TASMAN SEA
Ahoy there everyone, Welcome to day six of our voyage, after conducting challenging watches overnight, White Watch rocked our world with a self composed wakey wakey song, setting the benchmark for the day. During an epic morning brief we passed Ballina continuing to motor sail north in light and variable winds under a full press of sail.With lunch completed the ship was rigged for silent running ship when all machinery was isolated and only the sounds of the sea and the wind in the rigging was heard throughout the ship. This enabled the Youth Crew the rare opportunity to contemplate and reflect to a time when tall ships were only powered by the wind and without electrical power generation. This was followed by the next round of ‘rope races’ raising the non-competitive stakes to a new level. Next each watch conducted discussed mid voyage talks where individual and collective progression was evaluated against the day one goals and revised for the second half of the voyage.When the ship was abeam Cape Byron which marks the eastern extremity of the mainland a series of rotational tacks was conducted. This activity required the three Youth Crew watches to rotate through each of the tacking station positions enabling each member to gain a more comprehensive understanding of how the sails and yards are handled during this important manoeuvring evolution.The intention is to remain at sea overnight continuing to make ground to the north closing our next scheduled anchorage in Moreton Bay. The Youth Crew have displayed remarkable teamwork and endurance today as the voyage continues to gain momentum.Until tomorrow evening, take care.Yours AyeCaptain Damien
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2300 at sea - weather isolated showers, swell W 1.0 metre, wind SE 17 knots, temperature 20 degrees, barometer 1020 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