Day 2 – Information Overload…and Cid Harbour!
Ahoy shipmates…Day 2, a busy day and changeable weather conditions (rain rain go away!). Last night all of both Blue and White watches made it to the top of the foremast, and this morning Red watch did the same. It would seem we have some strong climbers…excellent! After a restful night at anchor Sailmaster Jerome woke the ship at 0630 for a quick early morning activity (EMA), followed by breakfast, morning brief, Captain’s Safety (a detailed brief on all the ship’s safety equipment), and happy hour…a clean ship is a happy ship. After Red watch completed their climbs, the youth crew were handed over to their respective watch leaders for sail handling drills, punctuated by lunch. At 1300 we weighed anchor and spent 2 hours crossing the Whitsunday Passage enroute our current anchorage in Cid Harbour. We will remain here overnight in preparation for landing the youth crew ashore at Sawmill Beach tomorrow morning for the hike to the top of Whitsunday Peak, the highest in the Whitsundays. Hopefully the rain clears. Overnight the youth crew will be introduced to the watch on deck routines, as well as consolidating their climbing and sail handling skills….we will keep them busy! That’s about it for now, I’ll hand you over to Blue watch. Until tomorrow, fair winds, Cap K.———-
Captains Log: Day 2 – 27 June 2019
Blue Watch: Court, Lachy and Rizz
Ahoy family and friends back home!
Tonight we are anchored at Cid Harbour … a gorgeous spot but unfortunately no swimming for us (ie, a spot notorious for sharks). By morning each of the watches had bravely climbed the main mast which is 30 metres high. Today also marked our first taste of sailing as we had the opportunity to set the sails and learn some of the confusing (yet humorous) nautical terminology.
To top off a jammed packed day we had some rope races on deck which really put to test how much we have learnt (and probably more accurately, how much we still have yet to learn). We are happy to report that Blue Watch took out the win!
As some light rain starts to set in, we have our first sea shifts to look forward to (8-12am, 12-4am, 4-8am) – Blue Watch scored well for tonight with the last shift and hopefully a gorgeous sunrise.
We are being well looked after by the staff crew and shout out to Marcus for the scrumptious food!
As you can probably note, we are loving our time onboard and hope to continue making great memories.
Blue watch OUT
Latitude/Longitude:
Conditions:
Wind: SE at 10 knots Weather: Overcast - passing showers Sea: Calm Location: At anchor Cid Harbour, Whitsunday Island
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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