HALF DAY SAIL

Ahoy there everyone,Â A well deserved nights rest at anchor was had by all. I guarantee everyone onboard slept very soundly and for good reason, most were exhausted from Command Day. The ship weighed anchor at 0500 and conducted a transit from Tangalooma to berth at Bulimba Naval Wharf. At 0930 we embarked 35 guests including the Liberal Senator for Queensland the Honourable George Brandis. The majority of guests were associated with the Queensland Leukaemia Foundation whom were hosted by the Youth Crew for a three hour sail along The Brisbane River in fine weather before the ship returned back alongside Bulimba Naval Wharf and our guests were farewelled. The Youth Crew then conducted end of voyage talks before climbing aloft and placing neat harbour furls in all the square sails.After a fantastic pizza night the evening culminated with the Youth Crew presenting a slide show and story, capturing various memorable moments and experiences during the voyage. This gave everyone the opportunity to reflect on the past 10 days and their amazing once in a life time journey. The remainder of the evening was spent completing end of voyage questionnaires and letters to themselves, which are returned to each Youth Crew member six months after voyage completion.The ship will depart Bulimba Naval Wharf early tomorrow morning for a final passage along the Brisbane River with the Youth Crew manning the yards before returning for a scheduled 1000 final berthing and an emotional farewell to our young adventurers.Until then it has been an honour and privilege to sail with the Youth and Staff Crew of Voyage 14/11. I wish them all the best for their future endeavours.Happy Fathers Day for the 4th September 2011. Listed below are some of the crew memberâ€™s messages for their special Fathers.For the final time.Yours AyeCaptain DamienÂ Â Young Endeavour Voyage 14/11 Fathers Day MessagesFrom: Captain DamienHello Dad, Hope you are having a fantastic Fathers Day, thinking of you always but even more so on your special day. Love and respect always, Damien.From: JoshDad, Iâ€™ll see you tomorrow. You havenâ€™t been forgotten this year. Happy Fatherâ€™s day.PS. I was Nav.From: Candice!Seeing you tomorrow Bradley! Happy fathers day, I love you.From: JaysonHappy Fatherâ€™s Day Mal!Bring your camera! See you Sundayâ€¦.From: Matt!Happy Fathers Day Dad! Hope my cars clean and you remembered to get it serviced!!From: DeclanHappy fathers day dad by the way I didnâ€™t get you anything I have been at seaFrom: Timtam (Tamara)Happy fathers day dada I got you the best presentâ€¦. You get to pick me upLove you dada happy fathers day cant wait to see you xoxoFrom: Nic KirkaldyHappy fathers day dad! Hope your having a good time today, but mostly I hope you can read this.Mum and I will have to get you something later.From: BillyHey dadâ€¦Thatâ€™s all.From: MaddyHappy Fathersâ€™ Day! Iâ€™ve given you the best presentâ€¦a day without me! Iâ€™d make you a cake, but after spending the last few days in the kitchen helping prepare meals for the crew, Iâ€™m really sick of cooking! See you soon.Lots of love, MaddyFrom: MichelleTo my dearest Father, Wishing you the happiest possible Fatherâ€™s Day!!! Remember I am thinking of you on this special day and am sending a huge hug to you!!!! I love you lots!!! Love and thoughts are with you today and always.All my love always!!! Michelle xoxoxoxFrom: LyndalHeyyy Daddy, I miss you canâ€™t wait to be home soon. Bet you miss me haha! The sea is amazing I can defiantly tell why you love it so much. I love you soo much and I hope you have a great Fathers Day and get to do everything you want for the day. Hope the boys are being nice ïŠ Lots of love your long lost daughter (lyndal) xoxoxoFrom: CassieHey Dad, I hope you have a lovely Fatherâ€™s Day. Iâ€™ll see you at some point I guess. I love youFrom: KyleeDad! As quoted by our infamous sail master Joel, sorry I didnâ€™t get you a present, I was at sea!! Hope you have a great Fatherâ€™s day and canâ€™t wait to see you! Kylee xxooFrom SeanHello dad. I hope your having a good fathers day. Iâ€™ll be seeing you extremely soon. Love you heaps. Im having a good one if you were wonderingFrom SeanFrom: AmeliaHey Dad,I usually forget Fathers Day so I hope this makes up for all the ones I have missed and Iâ€™m yet to miss. Youâ€™re the best Dad in the world, love you so much. Thanks for always being there for me no matter what, youâ€™re my hero.Love, your little girl xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxFrom: WilliamHey Dad.Just want to say I was thinking of you all trip on this amazing boat, wishing you could have been here to sail to Fraser Island and back with me and thinking of all your advice when I took over the ship as the captain during youth command day. I wish you all the best on your special day for fathers and hope you have a lovely day tomorrow.Lots of love,Will xo.From JBHi Dad looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.From LiamHey Dad.Just want to wish you a very happy Fathers Day, Wish I could be there to spend Your day with you but I wont see you until late.Hope your day is amazing!Lots of LoveLiam xoxoFrom TashSup DadHappy Fathers Day. Miss you heaps. Hope the island isnâ€™t missing me too muchSee you when I get homeLots of LoveTash xxp.s. JB says heyFrom FranDad. Happy Fathers Day, I didnâ€™t get you anything this year, â€œI was at seaâ€ seems to be an adequate excuse ;). See you tomorrow/today when you might read this!Love, your favourite daughter, FranFrom JakeHey Dad. You were right, I did get sick but I donâ€™t care. I still got s#*t done and never backed down from a task. Btw happy Fathers Day.

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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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Day 9 – Command Day Part 2

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