Day 8 – Command Day

2, 6 Hey There,

On today’s episode of Young Endeavour V06A/24, we introduce you to (drum roll please) Command Day!!!

That’s right everybody, the youths on board have taken control of the ship. As of 1300 today, we have had full control of the ship and where it is going. After elections yesterday, where we voted on who would take command roles, we now run this show. During the handover, staffies handed us a list of tasks for us to complete during our rule, then took a very graceful dive off the side of the ship (all while dressed in varying costumes, which we thoroughly enjoyed).

The first order of business that we decided upon was, of course, dusting off the rope swing and giving it a whirl. After many backflips, bellyflops and majestic pindrops off the bowsprit, we lifted anchor and were off – 22 youths from around the country driving a tall ship in about the right direction on the vast ocean, off the east coast. As we head into the evening, night watches have commenced as we make our way for Newcastle (via a couple of waypoints) with a task of being at anchor by 8-9 tomorrow morning.

Ticking off tasks from our list, we have completed the use of the rope swing, we have tied every knot (five) as judged by Lowey, and made a rope hammock that carried all 22 of us youthies, as judged by Matty.

Also in todays adventures, we had a visit from the RAAF who did a fly-by over us, so naturally we got all dressed up. Setting all the sails and cleaning up the deck made for some pretty pictures from above. Three groups of two jets took turns flying over our portside. They did however manage to fool us as we tracked two on the horizon, two more snuck up behind us. But do not fret, our dear Simon gave us an ear safety brief so we didn’t all lose our hearing 🙂

The most beloved chef, Steve, cooked up a storm before having to hand over the chef hat to Lacey, Lumi, and Crystal who followed in his footsteps and kept us well fed. We started the day with the usual full English Breakfast, hashbrowns, sausages, eggs, baked beans and the lot before following into lunch with ham and cheese toasties and fettuccine rigatoni. We say a wonderful thank you to the three part-time chefs, for the Asian themed dinner cuisine. We feasted on green chicken curry and beef yellow curry on jasmine rice with sides of samosas and spring rolls.

This CLOG was brought to you by Hannah, under the direction of our current captain, Murray, and that’s all I have for you guys.

Thank you, and see you tomorrow.