Sooo Sooo Tired!

Today we were lucky enough to take a group of young Victorians for a sail with us, from rural schools around the state, as well as some other special guests. Conditions were great for sailing and our crew for the day helped with all aspects of sailing, setting and furling sails under the expert tutelage of the youth crew.After our guests disembarked we had a busy afternoon preparing for the end of the voyage and especially for our ship’s concert ��� the sod’s opera. After such a great voyage it is sad to see it drawing to a close, so we are making the most of our final night together.Yours ayeMatthew RoweYouth crew entry by Rohan Kuiper age 23 from Shepparton Vic.This is our last night on the Young Endeavour. For me it has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of my life. It is sad that it is drawing to a close. It only seems like a few days ago we stepped onto the ship with little or no knowledge about sailing a tall ship. The things we have learned and the experiences we have encountered during our voyage will certainly stay with me for a lifetime. It was great meeting new people, getting to know them, working alongside with them and making new friends. We all hope to keep in contact after we leave the ship tomorrow. I hope that in the future I can sail on the Young Endeavour again. God bless, Rohan.Youth crew entry by Mark Burrell age 16 from Melbourne Vic.Today is our final day on board STS Young Endeavour. In the past nine day’s it has been a great challenge for us all, but we have all had a great time. It is sad to know that this is our final night, but we are glad that we are going home. Through out the past nine days it has been a great experience for us to learn how to sail a tall ship and it has been hard work, but we all pulled together and got through it. After leaving the ship tomorrow it will take a bit of time to get used to everything not moving and to get our land leg’s back. We had a great concert that we all (including staff) had to participate in, we all had a great time. In conclusion I would just like to say a big hello to my girlfriend Belinda and to tell her that I love her very much. Mark…Name: Sarah GowlingCall me: BeaverAge: 17 and 21 daysFrom: Peterborough SAI am sitting here in the little room with all the radars and stuff writing this while looking out of the door beside me is the lights of Melbourne. Its ten past 12 in the morning and I have to get up at 4am so I better start thinking about going to bed, I’m sooo sooo tired it’s not funny. Hi to Daniel miss you lots and lots. Love from Beaver.
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Captain's Log for Wednesday 19 September 2001Situation at 1800: at anchor in Hobsons Bay, Port Melbourne, Vic. Wind light and variable. Temp 14c.
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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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