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Day 8 – Command Day Part 1
*elbows up high to a near 180 angle* Aargh, ahoy there! I like the cut of your jib!
The long awaited Command Day has arrived! After our (ex) Sailmaster Evan serenaded us with some Coldplay to start the day, all youthies came to deck to take in the beautiful sights of Broken Bay. A highlight of today’s morning briefing was Advance Australia Fair to the tune of Amazing Grace, and Tommo finally being taken up on his non-mystery box offer – we hope Nourah enjoyed her crisp hi-5 from all staffies.
After the youthie command team had a chance to pick the brains of their wonderful staffie opposites, Captain Chris donned his tricorn captain hat and oldschool telescope and the youthies took charge of the ship. While the youthie command team of Captain Chris, Sailmaster Jenna, Navigator Ari and Watch Officer Cooper put their heads together to get Young Endeavour underway, the staffies celebrated the beginning of their with day off with holiday attire and a dive into the jellyfish-infested waters of Broken Bay.
Our first tasks were to get a snap of all youthies laying aloft on the foremast and drawing a mural on the midships for the creatives to express their highlights and memories. Our youthie watch leaders had their teams writing songs and tying knots until we were finally able to away anchor at 15:00.
During the first few hours the command team struggled but eventually rose up the to the task to get the boat moving. Setting some sails and a couple of terrific tacks in which I (Jenna) nearly lost my voice from shouting commands was what we needed to get us rolling. Massive shoutout to Masterchefs Grace, Charleigh and Waverley for a much needed and enjoyed meal, and thanks to Mack for documenting all the highlights and capturing us at our best and mostly our worst.
We are happy to announce that we are ahead of schedule in making it to each waypoint – we have already hit 2 of 4!
As much as we would love to stay and chat, there is sleep to be had and briefings to plan. Hope all you gravel grovelers have the good night’s sleep we are all missing.
Signing off,
Your favourite salty sailors Jenna and Mackaroni
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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”
