COMMAND DAY PART 2

Hi EveryoneUnfortunately for the Youth Crew the wind moderated to less than 5kts just after midnight so they had no alternative than to request the use of engines to reach their final waypoint. This request was approved and at 0115 this morning Young Endeavour entered Sydney Harbour and proceeded to anchor in Hunters Bay and by doing so reached the Youth Crews final Command Day navigation waypoint. Throughout the early hours of the morning the Youth Crew continued to complete their outstanding tasks and by the time the Ship was handed back to the Staff Crew at 1000 most tasks had been achieved. With the Staff Crew now back in charge orders were given to weigh anchor and the Ship departed Hunters Bay and proceeded alongside at Fleet Base East berthing at 1100. Once alongside garbage bins were emptied, stores embarked and a good wash-down completed in preparation for Australia Day. This afternoon we gave the Youth Crew a well earned rest period so that they could recover from the sleep deprivation that they had experienced during the previous 24 hours. At 1430 Young Endeavour departed her berth and proceeded to anchor in Athol Bay. Later this afternoon with everyone well rested and the ship safely at anchor we conducted a facilitated debrief of the Command Day and discussed a number of key lessons learnt throughout this activity which can be taken away and used in everyday life. This evening following dinner we held a slide show on deck which gave everyone the opportunity to reflect on their experiences over the past 9 days. On completion of this slide show the ship reverted to anchor watches for the evening so that everyone can get a good nights rest in preparation for tomorrows Australia Day celebrations.Tomorrow will see Young Endeavour participate in a number of Australia Day activities on the magnificent Sydney Harbour. These activities will include the Tall Ships Parade of Sail, Tall Ship Race and to complete the day we will enter Cockle Bay at 1800 tomorrow evening were we will provide a backdrop for the evening’s fireworks.Please find attached a number of Captains Log entries from the Youth Crew of Voyage 02-10.Until tomorrow, take care.Yours AyeCaptain GavCAPTAINS LOG PART 2Ahoy there everyone in Canberra!! Having a great time aboard so far and looking forward to our involvement in Australia Day celebrations on Sydney Harbour tomorrow. I have many stories to tell and photos to share with you. If I start heaving in ropes and turning the winch on the washing line when I return, I’m not crazy, just reminiscing about this amazing voyage! Steve BHey hey, glad that command day is finished and I can start to recoup some of the sleep that has been snatched over from it. Having an amazing time out on the high seas (read: the Tasman Sea) and looking forward to getting amongst the Australia Day celebrations tomorrowï¿½.possibly from the topgallant!!!!! Cheers Chris!!!!!!!!!Guess what guys?? Yes, I am still alive! Having a great time on board & looking forward to celebrating Australia day in style tomorrow. See you all soon. TC LauraHi Albury! I can’t wait for tomorrow, a boat race and fireworks in Sydney. It will be a good send off of a last day on board. I have been so sleep deprived. Missing everyone at home so much! Thankyou Legacy for this adventure. It’s been amazing. Phi. MHey all, I’m sure you’ve been missing me, tomorrow should be smszing, we’ll be out on the harbour for Australia day, it will be the perfect way to cap off such an amazing voyage. We have faced so many challenges both as a crew and as individuals, words really can’t do justice. I’m looking forward to catching up on some sleep when I get home, and not being woken up every four hours! Thanks heaps to Captain Gav and all the staffies (especially Taffy and Snowy, White Watch Pride!!!) See you all on Wednesday! Michael (ex Sail-Master)We are anchored in Sydney Harbour for our 9th sleep on board. It’s very frustrating so close to everyone I miss. Happy Australia Day – wave to us! Pip (ex Watch Officer)Tonight we have an amazing view of Sydney Harbour, bring on Australia Day! Time onboard has gone so quickly but I’m missing everyone heaps. I never thought after 9 days I could sail a ship like this. Looking forward to seeing everyone in Adelaide soon! Shell (don’t forget the 29th!)Hi team Ballarat, just looked out the porthole and the opera house is right there. Its going to be a good Australia Day!! Missing you all, see you all after a massive sleep on Wednesday!! Rachael ex Watch leader (the person that yells)Newcastle, Leroy will be Missing In Action for Australia day 2010, However I will be sailing in Sydney harbour for Aus day. AMAZING. I am peeling from my chronic sunburn, I expect everyone in Newcastle to have the same to make me feel normal. A huge thanks to CBA for sponsoring me on this voyage, the skills and life lessons learnt have been equal to none. Forever grateful. Flashing black markers – LeroyHello, well the voyage is nearly over. But this once band of strangers from all walks of life have grown into a well tuned team, not just any team, team “Youth Crew”. We have had a number of challenges and surprises along the way some of which more enjoyable than others but all together one of the greatest and rewarding adventures I have had yet, I have thoroughly enjoy every minute off it!!! But wait its not over yet Australia day in Sydney harbour I bet will be one of the highlights, not that it has all been AWSOME!!! Thank you very much to the Capitan Gav and all the crew, without your brilliant and all individual personalties the voyage may have been very different. Thank you!! Alex Warren ( ex-watch leader).Hey hey!!!! Well, the adventure is almost at its end. We have all had an amazing experience while living in close quarters and learning new skills. My most exciting and fulfilling part of the voyage was navigating the ship from Botany Bay on a northern route into Sydney Harbour. We arrived in the early hours of the morning and dropped her anchor right on target. Thanks for everyone on Voyage 2/10 for making this a once in a lifetime experience. Jarrod Nikolsky “NIKO”ï¿½.. (EX NAVIGATOR)ï¿½..Hey everyone!!!!!!!!!! Sad to say but my time here on the young endeavour is almost at an end. There have been so many amazing experiences on this voyage and I want to thank everyone who made it possible, you all have been truly accepting and it has made my time on board so much easier to adapt to. Highlights include the rope swing, seeing wild dolphins and being part of the beach assault team (BAT). Thanks to all the staff that pushed me to my limits and then some but made the voyage exciting and fun. I have learnt a lot about myself and others and will take away some truly worthwhile life lessons. Once again, thank you for making this an extremely memorable voyage. Forever greatful, Alice “A-List” DrescherHi everyone, well the Young Endeavour ride is sadly two days from over and it’s been an awesome experience. The mix of people from so many different locations in Australia has made for a very interesting mix of people making up the youth crew. The last 9 days have been truly memorable and will stick with me and my fellow crewmembers for the rest of our lives. Highlights of the trip have definitely not been few and include climbing up the mast to the ludicrously high topgallant sail. Dolphins and ridiculously good food have been a regular occurrence onboard and the best is yet to come as we sail through Sydney harbour tomorrow as part of the Australia day celebrations. It’s been an amazing experience and thanks goes out to fellow staffies and youth crew for helping the trip be the best it could be for everyone. Lachie Tucker ï¿½..(EX WHITEWATCH LEADER)ï¿½..Â Â

