BASS STRAIT
Ahoy there everyone, Welcome to day five of our voyage, after conducting a challenging teamwork and leadership exercise overnight in cold conditions, Blue Watch rocked our world with the morning wakey wakey song setting the benchmark for the day. After an epic morning brief at which time we passed the mid way point across Bass Strait, I presented a sail theory lesson to progress with the deck work and sail knowledge.With lunch completed the ship was rigged for silent running ship when all machinery was isolated and only the sounds of the sea and the wind in the rigging was heard throughout the ship. This enabled the Youth Crew the rare opportunity to contemplate and reflect to a time when tall ships were only powered by the wind and without electrical power generation.The next round of ‘rope races’ was held raising the non-competitive stakes to a new level. Then Watch Officer Sandon presented a theory lesson on meteorology and the associated effects to sailing vessels, after which the crew was stood down for a respite period. Through out the day the ship continued north east under three squares sailing along handsomely making good five knots with a 20 knot SE wind and two metre swell.The intention is to remain at sea overnight continuing to make ground to the north closing our next scheduled anchorage at Eden. The Youth Crew have displayed remarkable teamwork and endurance today as the voyage continues to gain momentum with the majority having been awarded their sea legs on the crossing of Bass Strait.Until tomorrow evening, take care.Yours AyeCaptain Damien
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2100 at sea - weather overcast intermittant showers, wind SSE 20 knots, swell S 2.0 meters, temperature 15 degrees, barometer 1021 hpa
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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