Ship's Log of the General Goddard, between England and India, 1789-1790 (Travel Diaries and Journals)

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 8 May
1	SE B E	4	4	NE B E Fair	The first and middle part a fresh breeze the latter light breezes fair wether throughout
2		5	"
3	SE 1/2 E	6	6
4		6	6
5	SE B E	5	4
6	SE B E 1/2 E	6	2	NE	Variation P Means of 5 Ayth 26.14
7		6	2		P Amplitude 26
8		6	2
9		6	"
10		6	"
11		6	4
12		6	2		Sailmaker repairing the old fore top mast studg [studding] sail
1	SE 1/2 E	5	6	NE B E
2		4	4
3	SE	4	3	ENE
4		4	3
5	SE B E	4	"	NE B E
6		4	"		AM Washed the gun deck fummigated the orlop deck
7		3	6
8	SE 1/2 E	3	4	Vble [Variable]
9	SE B E	3	2
10	ESE	3	2		Long [Longitude] by last Obson [Observation] 29:29
11	SE B E	3	2
12		3	4
			Dist P Log 118 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 40:46 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long In
S 76 E	117	28	44	40:4	148	38:17

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 9 May
1	SE 1/2 E	3	3	NE B E Fair	Throughout light breezes and fair weather with smooth watter [water]
2		3	3
3	SE	3	3	ENE
4	SE 1/2 S	3	4
5		4	2
6		4	2
7	SE 1/2 E	3	3	NE B E	People employd [employed] by the Boatswain Sailmaker repairing the old fore top mast stay sail
8		3	3
9	SE B S	3	6	Vble [Variable]
10		4	"
11	SE	4	"
12		4	"
1		3	4
2		3	3		Kept the stil going
3		3	2
4		3	2
5		4	"
6		4	"
7		4	3
8		4	2
9	SE B E	4	4	NE B E
10		4	6		Long [Longitude] by last Obson [Observation] 29:29
11		4	5
12		4	4
			Dist P Log 93 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 40:46 S

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 65 E	92	39	83	40:44	109	32:6

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday 10 May
1	SE B E	5	"	NE B E Hazey
2		5	"
3	SE 1/2 S	6	"	ENE
4		6	"
5	SE B E	5	4	NE B E	Variation Pr Means of 8 Azth 28:9
6		5	2
7	SE B E 1/2 E	5	4	NE
8		5	4
9		5	4		The first and middle parts light breezes the latter an increasing breeze Hazey Weather throughout
10		5	4
11		5	4	Vble [Variable]
12		5	6
1		4	"	In Close Reef
2	E B S 1/2 S	4	2	NE B N	At Midnight the [scudd?] came on very fast that it had the appearance of a very hevy Gale close Reef
3		4	2	Out 3 Reef
4		4	2
5		4	2
6		5	4	Out 2 Reef and Got all snug on consequence of it
7		5	"
8	E B S	6	4
9		6	2
10		6	2		Long [Longitude] by last Obsd [Observed] 32:14
11		6	2
12		7	6
			Dist P Log 130 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 40:59 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 85 E	126	11	125	40:57	165	34:31

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Monday 11 May
1	E B S	8	"	NNE Cloudy
2		8	2
3		8	2
4		8	4		A fresh breeze and Cloudy rainy Weather Mostly smoth [smooth] Watter [water]
5		8	6
6		8	6
7		9	"
8		9	2
9		9	6
10		10	"	N B E
11		10	6	Vble [Variable] and Squally
12		7	"	The larboard FS steap broke
1		8	3
2		8	5	NNE
3		8	6
4		8	6
5		9	4	Vble [Variable] Squally & Rain
6		9	4
7		8	4	Down top Galt [Gallant] yards
8		8	"
9		7	3
10		7	"	Shifted the jib and main top stay sail with the best	Long [Longitude] by last Obsd [Observed] 36:37
11		8	"
12		8	3		Lat [Latitude] by Independant Obsn [Observation] 40:00
			Dist P Log 207 Miles

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 75 E	207	54	200	40:5	263	39:14

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 12 May 89
1	E B S	7	4	N B E Cloudy Out 3d Reef
2		7	4
3		7	2
4		7	2	Out 2 Reef and up to galt [gallant] yards
5		7	2
6		7	"
7		5	"
8		4	"		Variable Winds and Weather throughout
9		4	"
10		4	"	SW fair	Sailmaker repairing the old fore top mast staysail
11		4	"
12		3	6
1		3	6
2		2	"
3		1	3
4		1	"
5		1	"	E B S to SE
6	Calm Hd	"	"	Vble [Variable]
7	SSE	2	6	East
8	SE B S	2	6	E B N	Variation Pr Means of 9 Azthe 29:30 S
9	E B S 1/2 S	3	4	Vble [Variable]
10		4	"		Long by last Obsd [Observed] 38:43
11		6	6
12		6	6		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 39:46 South
			Dist P Log 101 Miles

