Day 4 – Into the Unknown

Day 4!! A few of us woke up well rested, others not so much. All rising to the sound of the Weather Girls and Raining Men over the loud speakers.
Our first colours ceremony then commenced run by White Watch (the best watch, obviously), the ANF, Indigenous Flag, Torres Straight Island Flag and the White Ensign were raised at exactly 8am after an amazing pipe performed by yours truly (it’s me Georgie – hi fam!). After a nice brekky of egg and bacon rolls or porridge and a lot of coffee we started our day with the morning meeting. We found we had a jam packed day of sailing and fun. To prepare for watches and command day, we had a nav briefing from the one, the only, the lovely Trevor.
After Happy Hour (the happiest hour of the day – the “best bunk” competition is rigged) we put on our harnesses to go aloft to release the gaskets on the square sails. Lots of people conquered their fears and climbed to the topgallant sail, while others made progress climbing out onto the lower yards. Our fellow White Watch Legend Phoebe refused to come down from the main mast, rumour has it she’s still up there.
Then a lovely lunch of lamb back strap, quiche, chicken kiev and salads. We had a very well-deserved rest before Rope Races round 3!!! WOOOOOHOOOOO! White Watch dominated the competition because we are the best and the strongest (don’t listen to the other watches).
It was then time to say bye to our wonderful anchorage spot near Shell Beach and to sail away from anchor into the unknowwwnnnnn. Oo boogie boogie. It went very well, so well in fact they trusted us to practice our tacking stations and learn about the other watches jobs (white watch definitely has it the hardest, we’re tough). Because we smashed that, the youthies had to take full control to set the squares (not the shape, the sails).
Our teamwork really shone through. Youthies were taking turns being “Sailmaster” and giving the orders and overall was a success. Dinner made us feel like we were in a fancy 5-star restaurant, with the menu consisting of: potato bake (YUMMMMM, we loved it), Asian duck with rice, steak and spag bol. AND we can’t forget about the choccy pudding…. bussin
It was then time for chill and sleep ready for our watches tonight! Once again White Watch got the tough one from 8-12 but we’re powering through.
We are sure this is the best Captain’s Log you’ve ever read.
You’re welcome.
Peace out, Inara and Georgie
Shout-outs!
Hey fam and friends! Miss you all heaps and heaps! So excited to tell you all about the incredible time I’m having! I’m safe and I’m very happy! See you in a week! Love INARA xxx
Hey peeps, yes I’m taking photos mother. Its super chill, but I finally get what you’re on about when you complain about instant coffee. See you soon, byeeeeee.
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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!!

ARRRGH, ahoy there from the spectacular Jervis Bay! We’ve all been taken A-back by the crystal clear blue waters and snow white sands.
After a well deserved sleep in these sheltered waters which was a refreshing change to clinging to our bunk racks for dear life for the past few days, the ship rose to another banger of a morale tune “sung” by Blue Watch. Brekkie was fun after the early morning activity to get us all up and moving. We held another round of competitive not-competitive rope races which culminated in smashed eggs on deck and the mummification of said egg smashers.
Roast lamb for lunch was prepped by the staffies in the absence of our culinary wizard Steve. Once cleaned up, we took the RHIB’s across to Captains Beach bordering HMAS Creswell which was a mind-blowingly beautiful little spot. Pretty much everyone had a dip in the drink and a roll in the sand and played some creative beach games run by our Suitability legends, Speedy Sam and Eggs.
A few hours at the beach made everyone ready to head back home and attack a teak deck barbeque, devouring cheese platters, steaks, sangas, and salads. With our full stomachs, us youthies initiated the highly anticipated elections for our command day roles. Which will commence sometime around midday tomorrow. We held a vote for each available role that all willing youthies put themselves forward for.
The following roles were voted as follows: Captain – Warwick, Sailmaster – Hugh, Navigator – Ruscoe, Officer of the Watch – Dan, Watch Leader – Nick, Ben, Bridget, Master chef – Emily, Mackenzie, Alyshia
We were greeted after our elections by a low flying anti-submarine MH60-Romeo Helicopter which did a cool fly around our ship. *Thanks Squizz!!* And then watched an amazing film about the rounding of Cape Horn back in 1929 on a 7 story tall sail ship.
Signing off from our anchor watch, Ben and Giles.
“I believe that positive energy and optimism help us to take up any challenge in life and to succeed in even the most difficult tasks. I also believe that positive energy is contagious: We can transmit it to others”
