Revised Sep 16 2021
1 pm: Fresh Gale & fair Weather with Haze on the Horizon – A considerable Swell from the ESE – Out 2nd reefs & set Studding sails – Saw some Sheerwaters & flying Fish – Dark Skiy to the Eastward Took in the Lower studding sails – People washing and mending their Cloaths
8 pm: Cloudy Weather a fresh Breeze and some Sea running – Took in the Fore Topmast studding sail
12 mid: Ditto Weather The Assistant ahead carrying a Light
4 am: Very hazey Weather At Daybreak made all possible Sail
8 am: Fresh Gale and thick hazey Weather frequent Squalls – Fires in the Cockpits & Stoves – Ships Company mustered in Divisions and Divine Service performed – Saw Sheerwaters, Gannet Boobies, Men of War Birds & flying Fish
12 noon: At Noon – Fresh Gale & Cloudy Weather Hazey about the Horizon, but the Sun
out at Times
The Assistant ahead in Company