Outer Harbour, Adelaide
The youth crew came to within a few miles of their final objective before the wind died shortly after lunch. Engines were turned on for the final minutes of Command Day and these guys had done very well. They had worked hard and achieved a great deal. Once at anchor off Semaphore Beach, just to the south of Port Adelaide, the Beach Assault Team charged ashore. Once ashore they drummed up support from the locals for a wonderful rendition of our national anthem.The Command Day was now over but the fun was not. All of the crew proceeded ashore for a sports afternoon followed by a BBQ. It was a lovely afternoon and evening and the magnificent sunset with the ship in the foreground made for a great Kodak moment.Later in the evening with everybody back onboard, we debriefed the Command Day. This was thought provoking as both the good and not so good elements of the experience were discussed.This morning we weighed anchor shortly after 0800 and proceeded to Adelaide Outer Harbour berthing at 0900. We are about to embark about 30 guests, mostly young intellectually disabled kids, and take them for a three-hour sail. We’ve got a fresh breeze so I think we’re in for an exciting time. I’ll let you know how it goes tomorrow in my final instalment for this voyage.
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Wind NW 20 kts, Temp 19, Clear skies.
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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