6 months time. The aim of this is to help reinforce what the youth crew have learned about leadership, teamwork and about themselves from the experience of the voyage. Once these were completed the crew were encouraged to go to bed. The Ship will remain in Athol Bay overnight and weigh anchor and sail in the morning at 0900 and undertake the transit to HMAS Waterhen, where family and friends will meet the Ship on arrival at 1000. Until you hear from me tomorrow for the final instalment of Voyage 04/24. Yours aye, Captain Mike

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19 February 2024

Day 9 – Command Day Part 2

Ahoy from Sydney! For today’s Captain’s Log: the Youthies took over and completed several tasks including singing the national anthem in three different tunes as well as giving salty sea facts to start the day in a nautical way. We finally made it! After a long and weary effort of the command team and watches, we were able to fully sail into Sydney Harbour. At approximately 11:50 we anchored in Hunters Bay. To celebrate we had a groovtastic disco in the 12 berth due to excessive rainfall but the youthies made it work, having a blast dancing to Billie Jean. Afterwards, the youthies as well as the staff reflected on our efforts during command day, following the handover of the ship to the Staffies, where we highlighted what we did well, what we could improve on and what lessons we can take back to our normal lives, of which there are many. Continuing on from the previous log, with command day still ongoing. We encountered multiple problems. One of which being that mother nature didn’t bless us and gave us little to no wind to work with. However with the efforts of the Youthies we were able to successfully gather up to 8 knots of speed after a 4am tack in which the youthies persevered despite a lack of sleep enabling us to make our way into Sydney. Before our reflection the Youthies finished their day strong with a ‘Happy Hour’ cleaning session and one final dance. The afternoon was spent relaxing and recharging from ‘Command Day’, going aloft and furling the square sails. For dinner, Ash prepared a barbecue with steak, sausages, chicken kebabs with buns and an assortment of salads with a delicious chocolate cake for dessert. The Youthies are looking forward to the Community Day Sail tomorrow which will be a great opportunity to give back to Australia and put our sailing knowledge to the test. We have learned many lessons during ‘Command Day’, we pushed ourselves out of our comfort zone and together a crew of 24 youth were able to sail a tall ship into the harbour of Sydney. Today’s score: 9 camels and a donkey (Amazing) Until next time Rock on! Tarvi, Kaeden and Matt. P.S. Happy Birthday for tomorrow little bro, love Lil xx P.S.S. Kai, sorry I didn’t do the thing for Meg. I just remembered and will do it when back.

Thank you Tarvi, Kaeden and Matt for your narrative of today's events. Intentions are to remain at anchor in Hunters Bay, just off HMAS Penguin, home of the RAN Diving School, a place close to my heart, having spent many a day there under training as a young Officer! The plan is to weigh anchor and proceed to HMAS Waterhen, in Waverton, to pick up our Community Day Sailors from the Windgap Foundation and take them for a sail around the harbour for 3 hours. The Youth Crew will help us host our visitors and give them an experience of Young Endeavour. We will drop them back to Waverton and then proceed to anchor in the harbour where we will have a good view of the Bridge and the Opera House for the Youth Crew's last night onboard. Until tomorrow. Yours Aye, Captain Mike

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