Day 4 – Sun, Sea, Sails and Whales!

Ahoy Shipmates,
Day four commenced with another glorious sunrise and perfect weather. With the Ship still buzzing from the Zoe Falls adventures, we settled into another busy day. After brekky and some down time we rolled straight into Morning Brief, where our resident housekeeper, the infamous Nanna, made an appearance. Happy hour followed then Watch Officer Jordo and his trusty sidekick (Karly) gave the “Rules of the Road (at sea)†brief. Making the most of the glorious conditions, after lunch a number of Youth Crew proceeded aloft, climbing to the Top Gallant for the first time…the best vantage point to see the whales around the ship. Edition number 1 of “Rope Races†then kicked off, testing the ships knowledge of our erstwhile young Australians. After much frivolity, Sail Master Dion took the ship to “Tacking Station†for “Rotational Tacksâ€. This is where the watches rotate through each others tacking station positions to gain a better understanding of the process of tacking a Tall Ship. After 3 successful tacks and a ware (gybe) we conducted a “Man Overboard Drill†with all Youth Crew and Staff Crew performing admirably. While the breeze (10-12 knots) hangs around we are making the most of sailing rather than motor sailing…much more peaceful. Tomorrow we will awake to the magnificent sights of the Whitsundays with the intent to visit both Hill Inlet and Whitehaven Beach.
Until tomorrow,
Captain Kenny
V15/ 18
Ahoy there! After an amazing hike to Zoe Bay Waterfall on the beautiful Hinchinbrook Island, we took our first watch rotations. As members of White Watch we took the First Watch from 1945 to 2345. This meant we were lucky enough to see the moon rise over the port side while passing Townsville. We have done plenty of work setting/unfurling the Jib and Fore Staysail. We also had plenty of time for fun.
During the course of day 4, all watches have climbed to the Topgallant Sail one after another, which relieved most Youth Crews fears and worries about climbing the Fore/Main mast on Young Endeavour. The first knowledge activity being Rope Races between watches was undertaken with White Watch taking a commanding lead after round 1 closely followed by Blue Watch. Not too long after a few practices of Tacking and wearing of The Young Endeavour the youth crew became confident with the fun process (Capt Kenny’s favourite activity.)
All Youth Crew aboard are felling upbeat as Command day gets ever closer, especially after Floral Friday!
Flipper, Dom and Bonnie.
Latitude/Longitude:
Conditions:
Wind: NNE at 10 knots Weather: Fine and clear Swell: 145 at 0.5 metres Course: 089t Speed: 3 knots (under sail)
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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.
“I believe that positive energy and optimism help us to take up any challenge in life and to succeed in even the most difficult tasks. I also believe that positive energy is contagious: We can transmit it to others”
