Revised Sep 16 2021
1 pm: Fresh Gale and cloudy Weather
2 pm: Saw Sheerwaters
4 pm: Ditto Weather
5 pm: Worked the Pumps as usual
7 pm: Took in the Fore topmast studding sail
8 pm: Fresh Gale and cloudy Weather
11 pm: Got up Top Gallant yards
12 mid: Ditto Weather Made and shortened sail occasionally for the as to keep in her Station
4 am: Squally with a smart Shower of rain
5 am: More settled – Set studding sails forward
7 am: Saw flying Fish and several Birds of different Kinds
8 am: The Weather much clearer since the rain, the Sun out – Fires in the Cockpit stoves – Stowed the Cutter in the Launch – Carpenters caulking the Water ways on the Main Deck – Aired the small Sails
12 noon: At Noon Fresh Gale and Squally with a few drops of rain the Sun seen at Intervals
Assistant in Company