Day 3 – Big Blue Brigantine
Ahoy there family, friends and loved ones,
Today the youth crew woke up to red watches’ wonderful singing to the song “yellow submarine”(/big blue brigantine) by the Beetles, from which they got ready for the day and filled their bellies with pancakes and homemade chocolate sauce, topped with their choice of fruit and maple syrup.
After breakfast we had our morning brief where we met salty the mystical nautical figure and then did another round of “happy hour” (cleaning the ship). Later we gathered at midships where we learnt some sailing theory and put it to the test through tacking the ship, and furling and setting the sails.
As we were getting ready for lunch a man overboard exercise surprised us so we moved into the stations we were told to and followed orders for rescue and recovery. Next up we had a round of “ropeys” where watches were pitted against each other to race and find equipment on board.
We anchored offshore of Kangaroo Island at 1200, where we got ready in swimmers and took a motorboat to the beach and had a swim, played games, and got to know each other more. We came back for showers and laundry about 2 hours later, and after a delicious barbeque dinner we gathered at midships to impersonate and test ourselves on how well we know our crewmates. There were a lot of laughs shared “hahahahaha.”
Finally, we learnt some theory on anchorage to help us with our anchor watches tonight, starting at 2300. The day was ended with a few youth crew laying aloft, whilst the rest of us started getting ready for bed. Overall the day was a blast and we learnt a lot, and of course look forward to tomorrow’s adventures.
Today’s youth crew cloggers,
Em G and Tiarna
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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