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Day 05 – Leaving Tasmania in our Wake
After weighing anchor, we were keen to head back to the open ocean once the rough Northerlies had passed from the previous days and promising Southerlies were forecast through the Bass Strait.
Today’s adventure started with an early rise to a stunning sunrise in Coles Bay. Followed shortly by making way through Great Oyster Bay we navigated our way through Schouten passage. While underway we moved on to happy hour in which we thoroughly clean the populated areas of the ship to ensure that we all maintain our hygiene.
The sea state we met was refreshing with calm winds and slow swells. We were grateful to finally set some sails to continue the journey towards home waters. Throughout the day we spotted many pods of dolphins amongst a couple of whales far off the starboard beam.
Our watch group (White Watch) was one that ventured onto the bowsprit today at sea and were able to look back on the ship while under full fore and aft sail and appreciate the ship in all her beauty.
During the day we participated in rope racing run by SAM the MAN, followed by a sail theory brief by Captain Leups himself before then separating into group activities to enhance our knowledge and understanding about navigation before the BIG DAY (command day).
Sending this with lots of love from,
Allysha, Monet and Dan!!
P.S. not ready to even think about going home to the thought of not having Steve’s yummy cooking.
“20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones that you did. So throw off your bowlines, sail away from safe harbour. Catch the tradewinds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Mark Twain.
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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!!
