TASMAN SEA
Ahoy there everyone, Welcome to day three on our adventure under sail. The ship continued sailing along handsomely at four knots overnight under all plain sail and two squares on a broad reach starboard tack with the wind abating through the early morning. It was a stunning moonlit clear night at sea though the 1.5 metre swell continued to challenge members of the Youth Crew.With the rising of the sun under a blue sky with scattered cloud, an epic wakey wakey song from blue watch, roused all hands for breakfast with varying levels of consumption. After a quick set of cleaning rounds (happy hour) the engines were started as the wind abated dramatically requiring the ship to commence motor sailing north.After a magnificent lunch, the inaugural round of rope races was conducted. This activity enabled the Youth Crew to challenge each other in a non-competitive activity by remembering and identifying different items of safety equipment located around the upper decks.Navigator Kim then presented a lesson in the fine art of maritime navigation espousing that the earth was round instead of flat much to the consternation of many of the Staff Crew.Sea watches were then maintained for the remainder of the afternoon and evening as the ship continued make ground to the north and Trial Bay for the first scheduled anchorage. With the wind continuing to back and veer the Youth Crew watches are being kept busy setting/furling sails and climbing aloft.Until tomorrow evening, take care.Yours AyeCaptain Damien
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2300 at sea - weather scattered showers, wind ESE 14 knots, swell SE 0.5 metre, temperature 20 degrees, barometer 1023 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