Revised Aug 27 2021
1 pm: Light Winds and fine Weather with haze.
2 pm: Exercised Marines at small Arms and fired.
4 pm: Unbent the Old and bent the next best Fore Sail. Saw a Mother Careys Chicken and many Porpoises
5 pm: Let fresh Water into the Ship and Worked the pumps to Ventilate the Ship.
7 pm: Shortned Sail to Double Reefs.
12 mid: A Dew
5 am: Out Reefs and made all possible Sail
6 am: Saw Tropic Birds and two Noddies.
8 am: Fair Weather with a great Haze. Served Hot Breakfast.
9 am: Sailmakers repairing Old Main Top Sail. Saw a large Patch of Rock Weed and a piece of Wood.
10 am: Washed and Cleaned Ship
12 noon: Fair and extremely hazy. Long Swell from the SE.
Assistant in Company & a head on the look out.
I am now on a Meridian nearly with Cul de Sac.