Revised Sep 17 2021
1 pm: Fresh Gale and fair Weather with Haze
2 pm: Set Top Gallant sails and out second reef of the Topsails. – Saw some flying fish.
4 pm: Ditto Weather Splitt the Fore Top Gallant sail – unbent it and bent the new one.
6 pm: Pumps worked as usual.
8 pm: Cloudy Weather
12 mid: Steady fresh Gale. In Top Gallant sails, the Assistant dropping astern.
3 am: Set them again when she came up.
4 am: Strong Gales and Squally Weather took in the Top Gallant sails. Saw numbers of flying fish, three caught in the Fore chains
7 am: Set Top Gallant sails again.
8 am: Steady Gale and cloudy Weather
9 am: Unbent the Main Topsail to repair. – Out 2nd reef of the Fore topsail and set the Lower and Fore Top Mast Studding sails. – Bent a new Main Top Gallant sail.
10 am: Marines exercised at small Arms with Powder – the Assistant considerably astern Made her Signal to make more sail, which she answered – At 11 Set the Main Topsail with two reefs in – The Effects of Thomas Galloway deceased sold at the Mast by Auction
12 noon: At Noon Fresh Gale and thick hazey Weather Sun peeping thro at Times, but our Observation was not very good Assistant in Company