Fighting On
After a wet day on deck learning the ropes, we got underway and started setting some sails. By 1600 we were in the open sea and the Youth Crew (YC) demonstrated that they were able to tack the ship. They are tired and wet but fighting on and doing a great job of learning the ship and their shipmates. When the hard part of the day was over we were treated to some whales (humpbacks I think) frolicking and broaching nearby.After dark the wind picked up considerably and we can expect a bumpy night. It’s blowing from the direction we need to travel but by tomorrow it should ease and veer to the west, allowing a run south down to Cape Leeuwin – our turning point to get us travelling east toward Esperence.Our YC our doing well and some are aloft at the moment on the uppermost yards, furling the sails, in 30 knots of wind and driving rain. But that’s life on a Tall Ship.Stay tunedAndrew Davis
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Current situation at 2000: At sea south of Rottnest Island, whale watching. Wind - a light easterly, temp 15C.
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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