Names are ships to carry dreamers

Situation at 20:00- Last night all hands enjoyed a quiet time at anchor in Coffs Harbour. The shorter watches allowed for the Youth Crew to recoup some of the sleep they lost out on over the previous few days. At today’s morning brief the Salty Sea Dog described the nautical origins of the saying ‘To shake a leg’. She was ablyassisted in this by Navigator Phil and White Watch Leader Shez. There was slim pickins for Engineer Stewy and his scran bag. Nonetheless, the few guilty culprits he did find produced a very impressive volumn of song…and gestures. Today saw one of the fastest happy hours ever. In no time at all the Youth Crew had finished cleaning theirassigned stations and were ready for XO Paige to inspect. After morning tea, Watch Officer Kirstan commenced ferrying all hands> ashore. By 10:30 the Youth Crew and the Staff Crew were competing in beach volleyball, cricket and soccar. I am pleased to report that the Staff Crew remain undefeated in all sports. Well done Brenton for taking charge and coordinating the action.Chef Stony provided a terrific picnic lunch. Despite the chill in the air this was eagerly attacked by the ravenous Youth Crewand there was very little left over to bring back onboard. The Youth Crew ventured into Coffs Harbour to raid the local shops and stretch their legs before returning onboard. Most of them were laiden with bags of lollys when they returned onboard, and looking forward to getting underway once again. At 16:30 we weighed anchor and sailed through the narrow opening and into a 2 metre ground swell and some of the Youth Crew were starting to have second thoughts about thewisdom of eating all the candy they had.As we make ground to the South, we are passing through lines of rain squalls from the passing of yesterday’s cold front. Duringthe night watches, the Youth Crew will conduct the main team building exercise of the voyage prior to command day. They will be given a fixed amount of time to complete a relatively complex task. They willhave no assistance from the Staff Crew and will need to utilise effective communications and a high degree of cooperation if they are to be successful. This is another of a series of challenges that the Youth Crew are presented with as the voyage progresses.YOUNG ENDEAVOUR Fact File: Coffs Harbour was last visited during Voyage 08 of 2003 which was on our north bound passage to Brisbane. YOUNG ENDEAVOUR Glossary: Gasket. A short length of line used to secure a sail to a yard or mast. When using a casket a roundturn and two half hitches is always used to secure our sails.Thought of the Day:Names! The lure in names of places,Stirring thoughts of foreign faces,Ports and places and streamers,Names are ships to carry dreamers.From Distinations” by Don Blamding.Yours
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Ahoy followers of our Young Endeavour journey! Command Day. We made it.
The beautiful weather at our anchor point at Jervis Bay made for a spectacular day under the command of our fellow Youth Crew! A morning stretch and some wise words from the Ship Crew gave Captain Waz and the team a step in the right direction.
With the new watches all set and ready to go, Captain’s Setting and Furling gave all our youthies the chance to prove their abilities on the high seas. Strong performances from all three watches; Sharkies, Chompers and Narwhals!!
Morning brief gave the Sailmaster a chance to give us the daily orders and help get everyone on the same page. With the staff crew getting ready for a holiday and giving us the ship, floral shirts and party music filled the deck and, with some final preparations, the ship was ours.
The Captain was given a small but very significant envelope that contained the essential, non-essential and completely optional tasks to be done over the course of the next 24 hours. 2 tacks were to be made at a minimum before leaving the bay and safety checks were the essential tasks to start our journey. However.
More amusing, optional tasks allowed some of our youthies to become part of the “Beach Assault Team” while others were put to the task of making a slideshow of the voyage, tying all the knots on the list, etc. These were some activities that bided the time for our incredible navigator - Ruscoe to set out a plan and work together with the Sailmaster - Hugh to create a sail plan.
Tacking stations were the focus for our late afternoon, preparing to weigh anchor and leave such a beautiful bay, for our last stretch of this incredible voyage.
Happy Birthday to the Capitan, Warwick, who turned 24 today! The wonderful MasterChef’s created a “cherry ripe” cake out of rice crispies, coconut, chocolate, and love. With a beautiful ceremony to end our day.
Sailing into the night leaves us the ability to see the lights from our destination. Sydney, here we come!
Wish us luck! From Nat and Tom!!

ARRRGH, ahoy there from the spectacular Jervis Bay! We’ve all been taken A-back by the crystal clear blue waters and snow white sands.
After a well deserved sleep in these sheltered waters which was a refreshing change to clinging to our bunk racks for dear life for the past few days, the ship rose to another banger of a morale tune “sung” by Blue Watch. Brekkie was fun after the early morning activity to get us all up and moving. We held another round of competitive not-competitive rope races which culminated in smashed eggs on deck and the mummification of said egg smashers.
Roast lamb for lunch was prepped by the staffies in the absence of our culinary wizard Steve. Once cleaned up, we took the RHIB’s across to Captains Beach bordering HMAS Creswell which was a mind-blowingly beautiful little spot. Pretty much everyone had a dip in the drink and a roll in the sand and played some creative beach games run by our Suitability legends, Speedy Sam and Eggs.
A few hours at the beach made everyone ready to head back home and attack a teak deck barbeque, devouring cheese platters, steaks, sangas, and salads. With our full stomachs, us youthies initiated the highly anticipated elections for our command day roles. Which will commence sometime around midday tomorrow. We held a vote for each available role that all willing youthies put themselves forward for.
The following roles were voted as follows: Captain – Warwick, Sailmaster – Hugh, Navigator – Ruscoe, Officer of the Watch – Dan, Watch Leader – Nick, Ben, Bridget, Master chef – Emily, Mackenzie, Alyshia
We were greeted after our elections by a low flying anti-submarine MH60-Romeo Helicopter which did a cool fly around our ship. *Thanks Squizz!!* And then watched an amazing film about the rounding of Cape Horn back in 1929 on a 7 story tall sail ship.
Signing off from our anchor watch, Ben and Giles.
“I believe that positive energy and optimism help us to take up any challenge in life and to succeed in even the most difficult tasks. I also believe that positive energy is contagious: We can transmit it to others”
