Day 7 – Jerusalem Bay, Patonga Beach…and a Hike!
Ahoy shipmates and welcome to Day 7. It has been a cracking day weather wise. Ater the soaking of the last 24 hours…no rain, yeeha! Another busy day as we head towards Command Day…48 hours and counting! Once again the youthies have covered the day eloquently below, so I’ll hand you over to Ruby and Brendan. Back to sea tomorrow…it’s what we do! And the weather is looking a little kinder. Until tomorrow, fair winds, Cap K———- Ahoy there everyone! The rough seas from yesterday (day six) continued into the night, making sleep an elusive, and at times, a somewhat dangerous endeavour (not really). Throughout the night watches many people got unexpected on-deck showers from some freak wave action, turning Ruby’s fresh tea into a salty soup, followed by Davo and others who quickly found support in whoever was nearby and happened to have two feet planted on the deck. Much to the relief of the crew who were awake at the time, at approximately 0300, Red watch furled all remaining sails and switched to powered travel as we entered Jerusalem bay, putting an end to the onslaught of rough swell. Finally, sleep without fear of being savagely thrown out of the bunk (heard of lee sheets anyone?). Keely made another delicious cooked breakfast for us (once again, luv ya Keely. Wouldn’t be able to do it without you), the first meal in a while that all youthies could be confident that they would be able to keep down. Captain Kenny’s close friend ‘Salty’ and his crew also gave a spirited performance (AHOY THERE!!!), filling our heads with yet more amazing naval history facts (Do you know what a cat-o’-nine-tails is?). After round of ropies was played and it was established that Reggie truly is The Man (u da man Reg) we had nearly all the youthies hanging out on the yards to tidy some sails up, and get a great view of the ship and Jerusalem bay. Once we’d wrapped up with lunch, the crew were kind enough to take everyone ashore on the small boat, a strange sensation to have solid ground beneath your feet after spending so many days on a rocky ship. We sat down at a park facing Patonga Beach to go over our goals of the voyage and talk about our progress. Before heading back to the ship, we were even able to go for a quick bushwalk to overlook the bay and admire the handsome Endeavour. Great views, expect some amazing photos to come from today! It must be a big day ahead tomorrow, because the staff crew decided to keep us in Broken bay tonight, so we’re looking forward to a quality night’s sleep this time. As we sit in the chart house writing this log, we are looking outside towards the rest of the youth crew laying aloft on the yards, getting an awesome view of the sunset (obviously keeping you good folk out there updated is worth missing a sunset or two
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Conditions:
Wind: SE at 5 knots Weather: Fine Sea: Calm Location: At anchor Challenger Point (Broken Bay).
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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