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Day 7 – Sea to Patonga Anchorage
Greetings from the sea!
The day began dark and foggy with the beautiful sunrise captured by the eyes of White Watch. They successfully looked after the ship through the early morning until 0800. From there, each watch underwent the Captain’s setting and furling of sails. This was a test without our watch leaders to prove we could successfully and safely command the ship in preparation for Command Day. In positive news, all watches passed with flying colours. Hazaah!
To test the youthies teamwork, Captain Mike set us a tough challenge. In 50 minutes, we had to sea-furl all three of the square-sails and mainsail by youthies laying aloft on the foremast and mainmast while simultaneously furling the fore and aft sails. This prepared us to anchor in another part of Broken Bay, Patonga Beach.
Ash served up a storm, once again, preparing us for a snappy rendition of happy hour (we shine bright like a diamond).
Getting into our feels, we completed the ‘Stop, Start, Continue’ reflection exercise to acknowledge our areas of growth whilst on Young Endeavour and hope to take back with us. We can’t wait to receive these in our letterboxes in six months’ time to remind us of the joyous voyage we have experienced.
The RHIBs came out once more to transport us to solid ground where we walked our sea-legs off, and hugged numerous trees. We hiked to a lookout point along the Great Northern Walk, where we could view our beautiful home from afar. After enjoying a refreshing beverage at a civilised establishment, we returned to the mother-ship to avast our hunger.
Captain Mike then gathered the youthies to provide a brief regarding Command Day which is due to commence at 1300 tomorrow. We elected ten capable youthies to lead the pack into awaiting adventures – see you soon Sydney!
In appreciation of our tall ship adventure, we viewed the 1929 passage of the approximately 100-metre-long square-rigged ship ‘Peking’ in the film ‘Around Cape Horn’. It showed impressive sail capabilities and inspired us youthies.
We leave you in good spirits to complete our anchor watches – ‘till tomorrow you lovely people!
Daily rating: 9 camels and a donkey
Ingrid (Watch Officer) and Jess (Navigator)
Sam – dot-dot-dot-dot dot-dot (‘hi’ in morse code)
Matt – Hi Mummy!! xox
Jasper – Peace, love, and open ocean!
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Conditions:
Weather: fine; Wind: 315 / 8 Knots; Swell: Nil; Temp: 23 deg. C
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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!!
