Day 4 – Jervis Bay and Sailor’s Beach!

Ahoy shipmates…Day 4. After a steady night of sailing up the coast we have made it to Jervis Bay. And a busy (and windy) day it’s been. As I write the wind has finally started to ease…should make for a restful night at anchor. Tomorrow we depart for the next leg of our journey, probably aiming for Broken Bay in a couple of days…weather dependent. That’s it from me…over to the youthies. Until tomorrow, fair wind, Captain Kenny.———-
Cams log day four!!!
Starring Darcy, Nate and Steph!!! What did we get up to today? We sailed past Point Perpendicular and in to Jervis Bay at 0745 to perform rotational tacking stations. We had up to 25 knots of wind and were travelling at 8 knots utilising the Main Sail, Main Staysail, Fore Staysail and the Jib. After successfully furling all sails, we anchored next to HMAS Creswell just inside the breakwater. Today was our first day on land since the beginning of the voyage.
A few fun facts about Jervis bay: the sand at Jervis bay is the whitest sand in Australia with the highest silica content and every grain is uniform in size! (according to Harry). Captain Cook never actually sailed into Jervis Bay as he was not sure that he could tack back out, so instead, he went straight past ïŒ. Captain Cook named the bay after his mate, Admiral Jervis because why not? Jokes, it was because he was a famous naval hero.
After landing at Sailors Beach and then visiting the canteen at the navy base HMAS Creswell, we had some compulsory fun! (forced by Baggaz) This consisted of two ropes tied together and some weight lifting. We also competed as watches in 2 rounds of dodge ball – this was incredibly fun. The staffies took out the first round, however blue watch finished them off, tehehehehe. post this intense game of dodgeball, everyone went for a swim in the cool turquoise waters of the bay. What a refreshing way to cool down after this vigorous exercise.
After about 4 hours of time on land and hugging trees to cure seasickness we headed back for the boat to compete in Horto’s rope races. We played the ‘game without a name’ (using uckers pieces – see how far we could put it out ahead of us in the push up position and then jump back up…. It’s surprisingly fun) which was closely followed by a cheese platter and a dinner.
Our plans had to slightly change for dinner. There was a little too much wind to have a BBQ on deck so instead we took it to the galley with most of the youthies eating up stairs. Thanks Keels for your flexibility, you are the best!!. We also played our first game of Trivia, unfortunately the staffie’s took it out by 1 point (so close… yet so far). We also had a chat with Harry about how we conduct anchor night watches, giving the youthies their first taste of real responsibility over the ship. We’ll keep you posted, let’s hope the ship is safe in our hands.
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Conditions:
Wind: W at 8 knots Weather: Fine Sea: Calm Location: At anchor off Sailor's Beach, Jervis 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
We were greeted after our elections by a low flying anti-submarine MH60-Romeo Helicopter which did a cool fly around our ship. *Thanks Squizz!!* And then watched an amazing film about the rounding of Cape Horn back in 1929 on a 7 story tall sail ship.
Signing off from our anchor watch, Ben and Giles.
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