Headwinds
Ahoy there Shipmates, Overnight the Ship continued to make ground to the north-east towards Jervis Bay and the wind maintained a steady 15 kn from the NE, which was the direction we needed to go in. This resulted in us having to motor most of the day. Morning Brief included an informative presentation from ‘Salty’ who spoke on the nautical origins of the expressions: ‘to let the cat out of the bag,’ ‘to have someone over a barrel,’ and ‘not enough room to swing a cat.’ This included another display of Staffie fine acting skills. Nana made her first appearance at the Morning Brief and she used her ‘parade of shame’ of loose, unsecured items of clothing she had found lying around in the Youthie accommodation. Next she taught the crew the song ‘Crabs and Seashells.’ After Happy Hour I gave my first Sail Theory presentation to White Watch, arming them with the necessary knowledge for Command Day. Following lunch the crew had an hour of down time to relax before Round 2 of Ropies. I then gave Sail Theory briefs to the remaining watches. It is intended to continue our passage to Jervis Bay overnight, with each of the watches undertaking the teamwork and leadership exercise known as the ‘Bearex’ during their night watch. Until tomorrow,  Yours Aye,  Captain Mike
Latitude/Longitude:
Conditions:
Wind - NNE at 16 Kn, Weather: fine, Swell - from the NE at 1.5 m, Temp: 18 deg. C
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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