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Currently at anchor at Athol Bay and enjoying light NE winds with nil swell.

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Good morning Shipmates, Sailmaster Sara's final Wakey Wakey song was pumped through the Ship’s speakers to jar the crew of YE from their deep slumber after a particularly tiring day of the Community Day Sail. Activities included end-of-voyage chats for the watches, harbour furling the square sails, eating as much home made pizza, cooked by master chef Ash, as we possibly could and knocking over final command day tasks including the Slide Show. It was up on deck for a quick head count to make sure everyone was out of their ‘racks’ and ready for their final day onboard. Breakfast was followed by the morning brief on the plan for the day and then the Staff Crew weighed anchor and got us underway while the Youth Crew laid aloft for a quick harbour cruise. Navigator Seb piloted the Ship from our Athol Bay anchorage, past Fort Dennison under the Harbour Bridge, where we fired the Ship’s saluting cannon, and then into Balls Head Bay to our berth. We berthed at HMAS Waterhen at 1000 to the warm welcome of friends and family of the Youthies, waiting on the wharf for us. Once we had secured the ship alongside we invited our guests onboard, allowed them a walk around the ship to see where the Youthies had lived and worked for the last eleven days, and then we gathered everyone at midships. Sail Master Sara spoke about our adventures during the voyage and then I presented the Voyage Completion certificates to the youth crew and the Young Endeavour Award to Liv for her outstanding hard work on in undertaking the voyage and her dedication to helping her fellow youth crew members to achieve their voyage goals. We then farewelled the Youth Crew of V04/24 after a fantastic challenging and enjoyable voyage. Thank you for following our adventures and hope you enjoyed hearing about them. Yours, aye, Captain Mike

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Day 10 – Community Day Sail Sydney Harbour

