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COMMAND DAY
Ahoy shipmates,Command Day for Voyage 01/08 has now commenced. The Youth Crew elected their new Command Team, Watch Leaders and Cooks last night and this morning there has been a flurry of planning and preparation which thus far has paid off. Staff crew handed over the ship at 1300, shortly after which the Youth crew successfully sailed the ship from anchor and out of Jervis Bay in a freshening northeasterly breeze. They now have a number of objectives to complete over the next 24 hour period of their Command Day, a number of which have already completed. One of these tasks is to complete the Captains Log, so please find enclosed Captain Petes & Mitch’s Log for the first 12 hours of command day.Yours AyeCaptain GavCommand Day!!!Command Day actually began last night, when Youth Crew were selected for positions by majority.Command Day commenced at 1pm when Captain Gav handed us control of the ship. With it came a booklet of goals and challenges. The first challenge was to create a Beach Assault Team (BAT) to row to shore and claim Australia for Young Endeavour. Once on the beach, they had the challenge of raising the Aussie flag and mustering as many locals/tourists as they could. An amazing 19 tourists were gathered and combined with the BAT to sing the national anthem over HF radio back to the ship. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew were tasked with creating a hammock over the midship. It proved comfortable and able to carry quite a few people.Once the BAT team had rowed back, the entire Youth Crew enjoyed a swim, many launching themselves of the Bowsprit into the great ocean blue. We raised anchor and set sail at about 2pm. With favourable winds, we enjoyed an awesome 6-7 knot ride out of the heads of Jervis Bay. We were all stoked as we had done everything ourselves. Setting the sails and navigating our way over selected checkpoints to be on course for Sydney.Alas, at about 7pm we were halted in our journey north to Sydney by a strong northerly headwind. We are now motoring our way north, and hope to arrive in Sydney sometime tomorrow.Young EndeavourCommand Day Captains,Pete and MitchÂ
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Motorsailing just north of Jervis Bay experiencing moderate northeasterly winds at 10-15kts.
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Ahoy followers of our Young Endeavour journey! Command Day. We made it.
The beautiful weather at our anchor point at Jervis Bay made for a spectacular day under the command of our fellow Youth Crew! A morning stretch and some wise words from the Ship Crew gave Captain Waz and the team a step in the right direction.
With the new watches all set and ready to go, Captain’s Setting and Furling gave all our youthies the chance to prove their abilities on the high seas. Strong performances from all three watches; Sharkies, Chompers and Narwhals!!
Morning brief gave the Sailmaster a chance to give us the daily orders and help get everyone on the same page. With the staff crew getting ready for a holiday and giving us the ship, floral shirts and party music filled the deck and, with some final preparations, the ship was ours.
The Captain was given a small but very significant envelope that contained the essential, non-essential and completely optional tasks to be done over the course of the next 24 hours. 2 tacks were to be made at a minimum before leaving the bay and safety checks were the essential tasks to start our journey. However.
More amusing, optional tasks allowed some of our youthies to become part of the “Beach Assault Team” while others were put to the task of making a slideshow of the voyage, tying all the knots on the list, etc. These were some activities that bided the time for our incredible navigator - Ruscoe to set out a plan and work together with the Sailmaster - Hugh to create a sail plan.
Tacking stations were the focus for our late afternoon, preparing to weigh anchor and leave such a beautiful bay, for our last stretch of this incredible voyage.
Happy Birthday to the Capitan, Warwick, who turned 24 today! The wonderful MasterChef’s created a “cherry ripe” cake out of rice crispies, coconut, chocolate, and love. With a beautiful ceremony to end our day.
Sailing into the night leaves us the ability to see the lights from our destination. Sydney, here we come!
Wish us luck! From Nat and Tom!!
