Day 3 – Wineglass Bay to Coles Bay…On Foot!
Ahoy shipmates…welcome to Day 3 and some dry land action. After a comfortable overnight passage from Port Arthur, we arrived at anchor in Wineglass Bay around 0730 this morning. After breakfast and a quick morning brief, the youth crew and their watch leaders were ferried ashore to the eastern end of Wineglass Bay, from where they hiked along the beach, over the Hazard Mountains, and into Coles Bay. A skeleton crew of staff remained onboard to sail the ship around the Freycinet Peninsula, through Schouten Passage and into Coles Bay to meet our intrepid adventurers. By 1400 all were back onboard in Coles Bay and Navigator Jerome gave the Navigation Brief…important stuff in preparation for our Bass Strait transit and the upcoming Command Day. On completion they youth crew broke up into their watches to go through some further sail handling and deck safety drills, and some went for a climb to consolidate their skills and gain confidence. It was then time for the first teak deck bbq of the trip…always a highlight, although blustery conditions made it a bit cool on deck, and salad was flying everyone. No-one went hungry though, thanks to Zac, Horto, Jerome and Daz…the gun bbq team! Once dinner was cleared away we held 3 way talks, where the youth crew are divided into groups of 3 and have to learn a bit about their shipmates in order to present to the rest of the crew…not as themselves but as one of the other members of their group. It was obvious that everyone had made an effort and the 3 ways was not only very informative, but highly entertaining…lots of fun. As I write, Jerome has just given the anchor watch brief as the youth crew will be assisting in keeping the ship safe at anchor overnight…no small responsibility! We have an early start tomorrow as we head up the north east coast of Tassie and into Bass Strait…the real fun begins! That’s it for now…until tomorrow fair winds, Captain Kenny.
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Wind: Light and variable Weather: Overcast Swell: Nil Location: At anchor Coles Bay
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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