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 Monday 18 May
1	ESE	7	2	SW
2		7	2	Vble [Variable] Squally and Rain
3		7	4		Lowering down the mizan galt [gallant]
4		7	4	Squally and Rain
5		8	"	Squally and Rain
6		8	3
7		8	2
8		8	2
9		8	3
10		8	4		Out 2d Reef fore and mizan topsails
11		8	4
12		8	4	Fair	The first part Squally and Rain the middle and latter moderate and mostly fair
1		7	4
2		7	4
3		7	"		a very hevy confused sea which made the ship Roll very much
4		7	"
5		7	4	Vble [Variable]
6		8	"	Up top Galt [Gallant] masts and out first Reef
7		7	4
8		7	"
9		7	"
10		6	4	Up top Galt [Gallant] yards
11		6	2		Long [Longitude] by last sights O & [cresent] 65:39 at Noon
12		6	"
			Dis P Log 181 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 36:11 S

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 87 E	181	9	181	36:11	225	66:13

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 19 May
1	ESE	8	"	Vble [Variable] Fair
2		8	"
3		8	4
4	E B S	8	2	SW
5		7	6	Variation Pr Ayth 23:38
6		7	2
7		7	3	West	The first part a pleasant breeze with fair weather the middle and latter Squally and Rain a hevy swell throughout
8		7	"
9		6	4	Vble [Variable]
10		6	4
11		7	"
12		8	"
1		9	"	WNW	Squally and Rain
2		9	3	WNW	Squally and Rain
3		9	2		People variously Sailmaker repairing the driver
4		9	2
5		9	2
6		9	2	Vble [Variable] Squally and Rain
7		9	4
8		9	6	WNW	Long [Longitude] O & [cresent] at 9:24:57 was 69:18:30
9		9	6	WNW	Squally and Rain
10		9	5
11		9	4
12		9	3
			Dist P Log 203 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 35:38 S

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 81 E	202	32	200	35:39	246	70:19

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 20 May
1	East	10	4	NW B W Fair
2		10	6
3	E B N	10	6
4	ENE	10	6	In 1 Reef
5		10	2
6		10	"		A frest breeze and mostly fair weather with a very hevy swell from the SW
7		10	4
8		10	3
9		10	2		People variously Sailmaker repairing the Lower Steeringsail
10		10	2
11		10	2
12		10	4
1		10	4
2		10	4
3		10	4
4		10	3
5		10	2
6		10	2
7		10	"
8		10	6
9		9	6		Long [Longitude] by last sight O & [cresent] 73:39
10		9	"
11		10	"		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 33:23 S
12		10	"
			Dist P Log 247 Miles

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 52 E	246	151	194	33:7	234	74:13

H	Courses	H	F	Winds	Remarks on Thursday 21 May
1	NE	9	6	West fair
2		9	2
3		9	2		Variation p Ayth 17:5
4		9	2
5		8	6		The first parts a fresh breez the middle and latter a decreasing breeze and mostly fair weather latterly the swell decreased
6		8	2
7		7	4	SW B W
8		7	4	Vble [Variable]
9		8	"
10		8	2
11		8	"	South	People employd [employed] under the Boatswain
12		7	4	Out all Reef
1		8	2
2		7	4
3		8	2		Sailmaker repairing the main top mast stay sail
4		8	"	Vble [Variable]
5		7	3
6		6	4
7		6	"
8		7	4
9		4	2	SE B S
10		4	6	SE Swayed the mizan galt [gallant] up
11		5	"
12		4	3		Long by last sights of O & [cresent] 75:22
			Dist P Log 179 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 30:52 S

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 29 E	179	157	87	30 :46	103	75:56

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 22 May
1	NE	4	6	SE Fair
2		4	4
3	NE B N	4	2	Vble [Variable]	Variation Pr Ayth 13:22
4		4	6		Pr Ampd 13:33
5	NE	3	4
6	NE B N	4	4
7		4	"		People variously Sailmaker repairing the main top mast staysail
8		5	"
9	NNE	5	"	E B S
10		5	"
11		3	"	Vble [Variable]
12	N B E	2	4
1		3	"		A decreasing breeze and mostly fair weather throughout with a long Roling [rolling] swell from the SW and judge I am sett 1/3 Miles per hour NE B N
2		3	"
3		2	2
4	NNE	2	"	East
5	NE	2	4	Vble [Variable]
6	NE B N	3	"
7		2	2
8	NNW	2	"
9		1	4		Long [Longitude] by last sight of O & [cresent] 75:45
10		1	6
11	N B W	1	4
12		1	4
			Dist P Log 77 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 29:29 S

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 14 E	81	79	20	29:33	23	76:19

