12 NAUTICAL ESE OF WOLLONGONG
PAST 24 HOURSSAILED CLEAR OF SYDNEY HARBOUR WHILST CONDUCTING SAIL AND LINEHANDLING DRILLS. QUITE A SPECTACULAR SIGHT AND THE SEAS WERE VERY FAVOURABLE THOUGH A FEW BEGAN TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE SHIP’S MOTION. OVERNIGHT ALL WATCHES SETTLED WELL INTO TRICKS ON THE HELM, ROUNDS, SAIL SETTING AND CLIMBING ALOFT. THE BREEZE EASED OVERNIGHT AND THE SWELL AND SEA GRADUALLY ABAITING. THIS MORNING EVERYONE WAS INTRODUCED TO ROPE RACES AND SHORTLY FOLLOWED AFTERWARDS ALL SAIL WAS HANDED IN FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FABULOUS SWIM IN THE CLEAR BLUE PACIFIC OCEAN. YOUTH CREW IMPRESSIONSAMY, SYDNEYWE HAVE BEEN RAISING THE SAILS AS A TEAM ITS HARD WORK BUT VERYREWARDING. THE MAJORITY OF THE CREW JUMPED OFF THE BOW OF THE SHIP AND INTO THE ‘YOUNG ENDEAVOUR SWIMMING POOL’ THE WATER WASSURPRISINGLY QUITE WARM AND VERY REFRESHING AND A HEAP OF FUN.DANIJELA, SYDNEY-SO FAR THE VOYAGE HAS BEEN INTENSE PHYSICAL WORK USING MUSCLES I DONT USUALLY USE. I HAVE BEEN HANDLING THE SEASICKNESS WELL, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHER TEAM MEMBERSBUT LONG FOR A MASSAGE AND A BIG ARAN HUG. JESSICA, SYDNEYTHE VOYAGE SO FAR HAS BEEN AN ADVENTURUS JOURNEY AND HAS BEEN VERY REWARDING, IM THE LAST PERSON IN BLUE TEAM NOT TO GET SEASICK. A TITLE IM PROUD TO HAVE. THE ROOMS ARE SMALL AND TIGHT BUT ITS A BRILLIANT EXPERIENCE THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET. HI EMMIEYOURS 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