Revised Sep 16 2021
1 pm: Strong Gales & Cloudy Weather – exceedinly hazey about the Horizon – took 3rd Reef in the Fore 2nd in the Main & handed the Mizen topsail
4 pm: Saw some Albatrosses and Sheerwaters
5 pm: Worked the Pumps as usual
6 pm: In 3rd Reef Main topsail
7 pm: Thick Hazey Weather
8 pm: Strong gales & Squally – Up Mainsail
11 pm: Close reefed the Main topsail
12 mid: Ditto Weather a Fire kept all Night in the Galley and a Man out at the Bow sprit end as usual
2 am: Many luminous Blubbers of an oblong Form in the Water – Close reefed the Fore topsail
4 am: Strong gales & Cloudy Weather
5 am: At Day break Set the Mainsail
6 am: Squally with Rain at times
8 am: Squally unsettled Weather
9 am: Cleaned below and aired with Fires
Hard Showers of Rain
10 am: More Moderate Out 3rd Reef Fore and Main and set single reefed Mizen topsail Wort as usual – Sailmakers repairing the Fore Topmast staysail
12 noon: Fresh Gale and dark Cloudy Weather a thick Haze about the Horizon
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