Drying Our Clothes
Well we finally left Sydney – ‘hooray’ was the collective cry, followed later in the afternoon with some cries of a different kind as some very green faces appeared. The swell has died down and the wind has moderated but the motion of the ship is a whole lot different from the last two nights spent at anchor. The day was, to say the least, very soggy, but as I’ve mentioned before spirits onboard are still very high and we’re all glad to be at sea, at speed.The first hours at sea were great. The ship was greeted by a school of dolphins that played under the bow for a while. Then we went to tacking stations for the first time and everybody took it in their stride and performed really well – champion effort guys. We’re all now settled in our watches and running before a 15-knot breeze – it has been noticeable how quickly the rain has eased since leaving Sydney.Tomorrow we’ll enter Jervis Bay or ‘JB’ and spend the day there – hopefully drying out our clothes in the warm sunshine.Speak tomorrowAndrew Davis
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Current situation at 1800: At sea off Wollongong, heading southwest - running square for Jervis Bay. Wind 040/15 knots, temp 18C.
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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