Day 10 – Penultimatum in Port Adelaide
Ahoy dear readers, the morning of day 10 found the ship at sea in the Gulf St Vincent, heading for Port Adelaide, having weighed anchor at 2000 the previous night. Youth Crew spent their last night at sea doing a variety of fun activities like climbing, navigation, vibing with each other and setting/furling sails. We entered Port Adelaide at 0730 and proceeded to a berth to prepare for our Community Day Sail.
We gave her a good clean and by 0930 the ship was ready to receive our guests who came from Disability Services Network (DSN) out of Adelaide, along with a small group from Defence Force Recruiting, to share some time with us, hear our sea stories and have a mini adventure for themselves. I’m sure you’re aware that STS Young Endeavour belongs to all young Australians, even those not able to complete a full 11 day voyage, so today it was great to be able to bring some of those folks along for a fun cruise on ‘their’ ship. It was also nice to give their carers a day out of the ‘office’ 🙂 Up and down the Port Adelaide River we went, in rain and in sunshine with sails out proudly.
Back alongside at 1300 we bade farewell to our new shipmates and then Youth Crew sat down with their Watch Leaders to have a final End of Voyage debrief, to ensure all targets were hit and that we staff continue to improve what we do. Then it was up the foremast once more, this time to harbour furl the square sails to ensure we look sharp for our final arrival at McLaren Wharf tomorrow morning (through Diver Derrick Bridge at 0600 BTW).
Once that was complete, Ash served up some bellisimo pizzas that we all enjoyed topside watching the yachts and dragon boat training on the river. After dinner some more end of voyage administration took place before it was dark enough to setup up the projector for a final voyage recap by way of photographic slide show, poem recital and a good old fashioned sea shanty sing along. A lovely way to reflect on a fantastic voyage and spend some quality time with shipmates.
11 days ago, 20 youth crew from all over Australia, came together to sail this vessel, have fun and challenge themselves. They have not only done that but have faced and overcome fears and learnt a lot about themselves and each other along the way. An amazing voyage visiting the Ayre and Yorke Peninsulas, Spencer Gulf, Investigator Strait and the Gulf of St Vincent, as well as Kangaroo Island. Some spectacular anchorages, great sailing, all types of weather and great shipmates. Tomorrow they will leave with new skills, improved persistence, resilience and adaptability, with a realisation that they can do difficult things. It never gets old for us staff members, as we truly love our work. Yours Aye, Captain Adam Charlie Farley+
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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