Day 4 – V01/26, Hobart to Hobart

Ahoy!

This is Marty, Matthew, and Zoe reporting from STS Young Endeavour Day 4! Last night we were anchored in the beautiful and unique Adventure Bay on Bruny Island. We spent all night taking turns on Anchor watch looking out for drag and wind. Each watch was 1 and a half hours long. Some of us had to wake up at ridiculous hours, making many of us grumpy for the morning.

This morning, we had the usual for breakfast; bacon, eggs, sausages, and an assortment of salads which was quite yummy. After breakfast we were called onto the port side of the bridge for colours, which was conducted by the White Watch Crew where we sung the national anthem while the flags were being hoisted. Dylan had a great attempt at blowing the Bosuns Call.

For many, being a MasterChef is more of an obligation than anything else, but I feel like washing up and helping our Chef whilst playing Us and Them in the galley was a massive highlight of the day for me, and I hope others liked it also. After the cleanup of breakfast however it was right to work for us Youthies. We started our day with another briefing from Sarah, followed by a call for the wise Salty about why the toilets and showers were called the heads. and then a rundown of the weather and wind by our navigator and lastly words of wisdom by none other than our Captain Leups.

Afterwards we had a briefing about how we would put up the sails and we got to learn some sail theory! Everyone was super engaged when we were practicing putting the sails up which was amazing to see. We have all mentioned that we have grown super close these last few days. We have grown a sweet family and have already made so many memories that I know we will all remember for the lives.

Anyway, back to our day… While we were moving towards Port Arthur, we tacked the boat for practice 7 times! It was super hard work but it is crucial for out upcoming Command day. For those who don’t know, Command Day aboard the Young Endeavour is when the staff members onboard just sit back and let the Youths take over the entire vessel for 24 hours. We’re interested to see how it goes… We’ll keep you posted!

We then were taught how to navigate the seven seas by Benny, who taught us how to use degrees, minutes and seconds to cut up the world into small pieces, how awesome! It’s going to be very useful for our upcoming takeover of the ship.

And Then… Also love you family! -Marty, Zoe and Matt