Day 6 – IGBR
Ahoy there everyone,Welcome to day six, the morning commenced at 0630 with an Early Morning Activity after which the ship weighed anchor at 0700, departing Goldsmith Island and shaping a course north with a 15 knot sou’ easterly assisting. After morning brief the Landing Craft Heavy HMAS WEWAK was observed exiting Whitsunday Passage. She closed Young Endeavour passing close by which enabled the Youth Crew the opportunity to give them a hearty cheer before they departed. After ‘happy hour’ I presented a lesson on the art of sailing in Young Endeavour to the Youth Crew, this provided the basic fundamentals for safely sailing the ship come Command Day. Then with lunch completed the ship was called to ‘tacking stations’ for demonstrational tacks. This set of manoeuvres enabled the Youth Crew to observe the intricacies of altering course under sail from the bridge. With the last tack completed the ship entered scenic Hook Passage passing between Whitsunday and Hook Islands exiting to the east just prior to sunset. Overnight the ship will continue sailing making ground to the next overnight anchorage at Whitehaven Beach. It has been a wonderful day with both the weather and various locations providing some challenging and rewarding sailing through the Whitsunday Island Group. Until tomorrow evening. Yours Aye Captain Damien
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2100 at sea - weather scattered cloud, wind SE 15 knots, swell SE 0.5 metre, temperature 24 degrees, barometer 1017 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