Sea to Cid Harbour

Good evening Shipmates,
Today we started the day with the Captain’s setting and furling exam. This caused nerve and worry within the crew, however everyone passed with flying colours. The Captain then surprised us with a challenge, this was to furl all sails with no guidance from staff crew. This was challenging however was good practice for our upcoming Command Day. After lots of hard work, we set anchor in Cid Harbour. We caught the RHIB over to Sawmill Bay, where we climbed the highest peak in the Whitsundays. This was physically and mentally challenging as it was a steep, 5km walk with many steps, but it was definitely worth it for the phenomenal view. Whilst on the hill taking photos, Captain Mike blew the Young Endeavour’s horn at us. After the long climb down some had some well-deserved safety sleeps and others played games. The crew was woken by the smell of Adam’s steak. After dinner we under took votes for Command Day. The new crew includes: Captain Gibby, Sail Master Jak, Navigator Schalk, Chefs Millie, Keely and BJ and Watch leaders Bridgo and Amber. The night concluded with popcorn and a movie about sail training ships. We now have a long night ahead with anchor watches.
by Millie, Bridgo, Archie and Ruby
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Many thanks for your story of today’s activities, Millie, Bridget, Archie and Ruby . We certainly had another busy day. The plan for tomorrow is to weigh anchor in the morning and return to anchor off Whitehaven Beach, where we plan to enable the crew to have a swim and use the ropeswing for the first time this voyage. From there we will handover control of the Ship to the youth crew for 24 hours.
Until tomorrow, Yours Aye, Captain Mike
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Conditions:
At anchor in Cid Harbour Wind: light and variable Sea and Swell: nil Weather: Fine and clear Temp: 23 deg C
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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.
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