Collective Sigh of Relief
As we motored the final few miles to our anchorage in Broken Bay yesterday evening, the YC held their Command Day elections. Everybody was very tired and it was a collective sigh of relief when we finally anchored at 2120. The election results were soon posted and the elected team then went about planning and pondering their command day.Today was a glorious day and after the normal morning stuff we sailed from the anchorage at 1000. A gentle westerly wind slowly pushed us out of the bay. The final set of sailing drills still needed to be completed and we got stuck into these right away. Although we broke for lunch we got them out of the way fairly quickly and they were performed to a high standard. At 1330 I threw a life ring in the water to practice our man overboard drills and in very quick time sail was handed in and Paul was swimming out to recover the life ring. With Paul back onboard, the YC were gathered together for the handover ceremony. With the ship drifting off the entrance to Broken Bay, I handed command of the ship to David Thomson and YC V15/00.The YC were soon setting sail and although we had very little wind we were soon heading more or less towards our destination, Sydney. It has been a good start. After a few hours of drifting, the NE sea breeze finally came in which is just as well for the fictitious souls that are in distress south of Port Hacking. The ship is heading on a rescue mission that I’m sure will finish with a happy ending.We will remain at sea overnight and will hopefully enter Sydney Harbour in the early afternoon. There is still a whole lot of command day left but so far things have been going well and the outlook is positive. Dinner tonight was certainly a highlight – yum yum yum. That’s it for the evening and you will get the full story on Command Day tomorrow. Stay tuned.Andrew
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Current Situation at 1800: Course 160, Speed 5kts, Wind NE 15kts, Temp 20C, Fine
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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