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Beautiful Whitehaven Beach
Good evening Shipmates, The light winds continued overnight and at daybreak the crew were fortunate to see the beauty of the Whitsunday Islands at close hand. It was a classic perfect Queensland day and whilst we all marvelled at the awesome scenery that the Whitsunday Passage offers, to sail a tall ship we were lacking an essential ingredient – wind. Oh well, spending a day frolicking on the beautiful white sands of Whitehaven Beach wasn’t a bad second option and that’s exactly what we did. The ship motored through the Solway Passage and anchored off Whitehaven Beach at 1030. Happy hour was quickly attended to prior to lunch and then it was all Youth Crew ashore. Once ashore, the stinger suits were donned prior to entering the beautiful clear turquoise waters that make this region famous. The YC were all back onboard by 1600 for a round of rope races and shortly thereafter yours truly swapped his Captains attire for a chef’s apron and cooked up a feast at the Teak Deck BBQ. I\’ll freely admit that Squiz did all the hard preparation work. Later in the evening we all got together for an entertaining ‘Three Way Talks’ which was a lot of fun prior to the YC taking the responsibility of looking after the ship by keeping anchor watches overnight. Hopefully tomorrow will bring sufficient breeze to fill our sails. Captain Gunna Carpe’ diem
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At anchor Whitehaven Beach. Wind nil
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Dear readers,
STS Young Endeavour is, by the definition and origin of her name, about Aussie youths trying hard to achieve something difficult. This voyage certainly provided that... and then some. A challenging experience from all angles and areas. Yet the Youth Crew prevailed and found success. They should therefore be justifiably proud of themselves for persevering, seeing the silver lining and never wavering in their mission to have a great adventure. I am very proud of all of them and I'm sure you are too!
9 Days ago 23 Youth Crew from all over Australia, came together to sail this vessel, have fun and challenge themselves. They have not only done that, but have faced and overcome fears, and learnt a lot about themselves and each other.
They leave with new skills, improved persistence, resilience and adaptability, as well as generally knowing they are more capable than what they probably thought. And of course, having made great new friends - most probably, friends for life. It never gets old for us staff members, as we truly love our work.
Fair winds and following seas.
Captain Adam Charlie Farley+
