At Sea in the Vicinity of Seal Rocks
After a good night of downwind sailing on the square sails we conducted the daily brief and the got into Demonstrational Tacks. They are conducted to enable youth crew to observe what happens on the bridge when we tack or wear ship. This, like all of the briefings and practical training, are aimed at preparing the Youthies for Command Day. This was followed by all watches laying aloft to sea-furl the square sails.After another of Chef Keely’s fabulous lunches the Youthies had some down time so they could do some washing, have a siesta or relax on deck for 90 minutes.At 1400 Watch Leaders conducted mid-voyage chats to discuss with their watches the progress of the goals they set at the start of the voyage, and revise them if necessary.Rope races round 4 was conducted at 1530.It is intended to remain at sea overnight conducting coastal navigation en route to Broken Bay.Until tomorrow,Yours aye, Captain Mike
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Conditions:
Weather: fine, Wind: 200 / 10 kn, Swell: 180 1.0 m, Temp: 16 deg. C
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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