Day 09 – V11/26, Sydney to Sydney

Ahoy there sea dwellers and land lubbers,

Welcome to the Captain’s Log (CLOG) for Day 9 of Voyage 11/26, Sydney to Sydney, brought to you by Amberley, Paige, Mitch.
Today we rounded out Command Day with a navigation way point task, however….. the wind had other plans. We spent a large amount of the early hours of the morning travelling ~3 knots (nautical miles per hour), which after our rough start in the late hours of the night, was starting to feel like a relief, but… after 0630 our speed dropped to 1 knot. As we crawled and fought our way into Sydney Harbour there was a sense of accomplishment, camaraderie and maybe a little bit of relief as we handed the ship back over to the staffies. We anchored in Hunters Bay and enjoyed a siesta before lunch. After lunch we competed in the final round of ROPIES!!! A final chance for the watches to battle it out for some points, at the end the watches were tied so we went into a brutal bonus round, Zooper Dooper speed eating with white watch taking out the win. An honourable mention to blue watch member Connor for a record breaking 5 seconds to finish a Zooper Dooper!!! We then went into a Command Day debrief where all crew reflected on the last 24hrs. During this brief there were discussions on what went well, what went not so well and the takeaways from command day. A common theme across all groups was a strong sense of camaraderie and teamwork which was well thought of. The very much anticipated rope swing was rigged, and we enjoyed utilising the swing as well as jumping off the bowsprit and we got to have an exhilarating but chilly swim in the Bay. After a long but fulfilling day, we had dinner, and then Harbour Furled the square sails which consisted of the youthies climbing the foremast and folding the sails into themselves to allow the UV cover to protect the sail and square them away.
We are anchor watchkeeping overnight and weighing anchor tomorrow morning to proceed to the Fleet Base to pick up our Community Day Sail guests. More on that tomorrow evening.

Thank you for writing the CLOG for today, Amberley, Paige and Mitch it was a great read.

Yours aye, Captain Mike