At anchor off Mud Island
Another 24 eager youth crew joined the ship this afternoon for the voyage from Brisbane to Gladstone. At 1530, I formally welcomed them onboard and introduced the staff crew. Preparations were made to get underway and the ship sailed on time at 1600. As the ship motored down the Brisbane River, the youth crew commenced their training program starting with a brief on emergency procedures. The ship has just anchored off Mud Is and the youth crew are finishing dinner. This evening I will have a chat to them all about what to expect on the voyage and what I expect of them. Then the real fun will start. This evening all youth crew will climb aloft to the lower platform and then overnight, within their watches, they will all get the opportunity to climb to the topgallant yard some 30m above the deck.Tomorrow will be busy day with a lot to learn. We will depart Moreton Bay by mid afternoon and hopefully will be sailing north under full sail shortly after that. I’ll let you know how we got on tomorrow evening.Andrew
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Wind 240/15 kts, Temp 15
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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