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Day 2 – First Climbs, Sailing and Hello Green Goblin!
Ahoy shipmates…welcome to day 2…a very busy day. After a restful night at anchor in Double Bay, the crew of YE awoke at 0630 to the soothing tones of George Ezra over the PA system. A few laps around the ship were followed by a quick game to further introduce everyone. Breakfast and showers were followed by morning brief at 0800, where we raised the flags and belted out the National Anthem with gusto. Navigator Tracey gave a short brief on the expected weather as well as some interesting facts about Port Jackson. Salty then explained the origins of Store High In Transit before I finished off with a quote and some encouragement. It was then into the harness and safety aloft briefs before all three watches completed their first climbs in cold and windy conditions. I am pleased to advise that all made it up and back safely, if a little nervously! After a delicious lunch (the butter chicken was to die for!) we rolled into the aptly named ‘happy hour’, better known as cleaning stations. On completion the youth crew commenced setting and furling drills and at 1530 we weighed anchor and made our way out of Sydney Harbour. When we called Sydney VTS to advise of our movements they warned us of 3-5 metre seas outside the heads whipped up by the 20-25 knot SE winds…perfect conditions for YE! As we left the heads we set a full press of fore and aft sails, shut down engines, and started making our way to the NE. Unfortunately a few of the youth crew were paid a visit by the dreaded green goblin, feeding the fish as we sailed along. The conditions have begun to ease and the youth crew have commenced their watch on deck duties, learning about helming, lookout, rounds and an intro to navigation. Some even ventured down to dinner! The winds will continue ease overnight and shift around to the west making things a bit more comfortable…not so good for sailing though! As I write we are just to the south east of Barrenjoey Head and intend spending the night at sea before heading into Broken Bay to savour the delights of Patonga Beach. Tomorrow night I will enlist the services of the youth crew to assist with Captain’s Log…until then, fair winds, Captain Kenny
Latitude/Longitude:
Conditions:
Wind: SE at 15 knots Weather: Fine Sea: SE at 2.0 metres Course: 030 Speed: 5 knots Location: East of Broken Bay
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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!!
ARRRGH, ahoy there from the spectacular Jervis Bay! We’ve all been taken A-back by the crystal clear blue waters and snow white sands.
After a well deserved sleep in these sheltered waters which was a refreshing change to clinging to our bunk racks for dear life for the past few days, the ship rose to another banger of a morale tune “sung” by Blue Watch. Brekkie was fun after the early morning activity to get us all up and moving. We held another round of competitive not-competitive rope races which culminated in smashed eggs on deck and the mummification of said egg smashers.
Roast lamb for lunch was prepped by the staffies in the absence of our culinary wizard Steve. Once cleaned up, we took the RHIB’s across to Captains Beach bordering HMAS Creswell which was a mind-blowingly beautiful little spot. Pretty much everyone had a dip in the drink and a roll in the sand and played some creative beach games run by our Suitability legends, Speedy Sam and Eggs.
A few hours at the beach made everyone ready to head back home and attack a teak deck barbeque, devouring cheese platters, steaks, sangas, and salads. With our full stomachs, us youthies initiated the highly anticipated elections for our command day roles. Which will commence sometime around midday tomorrow. We held a vote for each available role that all willing youthies put themselves forward for.
The following roles were voted as follows: Captain – Warwick, Sailmaster – Hugh, Navigator – Ruscoe, Officer of the Watch – Dan, Watch Leader – Nick, Ben, Bridget, Master chef – Emily, Mackenzie, Alyshia
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Signing off from our anchor watch, Ben and Giles.
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