Showing posts with label porpoise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label porpoise. Show all posts

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Eight weeks.. Two months at sea. June 19 to June 25, 1876

Monday June th/19
Begins with pleasant weather and wind from S.S.E.
Ship by the wind heading E. saw the E.B. Phillips
Lat part weather the same saw one sail, employed
setting up riging ship heading E.
Lat 31 35 N Lon 71-28 W

Tuesday June th/20
Com with light wind from SS.E. and fine weather
Nothing in sight ship heading E.
Lat part weather the same stowed our oil 12 bls
Stearing to Eastward on the wind
Lat 31-58 N Lon 69-35 W

Wednesday June th/21
Begins with pleasant weather and light wind
From S.S.E. heading E. nothing in sight
Lat part weather the same saw one sail
Crew employed about the ship as usual
Lat 32-12 N Lon 67-57 W

Thursday June th/22
Begins with pleasant weather wind from S. ship
heading E by S. saw one sail. heading to Westward
Lat part squalley with rain nothing in sight
Stearing E.
Supposed Lat 32-30 Lon 65-55 W

Friday June th/23
Begins with rainy weather and wind from S
stearing E. caught a porpoise at 6 PM luffed to the
wind and at 10 saw the light on Bermudas At day
light kept off S.E. and at 9 1/2 Am a Pilot boarded
us. sent letters on shore by him then kept off E.
Lat 32-25 N Lon 64-40 W

Saturday June th/24
Begins with pleasant weather and light wind
from N.W. Stearing S.E. by E. Bermuda bearing
W.S.W. 20 Miles distant at 2 P.M. at sundown shortened
sail Lat part weather fine Stearing the same
saw one sail
Lat 31-55 N Lon 62-10 W

Sunday June th/25
Com- with fine weather and light wind from
S.W. Stearing S.E. Lat part wind and weather
the same Stearing S.E. nothing in sight
Lat 31-04 N Lon 60-00 W

Monday, June 1, 2009

Fifth week at sea. May 29 to June 4 1876.

Monday May th/29
Begins with hazy weather Standing to SW.
Wind from S.E. Lat part rainy Saw one Sail
Employed boiling wind from S.E.

Tuesday May th/30
Begins with rainy weather and Strong wind
from S.E. heading E.N.E. finished boiling at
5. P.M. turned up 21 bls. Lat part rainy
with Strong wind from N.E. ship on
diferant tacks
Lat 30 59 N Lon 72 55 W

Wednesday May th/31
Begins with Strong wind and rough Sea
with some rain at sun down took in fore
Topsail Ship heading N.W. Lat part blowing
Strong with rough sea
Lat 31-38 N Lon 73 13 W

Thursday June th/1
Begins with Strong wind from NE. and
rough sea Saw a sail to the south.
Lat part wind light with heavy swell from N
Saw two schooners Stearing S.E.
Lat 31-55 N Lon 73-43 W

Friday June th/2
Begins with pleasant weather and heavy swell
from N Stearing S. Caught a porpoise
Lat part wind light heading to West Stowed our oil
about 20 bls weather pleasant
Lat 32-08 N Lon 73-49 W 45?

Saturday Jun th/3
Begins with pleasant weather and light wind Stearing
S. by W. Lat part wind Came round to S Ship
on diferant tack. Working to south Saw two
sail
Lat 32-00 N Lon 73 22 W

Sunday June th/4
Begins with pleasant weather and wind from
S at night took in light sails heading to East
ward Lat part pleasant weather and light wind from
S heading on both tacks Saw a brig heading to N.E.
Lat 32-05 N Lon 73 44 W