Revised Sep 2 2021
1 pm: Fresh breezes and fair weather People employed washing and mending their Clothes – Carpenters making stanchions for Quarter Deck Awning
5 pm: Saw a Tropic bird – Handed Mainsail worked the pumps as usual – In steering sails and 1 & 2 reefs Top Sails.
8 pm: Furled Top Gallant Sails
10 pm: A little squally – 3rd reefs Top Sails
12 mid: Cloudy – the Assistant ahead, having the advantage in sailing this passage.
4 am: Moderate and cloudy
5 am: Out all reefs and set all sails
6 am: Saw 2 Whales, several Flying fish, and a Man of War bird.
8 am: Moderate breezes and Cloudy
9 am: Mustered the People in Divisions and performed Divine Service on the Quarter Deck
11 am: Served Fresh Pork and boiled Plantains to the ships company
12 noon: Less wind and close weather Assistant ahead about 2 miles and half
Latitude Observed 18°:24′ South