The WInd Will Find Us
Situation at 20:00- Overnight the Youth Crew stood their first watches and layed aloft to the T’Gallant and Topsail yards. This was carried out inabsolutely ideal conditions, without a breath of wind and a completely calm sea. At 06:30 all hands were awakened by an imaginative song from the watch-on-deck, which was followed by aninvigorating jog around the upper deck. At the morning brief, Salty Sea Dog Lozza explained the nautical origin of the saying ‘Son of a gun’. She was assisted in this by Chef Polly and Watch Leader Rags. It goes without saying that the whole process was a labour of love. The next item on today’s schedule was happy hour. The Youth Crew are quickly learning about XO Paul’s philosophy of a clean ship being a happy ship.YOUNG ENDEAVOUR got underway at 09:00 and commenced the long passage down the Brisbane River and out of Moreton Bay and finallycleared Caloundra Head at 15:30. Throughout this time, the Youth Crew were put through their paces learning about line handling, deck safety, setting and furling drills and tacking stations.It has been a very long day and there are many tired faces onboard. Despite the fact that there is very little wind, the ground swell from the South East has resulted in some very green faces and a less than full sitting tonight at supper. Not to worry however, the Youth Crew are all Queenslanders and tough enough to bounce back oncethey get their sea legs.Overnight we will continue to motor sail to the North and keep our fingers crossed that the wind will find us.YOUNG ENDEAVOUR fact file: The Ship’s hull is painted ‘Britannia’ Blue and is the only ship in the world, other than the former Royal Yacht Britannia,to be approved by Her Majesty the Queen to wear this colour.Thought of the day: …Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential,vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change. Robert F. Kennedy.Yours, AyeJohn Cowan
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Wind: NE at 8 kts. Motor sailing under five sails, making ground to the North.
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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