Day 4 – Wind Strengthens
Hi Everyone,
Welcome to Day 4 of our voyage. The wind strengthened to 30-35kts overnight and by morning brief we were located 55nm to the north of Shark Bay still battling big seas and only making 3-4kts of boat speed.
As expected a number of the Youth Crew were still suffering from seasickness and are most likely wondering why they had chosen to undertake this voyage, but I am sure that will change as the weather improves.
Given the strong conditions we rigged the Storm Tri-sail this morning which gave us a little more stability and an extra knot of boat speed. Due to the poor weather we again cancelled all activities for the day and tried to make the Youth Crew as comfortable as possible whilst still keeping their watches.
Early this evening we were located 40nm to the north west of Shark Bay still beating up wind trying to get ourselves in a position where we could sail high enough without taking the swell on the bow (not good for Tall Ships) so that we can hopefully enter Shark Bay early tomorrow morning.
Overnight the weather is forecast to improve so hopefully our young mariners will finally get some respite from these tough sailing conditions.
Until tomorrow, take care
Yours Aye
Captain Gav
Latitude/Longitude:
Conditions:
Currently experiencing very strong 28-32kt SSE winds with a 3m SW swell. Our speed is 6kts and the temperature is 17 degrees.
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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