AT ANCHOR MOOLOOLABA
EVENING POSITIONWELL, WHAT AN ACTION PACKED DAY. YET MORE SUNNY AND CALM WEATHER GREETED US THIS MORNING AS WE MADE OUR WAY SOUTH TOWARDS MOOLOOLABA.WE WERE TREATED TO A GREAT SPECTACLE THIS MORNING AS WE GOT INTO POSITION TO WATCH THE FORMER NAVY DESTROYER, HMAS BRISBANE, SCUTTLED AND SUNK OFF ENTRANCE TO THE HARBOUR. YOUNG ENDEAVOUR JOINED A CROWD OF SEVERAL HUNDRED SMALLER VESSELS TO GET A GREAT VANTAGE POINT FOR BRISBANE’S FINAL MOMENTS AFLOAT BEFORE BEGINNING HER NEW LIFE AS A DIVE ATTRACTION. WITH HOLES CUT IN HER SIDES AND ALL HATCHES OPEN, THE SHIP SETTELD VERY QUICKLY INTO THE WATER AFTER THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES WERE DETONATED AND WAS GONE IN TWO MINUTES. A GREAT SIGHT BUTSAD ALSO AS A NUMBER OF THE NAVY CREW (MYSELF INCLUDED) ARE EXBRISBANE SAILORS AND HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF THIS WONDERFUL SHIP.YOUNG ENDEAVOUR THEN JOINED AN A HUGE NUMBER OF VESSELS HEADING BACK TO MOOLOOLABA AND WE CAME TO ANCHOR OFF THE BEACH WHERE WE WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT. AFTER LUNCH THE CREW HEADED ASHORE FOR SOME BEACH SPORTS AND A CHANCE FOR THE YOUTH CREW TO ELECT THEIR TEAM FOR COMMAND DAY WHICH STARTS AFTER LUNCH TOMORROW. THEY HAVE PICKED A GREAT TEAM AND ALL THE CREW ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE OF SAILING THE SHIP FOR 24 HOURS.THIS EVENING WE ENJOYED A BBQ ON DECK AND THEN VIDEO NIGHT IN THECAFE WATCHING WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO SAIL SQUARE RIG SHIPS AROUND CAPE HORN. NO ONE SEEMS TO BE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CALM WEATHER WE HAVE HAD AFTER WATCHING WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE AROUND THE HORN EARLIER LAST CENTURY.SO, TOMORROW SEES THE START OF THE YOUTH CREW’S BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET AND, IF THE LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM IS ANYTHING TO GO BY, IT WILL BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE.YOURS AYEMATT MONCRIEFFCOMMANDER, RANCAPTAIN STS YOUNG ENDEAVOUR
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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