Revised Sep 16 2021
1 pm: Light Breezes and fine Weather
2 pm: Bent the Fore topmast staysail – Unbent the Storm Staysails
5 pm: Unbent the new and bent the old Foresail.
6 pm: Worked the Pumps as usual
7 pm: Before Dark took in the Steering sails
8 pm: Light Airs and fair Weather inclinable to Calm – A still Swell from the Westward
11 pm: A Fire kept all Night in the Galley as usual
12 mid: Squally Weather In first Reefs
1 am: Took in Top Gallant sails
4 am: Moderate Breezes and Cloudy Weather
5 am: At Day break Made more sail
6 am: The Watch scrubbing their Hammocks
8 am: Thick Cloudy Weather Cleaned below
9 am: The People employed making Points under the Boatswain & the Sailmakers repairing the Fore sail, unbent in the Afternoon.
11 am: Sweet Wort as usual. Spoke the Assistant – All well on board. Saw a few Albatrosses and Sheerwaters. A Cask of Spruce Beer broached and given to the Ships Company instead of Wine
12 noon: Moderate Breezes and fine Weather
The Assistant in Company