The View of A Lifetime

Situation at 20:00- Well what a day it has been! Today commenced at 0630 with an early morning wake up call courtesy of Red Watch and was quicklyfollowed up with a few activities designed to get the blood pumping. Morning routine followed, including a lovely breakfast spread, showers and the YC generally steeling themselves for Day 2 of the voyage. At 0800 we all gathered at the bridge for our flag ceremony and then the inaugural morning brief for the voyage.The YC quickly followed up morning brief by cleaning the Ship and having morning tea before weighing anchor at 1020 and proceedingto sea. Once the anchor had been brought home and the ‘Bilge Iguana’ laid to rest, it was time to get into some more sail training. Over the next four hours, the YC were taken through the setting and furling procedures for each of the major sails onboard.At 1545 XO Bullet made the pipe ‘Hands to Tacking Stations’. It was time to consolidate and put into practice all the training that the YC had done to this point, by conducting some tacking drills. The YC used the opportunity to prove to me that they had absorbed much of what had been taught and were capable, if required,of getting up in the middle of the night and tacking the Ship. This is an important milestone in the context of the voyage.With the wind from the Sou’ West and up around 25 Knots, it is a very tired YC that finished the day’s work at 1645. They haveall been retired for tea and closed up into their night watches. Overnight should see a significant amount of sail handling andconsolidation of the YC’s ship knowledge, during their four hour watches.Youth Crew Entry from Kurt Barker, 16 of Wynyard, TAS:Hey Mum, Dad and Jess, last night was an absolute ball, we had the shift from 8pm till 12. We managed to climb to the top of the mast and get the view of a life time. We are currently 25 miles off Burnie and sailing in rough but fun conditions to Stanley. It’s also been pretty good to know that I’m not one of the ten or so people withtheir heads hanging over the Side! Look forward to seeing you at the end of the voyage, take care.KurtYOUNG ENDEAVOUR Mariner Speak:BRIGHTWORK: The short nautical term for Brass. This term refers to all the brasswork around the Ship that is polished ‘bright’ on a regular basis. Thought of the Day:>> ‘If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life he imagines, he will meetwith success unexpected in common hours.’- Henry David ThoreauMore To Follow,Paul Barrie, RANLieutenantActing Commanding Officer
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At Sea 25 NM north of Burnie. Wind from Sou' West @ 25 kts.
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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.
“I believe that positive energy and optimism help us to take up any challenge in life and to succeed in even the most difficult tasks. I also believe that positive energy is contagious: We can transmit it to others”
