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Day 5 – Hill Inlet, Whitehaven Beach and Apostle Bay
Ahoy Shipmates. Well we are certainly keeping the Youth Crew busy. After a night under sail (and a 0320am tack)we arrived and the beautiful Hill Inlet and Whitehaven Beach. After runs ashore before and after lunch, we finally proceeded to anchor in the prehistoric Apostle Bay, enjoying the first teak deck BBQ of the voyage. We wrapped the day with 3 way talks, where we get to learn a bit more about the Youth Crew…always entertaining! Tomorrow promise to be another massive day as Command Day fast approaches. But now for a few words from Sophie and Dom…fair winds, Captain Kenny
Ahoy there! This morning, all watches were awoken in the early hours of the morning to go to tacking stations to ware (gybe) the ship. We anchored at 0800 and were delighted by Tongue Point off Whitsunday Island. The view was magnificent, with its beautiful islands and white sand. We were all excited to swim and hike to the lookout. Our first on shore stop of the day was just off Tongue Point. While waiting for the rest of the group to arrives, we kicked around a football. Everyone joined in when they arrived on shore. Even those like me (Sophie) who are not familiar with the sport participated and had easy fun.
Once everyone had arrived, we hiked to the lookout where we could see a beautiful panoramic view of Whitehaven beach. We all enjoyed a little time up there with the tourists, taking photos of the beach and being sure Young Endeavours was in view for the photo. Once everyone had spent time up at the lookout, we headed back on deck for some delicious lunch. After a few restful hours, we were all ready to head to our next location which was south east of our previous stop. There we enjoyed a lovely and refreshing dip, dodge ball and some other games. We were all in high spirits and wanted to stay longer but as the wind was blowing inland; our fun was cut only a little short. But not to worry! The Staffies had organised a BBQ onboard!
After showering and doing a bit of laundry, the long anticipated BBQ was ready and prepared by Chef Zach and the master chefs. While eating we had lovely conversations with people we would not normally gravitate to thanks to the three way talks activity. We learnt a lot more interesting things about our crewmates and when we youthies had to present what we learnt about each other, everyone else also got to know them a little better. All in all, perfect day!
Sophie and Dom.
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Conditions:
Wind: Light and variable Weather: Fine and clear Swell: Nil At anchor Apostle Bay
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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!!
