The Bright Lights of Sydney
After disembarking our half day sail guests yesterday, we motored around to anchor in Farm Cove, where the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge provides a magnificent backdrop to the final hours of our voyage. The afternoon was spent cleaning the ship and putting neat harbour furls on all the sails in preparation for going alongside. Then, after dinner, we all had the opportunity to display our Thespian talents with the ship’s concert, each watch, including staff, providing a humorous skit about their voyage. The Opera House behind our tall ship stage seemed particularly fitting. This morning it was the final set of cleaning stations, then into harbour uniforms and all Youth Crew aloft for a YOUNG ENDEAVOUR ceremonial entry and alongside at 1000. My final pleasant duty was the presentation of the Youth Crew’s voyage certificates and the Order of Australia Award to the Youth Crew member who best displayed the ideals of the Youth Scheme and the spirit of their voyage. Always a difficult decision with many of the Crew worthy of the award, this Voyage’s winner was Jordan Rayner.And so concludes Voyage 8 of 2000. Despite the lack of wind, and in some respects because of it, the voyage was still very challenging and rewarding and I am confident to say that everyone learnt a lot from it.All the best, have fun and challenge yourself each day.Cap’n Bob
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Alongside Garden Island, Sydney. Wind northwest 10 knots, blue skies, Temp 23
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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