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COMMAND DAY COMMENCES
Ahoy from Youth Captain Jezza, On the morning of our 8th day out at sea the anticipated and dreaded arrival of some bad weather in the form of rain had finally caught up on the Young Endeavour, whilst she was at anchor in the beautiful Broken Bay. The excellent run of ideal weather conditions that the Endeavour has been blessed with was bound to finally come to an end as we reached the tail end of the voyage.Being command day it seemed fitting that the weather had finally taken a turn in the opposite direction giving the youth crew one more challenge to take on, amongst the 22 tasks delegated to the entire youth crew team at 1300 to complete in a 24 hour time frame.Among the wide range of tasks trusted upon the youth crew to complete in the set time frame, the first task completed was to muster a six man beach assault team, or (BAT) to paddle ashore in a boat and claim our own little piece of Patonga beach in broken bay. Our fearless assault team was lead by watch officer Kate from White watch, and consisted of five other youth crew members.The objective of the Beach Assault Team was to paddle their way in the ships sea boat from the Young Endeavour at anchor to Patonga Beach around 300m away, and raise the Australian National Flag as high as they could and sing the national anthem as loud as they possibly could, whilst recruiting as many locals they can. This would all be relayed back to the ship via VHF radio.I am proud to say the mission was a success with our BAT finding a local watering hole to recruit an outstanding 19 patrons to help sing the national anthem.The Young Endeavour is currently making her way up the coast of NSW to its finial berth of Newcastle. The ships navigator Sam from Blue watch has been working hard and battling a 1.5m swell and 25 knot winds to make sure that the ship is on course and on time to make its anchor in Newcastle by 0900 Sunday morning at the latest.All the bestYouth Crew Captain Jeromie EdwardsCarpe Diem
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2200 at sea - weather isolated showers, wind SE 20 knots, swell SE 1.5 metres, temperature 19 degrees, barometer 1020 hpa
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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!!
