COMMAND DAY

Hi Everyone,Welcome to Command Day. One of the many tasks to complete over this 24hr period is for the Youth Crew to complete both this evenings and tomorrows Captains Log, so please find below tonights entry from Youth Crew Captain Dan.Yours AyeCaptain GavCOMMAND DAY CAPTAINS LOGVOYAGE 01-10Wow! So as a youth crew we’ve had our first hours of our twenty-four in charge of the ship, and so far it has been very challenging. We started off at anchor at Broken Bay, and were given a set of twenty-four challenges which we have been attempting to achieve. We aimed high and chose to push ourselves hard in order to complete as many of the challenges possible, and have had some great results so far despite adverse conditions. The weather on the trip so far has been incredibly mild, but we’ve been blessed with the challenge of the strongest winds and highest swells we’ve seen yet!The set challenges have definitely gone up a notch in difficulty due to the testing weather conditions, however everyone’s morale is incredibly high, and as a collective we seem to have pulled together and done a great job of it. We have such an amazing team with a lot of collective knowledge which has made my job as captain much easier. Everyone in the crew is so enthusiastic and determined to achieve with a smile on their faces.So for the rest of command day we will be doing our best to wrestle the wind and choppy seas, and I’m hoping the crew won’t get too sick like their stand-in captain! By tomorrow we should have written a poem about our adventures, as well as providing the staff with a bit of a chuckle at morning brief! Oh and on the side, we’ll give the ship back after we are done�Captain Dan Gaffney out!P.S. Hi Mum�to all our mums!Â
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Conditions:
Currently located 16nm to the south east of Broken Bay and experiencing strong 20-25kt N-NE winds with a veru unpleasant 2.5m easterly swell.
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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+