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 23 May
1	NNE	1	4	Vble [Variable] Fair
2		1	6
3	NE	2	2	Cloudy
4		3	"	SE B E
5		3	4		The first & mid parts a light breeze the latter an increasing breeze and mostly smothe [smoothe] watter [water]
6	N B E	3	4	Vble [Variable]
7	NE B N	2	"
8		2	"
9		3	3
10		3	2
11		4	"		People employd [employed] by the boatswain Sailmaker repairing a lower studensail
12		4	2
1	NE	2	2
2	NE B N	5	"		At P and AM filled 18 buts with salt watter [water] to trim ship
3		5	"
4		2	2
5		4	"
6		5	"
7		4	4
8	NE	4	5	SE Fair	NB by our watches Judge we are set to the westward
9		5	"
10		5	"		Long [Longitude] by last sights of O & [cresent] 76:22 E
11		6	"
12		6	"
			Dist P Log 89 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 27:58 S

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 22 E	87	81	33	28:8	37	76:56

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday 24 May
1	NE 1/2 N	6	6	ESE Fair
2		7	"
3	NNE	7	6	E B S	A Moderate trade very variable and mostly fair weather throughout with a swell from the ENE
4		5	6
5		7	6
6	NNE 1/2 E	8	"
7		8	"
8		8	"
9	N 1/2 E	7	4		Variation pr Ayth 11:11 West
10		7	6	Vble [Variable]	pr Ampd 10:58 West
11	NE B N	8	"
12	NE	7	3
1	NE B N	7	4
2		7	6
3		7	"
4		7	"
5		7	3
6	NE	6	4	SE B E
7		6	"
8		7	4
9		7	2
10		7	2
11	NE B N	7	"	Vble [Variable] Cloudy	Long [Longitude] by lasts sights O & [cresent] 77:28 E
12		8	2
			Dist P Log 176 Miles		No Obson [Observation]

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 20 E	173	163	59	25:15	66	78:2

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Monday 25 May
1	North	4	4	Vble [Variable] Squally & Rain
2	N B E	4	6	In Reef main top sail
3		5	4	Out Do [ditto]
4	N B E 1/2 E	6	5
5	NE B N	7	4	East Fair
6		7	6	Vble [Variable]
7		7	6		Variation Pr Ayth 10:00
8		7	4		Pr Amp 10:3
9		7	4
10		7	4
11	NE	7	"		A Moderate breeze with unsettled weather throughout
12		7	2
1		7	2		People variously fitting long boats Riggin &c under the Boatswain
2	NNE	6	4	Vble [Variable] and Squally
3		6	4
4		6	4
5		7	4		Sailmaker repairing a lower Steering Sail
6		7	6		Variation Pr Ayth 8:30 W Indist sight
7		7	6
8		7	6
9	NE B N	7	2	E B S	Long by lasts sights O & [cresent] 78:20 E
10		6	5	Squally
11		7	2
12		7	4
			Dist P Log 167 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 22:54 S

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 16 E	164	158	45	22:37	52	78:54

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 26 May
1	NE B N	8	"	ESE Squally
2		8	"
3		7	6
4		7	2		Shifted the fore top Galt [Gallant] sail with the best
5		7	"
6		7	"		Variation per Ayth 7:45 W
7		7	2
8		7	2		In 1 Reef
9		7	2
10	NNE 1/2 E	6	4	Squally & Rain	Very Squally weather throughout with a hevy confused Sea which makes the Ship labour very much
11		6	4	Squally & Rain
12		7	"	Squally & Rain
1	NNE	7	"
2		7	"
3	NE B N	7	"	Do [ditto]	People variously employd [employed] Sailmaker repairing the 2 best fore top galt [gallant] sail Down top Galt [Gallant] yards
4		7	"
5		7	"
6	NE	7	"	ESE Squally	In 2 Reef fore and mizan top Sails
7		7	"	Vble [Variable] Squally
8		6	4
9		7	2
10		NNE 1/2 E	7	2	Long [Longitude] by last Sights of O & [cresent] 79:13 E
11	NE B N	7	2
12		7	"
			Dist P Log 171 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 20:24

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 17 E	170	162	50	20:12	53	79:47

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 27 March
1	NE 1/2 N	7	"	ESE Cloudy and Squally Down mizan Galt [Gallant]
2		7	"
3		7	"
4	NE B N	7	2		Struck fore and mizan top Galt [Gallant] Yards
5		7	"
6		7	"
7		7	2
8	NE	7	2
9		7	"	Squally In 2 Reef main top sail
10		7	"
11		6	6	Vble [Variable]	Squally and blowing fresh with mostly rainy weather throughout and a large hevy Sea which makes the Ship labour very much
12		6	4
1	NNE	6	"	Vble Squally and Rain
2		6	"
3	NE B N	6	"
4		6	"	ESE
5		6	4		People variously under the Boatswain Sailmaker repairing the 2 best fore top Galt [Gallant] Sail
6		6	4
7		6	4
8		6	4	Squally and Rain
9		6	2
10		6	4
11		6	5	Fair	Long by last sights of O & [cresent] 79:55 E
12		6	5
			Dist P Log 160 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 17:43 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 15 E	154	149	40	17:55	42	80:29

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