LADY MUSGRAVE
GLORIOUS SAILING CONDITIONS OVER THE PAST DAY. SAILING UNDER ALL SQUARE SAILS WHICH ARE THE, COARSE, TOPSAIL AND TOP GALLANT AND ALL FORE AND AFT SAILS INCLUDING THE GAFF TOPSAIL. NEARLY EVERYONE HAS FOUND THEIR SEA LEGS WITH ONLY TWO STILL EXPERIENCING SEA SICKNESS.OVERNIGHT ALL WATCHES CONDUCTED ‘THE BEAR EXERCISE’ WHICH IS A TASK TO PERFORM WITH A TIME LIMIT.THE KEY FOCUS IS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEAMWORK.EVERYONE SURPRISED THEMSELVES AND LEARNED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT ABOUT EACH OTHER. AT 0400 THE SHIP WENT TO TACKING STATIONS AND WORE SHIP TO MAKE GROUND TO THE NW. THIS WAS A GREAT OUTCOME CONSIDERING THISIS ONLY DAY FOUR OF THE VOYAGE. AFTER THE MORNING BRIEF IT WAS HAPPYHOUR FOLLOWED BY ROPE RACES AND ROUND TWO OF THE SAIL THEORY.LUNCH TODAY WAS SERVED ON DECK LOOKING OVER LADY MUSGRAVE ISLAND.JUST ANOTHER DAY ON YOUNG ENDEAVOUR.YOUTH CREW IMPRESSIONSFELICIA, CANBERRA. GASKETING TODAY TOOK THE COURAGE I DIDN’T KNOW WAS THERE. BEN, BRISBANE. UP THE TOP OF THE FOREMAST IS THE BEST VIEW I’VE EVER SEEN. LADY MUSGRAVE TODAY. TEAMWORK IS EXCELLENT.MELANIE, TASMANIA. I HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME AND IT ISONLY DAY FOUR. CLIMBING ALOFT WAS A CHALLENGE I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULDABLE TO ACHIEVE AND IT WAS FANTASTIC.ALL THE BESTBRENTON WITT LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, RANCAPTAIN STS YOUNG ENDEAVOUR
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WIND E'LY 15 KTS, WONDERFUL WEATHER CONDITIONS!
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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