A Busy Night for All
Situation at 21:00- It was a very busy night for all hands with numerous sail changes and tacking stations piped at 02:00. The wind wouldn’t make up its mind where it wanted to blow from and kept jumping all around the compass. At morning brief, Watch Officer Bullet enlightened us on the nautical origins behind the phrase ‘Son of a Gun’. Chef Polly did the honours this morning and harvested a full bag of scran from all the messdecks.After morning tea, Captain John described the theory of sailing and how it put into practise in YOUNG ENDEAVOUR. Just beforelunch, the Ship anchored in Jervis Bay, near the RAN College at HMAS CRESWELL. As soon as lunch was finished, Watch Officer Bullet started ferrying the Youth Crew ashore for an afternoon on the beach and a chance to visit the local canteen. The swimming and sport was terrific and all hands enjoyed the chance to stretch their legs for a few hours.Chef Polly prepared a magnificent barbeque for supper and soon after arriving back onboard all hands were enjoying steak, snagsand kebabs finished off with a Pavlova. The Youth Crew have just finished their three-way talks where they were required to learndetails about each others lives and then brief the Ship’s Company as if they were that person. It was lots of laughs and we all know lots more about one another. The anchor watches are now set and all handsare looking forward to a relatively quiet night with only a short time required on deck.YOUNG ENDEAVOUR Fact File:The Ship flies the Australian National Flag and Australian White Ensgin signifying her as a Ship ofthe Royal Australian Navy. She also flies the YOUNG ENDEAVOUR house flag which is comprised of an Admiralty anchor superimposed over the Southern Cross.YOUNG ENDEAVOUR Glossary:’Come Up’- An order which tells all hands who have been taking the strain on a line to let go and allowit to be belayed. Stoppers-Short lengths of rope used to temporarily hold a line under strain until it can be properly belayed.Thought of the day: We have suffered, starved and triumphed, grovelled down yet grasped at glory…grown bigger in the business of the whole. Sir Enrest Shackleton, at South Georgia Island, 1916,while leading his men to safety after their Ship was crushed in the ice of the Antarctic.Yours, AyeJohn CowanLCDR, RAN
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At anchor in Jervis Bay in position 35 08 S 150 44 E. Wind: Westerly at 15 kts, Sky overcast and raining
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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