Day 10 – South Molle Is to Fitzalan Is
Ahoy there Shipmates,This morning Dougie woke the Youth Crew at 0630 and roused them up and onto the deck for a quick brief on what we had planned for the day.The Ship weighed anchor and departed South Molle Island under engines. Once in open water the youthies set all 3 square sails, we shut down the engines and sailed in a northerly direction down wind for an hour enjoying the moment. We then clewed-up and sea-furled the squares and motored up wind to our planned anchorage off Fitzalan Island.After lunch we had the daily brief followed by a thorough set of cleaning stations. The youthies then split into their watches and conducted their end-of-voyage chats with their Watch Leaders. The Ship came to anchor off Fitzalan Island at 1430 and on completion the youthies proceeded aloft to put a final harbour furl in the square sails in preparation for coming alongside tomorrow.Tonight’s activities included an amazing Pizza dinner followed by a slide show and a poem of the trip and some post voyage admin which carried on late into the night for the staffies.Yours, ayeCAPT Mike     “Â
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Weather: overcast with passing showers, Wind: 120 / 7 kts, Temp: 24 deg. C, Swell: nil
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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