Revised Sep 17 2021
1 pm: Fresh Breezes & fair Weather with Haze
2 pm: Sea-weed seen
4 pm: An increasing Breeze and fine Weather
5 pm: Pumps worked to ventilate the Ship below as usual. Before Dark – In Studding sails and single reefed the Topsails.
8 pm: At 8 Fresh Gale & Cloudy Weather Set the Fore Top Mast Studding sail. at 10 Squally – took it in again
12 mid: Tolerably fine Night.
3 am: Strong Squalls with light rain – Shortened and made Sail occasionally
5 am: At Day break – steady Breeze & fair Weather
6 am: Set the Lower & Fore Top Mast Studding sail
8 am: Fair Weather and hazey. Sailmakers making and fixing a new Quarter Deck Awning – Fresh Beef today for the People, and Spruce Beer as usual every other Day
11 am: Very Squally with smart Showers of rain
12 noon: At Noon – Squally with Haze & frequent rain
Assistant in Company