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Day 6 – Hi, Bye Sydney…Hello Jerusalem Bay!
Ahoy shipmates…Day 6 is upon us. Overnight we made our way under sail south to a point just east of Sydney (could see Centre Point Tower) before a midnight tack had us heading back to the north towards Broken Bay. During the night, each watch completed an activity called the ‘Bearex’ where the watch leaders set a challenge to test teamwork and leadership. I’m pleased to report that 3 watches managed to complete the task, albeit in varying time frames. After being serenaded by some talented youthies for wakey wakey, the crew arose to slowly abating conditions…much to the excitement of the few youth crew still a bit green. After another entertaining morning brief and the obligatory ‘happy hour’, we rolled into rotational tacks, where the youth crew watches rotate to find out what the others do at tacking stations…good ground work for Command Day. After lunch and another round of rope races, we handed in sail and made our into Broken Bay and our overnight anchorage in the beautiful Jerusalem Bay. During the evening the youthies completed mid voyage talks, reviewing the first 6 days of the voyage, followed by a self reflection activity title ‘stop, start, continue. As I write we are settling into anchor watches for a peaceful night. That’s how I saw the day, below is the youth crew’s version of events…enjoy! Until tomorrow, fair winds, Captain Kenny———-Hello, The youthies started day 6 with the a teamwork BearEx challenge for each watch, which entailed rigging the storm jib, which is a sail that we have never seen. This required the watches to furl and de-rig the forestaysail during the middle of the night, using only a few diagrams. Which proved to be very difficult and a test of the watches’ leadership and collaboration. After going to bed, we were awoken to Em and the rest of the watches’ beautiful singing. The youthies were brought to the morning meeting where they witnessed another one of Salty and Co’s fantastic performances. We then practiced more tacking and wearing which lead us to the entrance of Broken Bay. Inside of the bay, the waters were calm which allowed the youthies to climb the mast and enjoy the magical views of the bay and the jellyfish. After anchoring in Jerusalem bay, Emma taught us some meteorology and how the wind currents are affected by the sun. We were then treated by another of Adam’s dinners, a seafood paella. After some down time, the youthies were brought together with the watches to do some reflection of themselves and the voyage. We look forward to our anchor watches overnight as we watch stars pass over! Goodnight from Eve, Ryan and Reese.
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Wind: Light and variable Weather: Fine, passing showers Sea: Calm Location: At anchor Jerusalem Bay (Broken 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.
“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”
