CLIENT: Youth Voyage
VOYAGE NUMBER: 20251217
FROM: Sydney To: Sydney
POSITION: Jerusalem Bay
DATE: 19 December 2025
REPORT: Blue Watch
We started today with a midnight to 4am watch. So fun. When we were back in bed, the bugle harassed our eardrums. After cold breakfast, we had the knotting competition and we won! It was the bowline (the hardest one).
We then sailed north towards Terrigal, and we passed the Skillion and waved at random people. As we turned around to head back south, it got a bit rockier, but it was okay. Our journey back south consisted of lots of putting up and down sails and lots of tacking.
We pulled into a bay and went swimming. It was very refreshing and we ate watermelon (that ran out to quickly) back on board the ship. As we headed off, all of a sudden, we could see rain in the distance and the ship was tipped to a 45-degree angle. Then Tony yelled out ‘Get Down’ and everyone was down on the tilted ship. Then we fixed the problem and everything was great.
After about 2 hours, we ended up in Jerusalem Bay, where half of us had done our Bronze previously. Now we are eating sticky date pudding with rain sprinkling through the windows. I’m pretty sure we’re all tired but we will be up at 4am tomorrow.