Good evening shipmates, After a well-earned quality night’s sleep at anchor in Hunters Bay, Sail Master Sara woke us with another of her soothing tunes to get us on deck for a quick early morning activity. After breakfast the staff crew weighed anchor and conducted the transit to HMAS Waterhen, at Waverton. We berthed there at 0900 and prepared to embark our guests for the Community Day Sail. At 1015 we cast off our berthing lines and departed with our 34 guests and commenced our 3 hour tour of the harbour. Our Community Day Sailors were a group 30 members and staff from the Windgap Foundation. We also embarked some defence personnel as well. We again passed under the Harbour Bridge and then proceeded into Rose Bay where we set some sails and commenced sailing back towards Waterhen. Whilst on the harbour our fantastic youth crew helped us host our Windgap special guests. They encouraged our guests to participate in setting the staysails and a square sail by helping to pull on the sheets and clewlines. The youth crew also helped Chef Ash to prepare and deliver the food to our guests on deck. At 1300, after 3 fun-packed hours on the harbour, we berthed back at the southern wharf at HMAS Waterhen. Once we had farewelled our guests it was time to commence our end-of-voyage activities and preparations. The staff crew managed to organise a visit to the RAN Ship MATV Sycamore, which is crewed by a mixture of civilians and Navy staff, is a multi-role aviation training vessel. The youth crew embarked with their watch leaders and were given a 45 minute tour of the ship by some of the Navy crew. On completion they returned onboard and Young Endeavour sailed and proceeded to our anchorage in Athol Bay, which affords a great view of the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. During the transit to the anchorage the Youthies undertook their end-of-voyage chats, facilitated by their watch leaders, to examine if they had achieved everything in their full-value contracts they had completed at the start of the voyage. After the traditional last voyage dinner of home made pizzas, Sara gave the Youthies the Harbour Furl brief, who then donned their climbing harnesses and laid aloft to undertake the ‘Harbour Furl’ of the square sails to make them look immaculate for our ceremonial arrival at the end of the voyage tomorrow. Once that was completed, the youth crew then finished off their final outstanding Command Day tasks, which were planned for the last night onboard. These included the Voyage Slide Show compiled of photos taken by everyone. This was excellent and provided a touching reminder of what we had experienced and the beautiful coastlines and islands that we had visited during the voyage. The final activity of the day was the end-of-voyage administration, which for the youth crew included a feedback questionnaire asking for feedback on their experience of the voyage, as well as a letter for each crew member to write to themselves on their experiences during the voyage, which the Young Endeavour Youth Scheme will post to the youth crew in 6 months time. The aim of this is to help reinforce what the youth crew have learned about leadership, teamwork and about themselves from the experience of the voyage. Once these were completed the crew were encouraged to go to bed. The Ship will remain in Athol Bay overnight and weigh anchor and sail in the morning at 0900 and undertake the transit to HMAS Waterhen, where family and friends will meet the Ship on arrival at 1000. Until you hear from me tomorrow for the final instalment of Voyage 04/24. Yours aye, Captain Mike

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Day 9 – Command Day Part 2

Ahoy from Sydney! For today’s Captain’s Log: the Youthies took over and completed several tasks including singing the national anthem in three different tunes as well as giving salty sea facts to start the day in a nautical way. We finally made it! After a long and weary effort of the command team and watches, we were able to fully sail into Sydney Harbour. At approximately 11:50 we anchored in Hunters Bay. To celebrate we had a groovtastic disco in the 12 berth due to excessive rainfall but the youthies made it work, having a blast dancing to Billie Jean. Afterwards, the youthies as well as the staff reflected on our efforts during command day, following the handover of the ship to the Staffies, where we highlighted what we did well, what we could improve on and what lessons we can take back to our normal lives, of which there are many. Continuing on from the previous log, with command day still ongoing. We encountered multiple problems. One of which being that mother nature didn’t bless us and gave us little to no wind to work with. However with the efforts of the Youthies we were able to successfully gather up to 8 knots of speed after a 4am tack in which the youthies persevered despite a lack of sleep enabling us to make our way into Sydney. Before our reflection the Youthies finished their day strong with a ‘Happy Hour’ cleaning session and one final dance. The afternoon was spent relaxing and recharging from ‘Command Day’, going aloft and furling the square sails. For dinner, Ash prepared a barbecue with steak, sausages, chicken kebabs with buns and an assortment of salads with a delicious chocolate cake for dessert. The Youthies are looking forward to the Community Day Sail tomorrow which will be a great opportunity to give back to Australia and put our sailing knowledge to the test. We have learned many lessons during ‘Command Day’, we pushed ourselves out of our comfort zone and together a crew of 24 youth were able to sail a tall ship into the harbour of Sydney. Today’s score: 9 camels and a donkey (Amazing) Until next time Rock on! Tarvi, Kaeden and Matt. P.S. Happy Birthday for tomorrow little bro, love Lil xx P.S.S. Kai, sorry I didn’t do the thing for Meg. I just remembered and will do it when back.

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

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