Alongside, Darling Harbour
Ahoy Shipmates,What a difference a day makes! Overnight we had a cracking sail off the coast of Sydney consolidating all of our sailing and navigation skills before we headed in to Sydney this afternoon. The weather which until now has been fina has become a little wet, although things are pretty warm.This morning we started on our big clean up in prepartion for Australia Day. This afternoon we completed Captain’s Setting and Furling Drills as the last check to ensure that eveyone could set and furl safely in preparation for command day tomorrow. Later this afternoon we berthed a Pyrmont so that the lighting technicians could rig the lighting fpr Australia Day and rehearse the, and later this evening we will be taking the ship into Darling harbour to practise for the big Australia Day Finale.As I write the Youth Crew are being treated to a ride in the Navy’s Jet RigidHull Inflateable Boat at 35knots around Sydney Harbour – what a buzz!Tomorrow is where the real challenge begins – Command Day. We will hand the ship over to the Youth Crew at 0730 tomorrow morning and see what happens next…Unitl tomorrow, Shipmates,Yours Aye,ChrisChris GallowayCommander, RANCommanding Officer
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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