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Day 10 – Final Night of Voyage 12-23
Hi All,
Welcome to the last full day of V12/23! There were very mixed feelings as the voyage is coming to a close. We woke up to a fully cooked barbeque breakfast, featuring our trusty engineer, Hitchy (the Man), demonstrating how to fry eggs Young Endeavour style (on the rolling deck in 2 metre swell). Proving to be a little too rocky for our liking, we elected to eat breakfast below deck in the comfort of the café!! It would be a shame not to mention the delicious scones served by Ash for morning tea, yumm.
Morning brief featured Salty Phil, Ash and Trevor demonstrating the origin of the word ‘heads’ for bathrooms on a ship. While we are still not sure if its true, apparently it involved some brave, desperate, sailors hanging off the figurehead of a ship. Following morning brief, Sail Master Tommo decided that, seeing as we enjoyed happy hour (our daily cleaning routine) so much, we should do it again!! This time more thoroughly lol. Readers will be relieved to note that we left the Young Endeavour in Ship Shape.
Following this Bill and Justin treated us to a round of Prisoner’s Dilemma Jeopardy style trivia where the crew had to decide whether to band together or fight for the honour of trivia winner. We had a simple (but no less brilliant) lunch of quiches, party pies, sausage rolls, spinach and ricotta triangles, and pumpkin soup which was much appreciated by all members of the crew, then set sails to head to our final destination of Cairns Harbour. Do you know why Tuna Fish don’t like to swim up past Townsville? because they end up in ‘Cairns!!’ (Thanks Mac).
After setting all the sails we undertook a final round of Ropeys, after a few very competitive rounds followed by a final all decisive round of a Zooper-Dooper eating race. After a beautiful sail to Cairns, we motored down past the harbour waving to our friends on British, Welsh, American, and Australian Navy vessels. After setting the anchor we had pizzas made by the Youth Crew followed by some conclusion presentations that were prepared during Command Day. From a sea shanty, a poem, and a slideshow it was a lovely way to conclude a massive journey.
Mac – Hello to Mum, Dad and Harriet! I have been having a wonderful time and have been enjoying learning how to sail, while seeing the beautiful coastline of North Queensland. I am feeling refreshed and am excited to see you guys when I am back on land. P.S Ella, I am still counting on a lift from the airport x
Kellie- Mother, Father and Esteemed Sibling; Morale is high. I am still breathing. Will see you when I come home next. Shiver me timbers.
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Conditions:
Currently anchored in Trinity Inlet and enjoying light 5-8kt SW winds with a few passing showers and nil swell.
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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!!
