Day 6 – Ahoy Queensland!
Bonjour dwellers of the land. How are you? Because if you were to ask us that same question, we would say, “We are thriving since we finally gained our sea legs”.
Today we spotted many whale breeching the surface to say hello. We waved back of course. Today we made the exciting last leg of our journey in NSW and have officially entered Queensland! As we are writing this, we are about to pass south of Moreton Island. Today, apart from gawking at the whales, we did many drills of setting and furling sails, (we think Kirby is going to lose her voice).
Something else exciting, today, many of us participated in the ships tradition to wear a floral tee-shirt on Fridays! And for the people to have happy hour in the aft cabin, we were graced by the lovely Emma in her floral onesie, her singing and dancing. The wonderful Captain Charlie Farley, briefed us on the angles best to sail, and what sails to use when sailing into and in front of wind.
As well as this, TJ taught us the reason for the use of Morse code, the interpretation of flags, and Evan teaching us many types of knots.
We would like to thank the engineers Hoppy and Shaun for keeping many of the underground things running, such as hot water, flushing toilets and the engines when we can’t use the sails (during northerly winds).
Kirby and Dom
Shout out to Mark, Tracey and Abby!
Shout out to Richard, Kirrily and Baxter!
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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