Day 8 – Command Day Team Green
Captain Ben: Now is the end of a long 24hrs, with Dannielle and I (Ben) in command of the Young Endeavour, who could have been so crazy. The youth crew decided the roles on rye beach while anchored, after swimming, cricket and filling up with hot chips and coke, which were dearly missed by the youth crew.The handover of the Young Endeavour began at 1400, with several tasks to be completed both on the ship and in the town of Rye. The first task was to find our navigation waypoints which were conveniently placed at video ezy by the staff crew, then singing the Australian Nation Anthem with as many of the locals as possible, with a record of 25 thanks to the local RSL. The bar was set high with another 21 tasks to be complete , one was impossible being to beat the worlds fastest sailing record of205nm in 24hrs, so we got set to work in finishing task 22, eating all the fruit in a locker.At 2000 it was time to set sail, being a tall and sailing ship, sailing from anchor was a challenging task and I would very much like to say we had the cooperation of the weather but this was not so, a few hours were spent trying to turn the ship in the direction of our first way point, which was reached many hours later due to the 6 knots windsAt 0200 the ship was handed over to the next commander for 12 hours, Dannielle.
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Wind: SE'ly 8-12 kts. Nil swell. Passing showers
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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