Day 4 – Tasmania East Coast
Ahoy there everyone, Welcome to day four of the voyage. Overnight Young Endeavour continued sailing south under a full press of sails making good a handsome seven knots through the Bass Strait. At sunrise Young Endeavour was half way across Bass Strait under clear blue skies. During the day the wind increased in strength and veered to the west. Communications Officer Joel conducted a theory lesson on celestial navigation culminating with a practical demonstration with the sextant. After lunch the ship was rigged for 30 minutes silent running when all non essential equipment was shut down and only the sounds of the waves and wind were audible. This was followed by round two of rope races which exhibited some close competition between both the watches and their Watch Leaders. By mid afternoon the weather had strengthened to 35+ knots of wind and three metre seas while the ship was reaching 11 knots on occasion. Chef Snowy and his team in the galley performed a near miracle to produce a sensational dinner in extremely challenging conditions to the praise of all. The Youth Crew performed sensationally showing true determination and spirit to climb aloft in the prevailing conditions in order to sea furl the sails and work the deck. Just before sunset the sail area was reduced and the storm trysail set for the overnight passage along the Tasmanian East Coast. Until tomorrow evening, take care.Yours ayeCaptain Damien
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Conditions:
2200 at sea - Weather Overcast, Wind W 35 knots, Swell W 2.5 metres, Temperature 18 degrees, Barometer 1011 hpa
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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