10 NAUTICAL MILES DUE OF CAPE TOWNSEND
PAST 24 HOURSYESTERDAY ALL WATCHES CONTINUED LINE AND SAIL HANDLING AS YOUNGENDEAVOUR WEIGHED ANCHOR AND BY MID AFTERNOON WAS SAILING WITH ALL FORE AND AFT SAILS SET. BEFORE SUNSET THE SHIP WENT TO TACKING STATIONS AND ALL YOUTH CREW CLOSED UP AND THE SHIP COMPLETED A SOUND TACK. IN JUST 24 FOUR HOURS ALL YOUTH CREW HAD KEPT AN OVERNIGHT WATCH, CLIMBED ALOFT, SET SAILS, KEPT A TRICK ON THE HELM, ASSISTED AT CLEANING STATION, CONDUCTED ROUNDS AND ALL HAVE SETTLED WELL INTO SHIP BOARD LIFE. WELL DONE TO ALL. YOUTH CREW IMPRESSIONSALEX, CANBERRA. THE VOYAGE HAS BEEN PRETTY FULL ON THESE PAST FEWDAYS, NOT MUCH SLEEP AND A LOT OF SAILING. TODAY IS SLIGHTLY MORERELAXING, BEUTIFUL OUT IN THE SUNSHINE. LOOKING FORWARD TO ANCHORING AT LADY ELLIOT ISLAND EITHER TOMORROW OR MONDAY. GOING TO CLIMB ALOFT NOW.THOMAS, AGNES WATER. ANYONE LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR HORIZONS HAVE A GO THIS IS A TRIP OF A LIFE TIME BUT IT IS DEMANDING.MEGAN, HERVEY BAY. FUN FUN AND MORE FUN SO FAR, ADVETURE OF A LIFE TIME, I HAVE ACHIEVED MANY NEW AND EXCITING THINGS, COMING ON BOARD HAS BEEN THE BEST THING I HAVE DONE IN MY LIFE. MITCH, CAIRNS. WHEN I GOT ON I WASNT SURE I WANTED TO DO THIS. I WAS HOMESICK AND I WAS SEASICK AS WELL. BUT I AM NOT GLAD I STUCK IT OUT BECAUSE THIS IS TURNING INTO THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE.YOURS AYEBRENTON WITTLIEUTENANT COMMANDER, RANCAPTAIN STS YOUNG ENDEAVOUR
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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