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The Job Isn’t Over
The Youth Crew were excellent hosts today and the Staff would like to thank them. Thanks for helping to teach, show around, encourage, talk to, laugh with, be friends with, and clean up after, our guests onboard. They certainly appreciated the sailing judging from the hearty cheers when we got back. We are wrapping up the voyage now and as Rick the Engineer would say ‘the job isn’t over til the paperwork is done’. But here’s what really happened today.Youth crew entry by Jody, age 18, from Yeppoon and Katie, age 21, from Canberra.Today we arose at 5.30am to set sail for Mackay, where we picked up a group of intellectually disabled guests to share some of our experiences on board a tall ship.We sailed around the outer harbour for 3 hours, many of our new crew experiencing sea sicknesses as we did at the beginning of our voyage. It was a very challenging and rewarding day for the youth crew but fun was still had by all.After our guests had disembarked the ship, the entire youth crew climbed aloft to harbour furl the square sails. We then broke into our watch groups for an end of voyage debrief, followed by a concert held by staff and youth crew.Overall we have thoroughly enjoyed our voyage on the Young Endeavour. Everyone of board has been fantastic especially the red watch team and our leader, Kath. We would like to thank all staff crew for a fun, challenging and team building voyage from Brisbane to Mackay.To end I (Jody) would like to say hi to Mum, Sarah, Andrew, Ben and Darren. Even though I will be home when you read this.I (Katie) would like to say hi to Mum and whoever else I know that might be reading this.Stay tunedAndrew Davis
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Current situation at 1800: At Mackay. Last day of the Voyage. Wind - guess. Temp 25C.
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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!!