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 80 E	99	17	97	39:43	126	41:20

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 13 May 89
1	E B S	7	"	NNE Fair	Filled 9 butts with salt watter [water] to trim
2		6	6
3		6	3	N B E
4		5	6		Variation Pr Ampd 49:40
5		5	2
6		5	2	Vble [Variable]
7		5	3		Sailmaker repairing the 2 best Jib People variously Employd [Employed] by the Boatswain
8		5	3
9		5	2
10		5	2
11		4	2
12		4	"
1		4	4	Cloudy
2		5	6
3		6	"
4		4	6
5		4	4
6		4	6
7		5	2
8		5	4	N B W
9		5	6
10		8	4
11		9	5
12		9	2		Long [Longitude] by last Obs [Observation] 14:36
			Dist P Log 140 Miles		No Observations

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 73 E	140	41	134	39:5	173	44:13

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thursday 14 May
1	E B S	10	2	NNE Cloudy
2		10	2
3		10	4
4		9	4	Rain
5		9	4
6		10	6	Vble [Variable] and Rain	Variation Pr Ampd 28:21
7		10	2
8		11	2
9		11	4
10		11	4	NNW fair	The first and latter parts Cloudy and Rain throughout fair a fresh gale throughout
11		10	"
12		10	2
1		10	"
2		10	"
3		10	"
4		10	2
5		10	6
6		10	4
7		10	4	Squally and Rain	Long [Longitude] by Obsd [Observed] 46:40 E
8		10	6	N B E
9		10	4
10		10	4
11		11	"
12		10	6		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 38:26 S
			Dist P Log 250 Miles

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Acct	X Long	Long in
N 73 E	250	73	239	37:52	304	49:17

H	Courses	H	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 15 May
1	E B S	10	4	N B E Fair	A fresh breeze and fair Weather throughout
2		10	3
3		10	"	North	Sailmaker repairing the 2 best jib
4		10	"		People usefully employd [employed] by the Boatswain
5		10	"
6		10	"
7		10	"
8		10	"	N B W
9		10	"
10		10	"
11		10	"		AM Employd [Employed] filling salt watter [water] in the fore hold to trim ship
12		10	"
1		10	"
2		10	3
3		10	3
4		10	5
5		10	2
6		10	2
7		10	2
8		10	"
9		10	"	North
10		10	"		Long [Longitude] by last Obsd [Observed] 51:36 E
11		10	"	N B E
12		10	"
			Dist P Log 243 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsn [Observation] 37:21 S

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 74 E	243	67	234	37:19	296	54:13

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 16 May
1	E B S	9	4	N B E Fair
2		9	3
3		9	4
4		9	2		Variation Pr Ayth 26:50
5		9	"		Pr Amp 26:45
6	ESE	8	"
7		7	"
8		7	2
9		8	6		People variously Sailmaker repairing the main top mast stay sail
10		9	2
11		9	6		PM finished filling M Bats with salt watter [water] to trim ship
12		9	4
1		10	"
2		10	"
3		9	6
4		9	4
5		9	6	NNE Hazey
6		10	"		Long [Longitude] by last Obsd [Observed]
7		9	5
8		9	4		No Obson [Observation]
9		9	4
10		9	4
11		9	4
12		9	2
			Dist P Log 222 Miles

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 84 E	221	23	200	36:58	275	58:48

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday 17 May
1	ESE	9	2	NNE Cloudy	The first part a fresh breeze with Cloudy rainy weather the middle and latter blowing hard with frequent Squalls and Rain and a hevy swell
2		9	"
3		8	6
4		6	5	Vble [Variable] and Rain
5		9	"	Do [ditto] Do [ditto]
6		9	2
7		8	6
8		4\5	2
9	NNE	7	"
10	East	7	"	Taken a back
11	E B N	7	"	South	Squally and Rain
12		7	"	Down top Galt [gallant] yards and struck the masts
1		5	4	Vble [Variable] and Squally
2	E B S	6	5	Handed main sail
3	ESE	7	"	SSW
4		7	4	Sett main sail
5		7	"		Long by O & [cresent] at 9:48:40 was 61:29
6		7	"
7		7	"
8		7	2	Out 3 Reef	At 8 PM [[Mr Cowdle]] Midshipman fell from the mizan top sail yard into the mizan chains broke his arm dislocated his sholder and otherwise very much bruised
9		7	4
10		9	"
11		9	"	SW Squally
12		8	6	& Rain
				Out 2d Reef main top sail	Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 36:20 S
			Dist P Log 187 Miles

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 78 E	181	38	181	36:20	220	62:28

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Ship's Log of the General Goddard, between England and India, 1789-1790