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Day 9 – Command Day!
Ahoy there! All Youthies to Midships! Welcome to the Captain’s Log for Day 9!
Overnight the Youthies attempted to keep their ears open, and eyes peeled on anchor watches in Port Stephens, and attempted to get as much sleep for the big Command Day! As this day approached just as fast as the wind did, the Youthies felt prepared and started their windy day to “Chicken Fried”.
Lead by Captain Brittany we smashed through several of the tasks, such as scrubbing the deck, creating a hammock that could hold all 24 Youthies, write a Captain’s Log :), teach the Staffies new skills, and conduct a dance off. These challenges required a lot of creativity, teamwork, and trust in each other. These challenges pushed us to our limits and a lot of blood, sweat and tears were scrubbed off the deck of the Young Endeavour.
However, with smashing these tasks problems do arise… Mother Nature being one of them. She had to have her say in our day and she clearly didn’t like how well we worked together. So, she decided to send (predicted) 40 knot winds and 4-5 metre swell our way. But we took this on the chin, rubbed the salt off our skin and carried on, excited to have another short and most certainly sweet night of anchorage watches.
Our amazing Chefos- Mads, Rachel and Eden created a 3rd mouth-watering meal for us so we could eat our feelings away with a great “Pub Feed” themed Dinner.
As we kept our anchorage and prepared for our watches, we reminisced of the times spent, and inside jokes made as we await to set sail for an adjusted Command Day (navigation version) and Community Day tomorrow.
Yours with kind and salty hearts,
Charlie and Will
Latitude/Longitude:
Conditions:
Cloudy, Wind N 30-35Kts, Swell N 1-2m
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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!!
