Day 6 – A Great Day of Sailing!
Ahoy there followers of this voyage! Today we’ve been out on the open ocean all day with plenty of activities and sailing to keep us busy!
This morning the Youthies woke up at a crisp 0700 to another wonderful breakfast cooked by the best chef – Stevo! Up next was the morning brief where the saltiest seadog, Matty, taught us the nautical origins of the word “posh” followed by Captain Libby’s inspirational quote of the day. Then we were off to cleaning the ship to the dulcet tunes of the Happy Hour song.
The night before, we were tasked the Bearex challenge during our watches. Testing leadership and group work, whilst also teaching us some valuable insights for the upcoming Command Day. After a late night, we were off to a day full of tacking demonstrations and rotations on the open seas. This was where each watch was given the chance to learn other watch’s tacking station, from the yards to the forestaysail and, observe Sail Master Trev controlling the process from the bridge. (Happy Birthday Trev!)
Engineer Sumo was back with Rope Races Round 4 to test our knowledge of the square sails after a delicious lunch. This was followed by the Captain’s Challenge where we were given instructions to set and furl the sails, while making all the ropes ‘tiddly’ (tidy) and tie gaskets on the main mast to get us used to running the ship on our own.
Also gracing the day was an aerobatics display from some passing flying fish and plenty of showers from the spray coming in over the sides! Perfect for a hot day!
Until the next update! Maia & Oliver
Shout out to Dad. Missing you – Oliver
Can’t wait to see my dog, Alfie! – Archer
Hello to everyone at home! Looking forward to telling you all the stories 🙂 – Maia
Latitude/Longitude:
Conditions:
Partly Cloudy, Wind N-NE 20-30Kts, Swell N 1.5-2m
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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