Revised Sep 16 2021
1 pm: Fresh Breezes & Cloudy Weather Shortened Sail for the Assistant – when she came up made Sail again
4 pm: Saw several Albatrosses
6 pm: The Pumps worked as usual
7 pm: Before Dark Handed the Main sail and took 1st Reef in the Fore topsail
8 pm: Fresh Gale & Cloudy Weather
10 pm: Squally – in 2nd Reef of the topsails
12 mid: Fresh Gale and Cloudy – A Fire kept all Night in the Galley
3 am: Many luminous Blubbers in the Water
4 am: Ditto Weather
5 am: At Day break Made more Sail
6 am: Saw a large brown and white Petterel the same as on the 17th
8 am: Cleaned below and aired with Stoves
9 am: Unbent the Fore topmast staysail to repair
10 am: Sailmakers repairing it – Unbent the Small Bower Cable
11 am: Wort att 11 as usual – A Cask of Spruce Beer broached a [&] given to the Ships Company instead of Wine
12 noon: Fresh Gales and Cloudy Weather
The Assistant in Company