Day 8 – Command Day
6.30 wakey wakey, all feeling excited and nervous about the big command day ahead of us. After a peaceful night in Broken Bay our youthies cracked on with happy hour before those with elected positions had a chance to sit down with their respected Staffies roles.
At 1000 the joyful sound of the staffies singing their rendition of ‘Summer holiday’ and strolling through midships, virgin pina colada’s in hand, the official handover commenced. With Captain Charlie Jnr now in charge the youthies opened their package revealing a list of 27 various tasks and a point blank riddle that proved the guys really have a boys look, missing the clue that was hidden in plain sight.
Our youthies hastily scrambled to complete a list of tasks provided to them by the now temporarily decommissioned staff. After the completion of a series of riddles, all those on board got excited to dig in to the first meal prepared by our new chef team.
Bellies full of burgers and kebabs, the youthies finished up the hammock challenge supporting all 23 crew while the youthies assembled a 6 person beach assault team to row ashore (Hungry beach) to collect the critical navigational instructions. This was just one task among others including getting a photo of all Youth Crew aloft while at anchor.
At 1500 having completed multiple tasks we lifted anchor and began our final journey to Sydney Harbour. The staffies gave us a little push, motoring us to the entrance of Broken Bay. There our youthies began to battle crazy winds and seas, setting sails to power them to the next way point. The newly appointed watch groups began to rotate through watches and paid a visit to the café for an amazing dinner of spag bol, fajitas and brownies.
Holding steady against the wind, all youth crew ascended from their racks at 2145 for the first youthie tack! A successful tack got Young Endeavour on its new course to WP 2. Spirits are high amongst the youthies, all making the most of being in command of a tall ship.
Hoping to arrive at the final waypoint by 0900, a successful first half to command day is done!
From three new tall ship sailors,
Captain Charlie Jnr, Cooper (Zooper Dooper) and Katie
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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