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 5th April
1	N B W 1/2 W	3	6	NE B E Rain
2		4	2
3		5	2
4	NNW 1/2 W	2	2	Vble [Variable]	Very Light Airs and Calms with mostly Cloudy Weather throughout
5	Wt [West]	1	4
6		2	"
7	W B N 1/2 N	1	2
8	West	"	6		People under the Boatswain
9	H 0	"		Calm
10		2
11		4	4	SE Cloudy
12		1	2
1		1	4	Vble [Variable] Fair
2		1	4	NNE
3		1	"	NW
4		"	6
5		1	2	NNW Cloudy	Long [Longitude] by Cronometer at 9:23:24 am
6	W B N	1	4	Fair	App time was 23:37 W of Greenh [Greenwich]
7	NW B W	2	2
8		2	6
9		2	6
10		2	4
11	W B N	3	4		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 00:12 S
12		Dist P Log 46 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
C 58 W	36	20	30	00:2 N	30	21:47

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 6
1	W B N	3	4	N B W Fair
2		3	5
3	W 1/2 N	3
4		3
5	W 1/2 S	2/2		NWW
6	NE	3	3		Variation Per Amp 9:28 W
7		3	3
8	NE B E	3	2
9	N 1/2 E	3	"		Throughout Light variable winds and mostly Cloudy Weather throughout
10		3	4
11		2	"
12		2	4	Cloudy
1		1	"
2		1	"	Vble [Variable]	AM Washed the Gun deck
3	N B E	2	"
4		3	2
5		3	6	East
6		3	2
7		3	"
8		3	4	N B E
9	NW B W	2	"
10	NW B N	3	"
11		2	5	NE B N
12		2	4
			Dist P Log 68 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 00:7 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 30 W	51	44	25	00:32	25	22:12

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 7 April
1	NW B W	2		N B E Fair
2		2
3		1	4	Cloudy	Long [Longitude] by Cronometer at 2:19:40
4		1	2	Vble [Variable]	PM App time was 24:11:45 W
5		1	4
6	E B N	1	4	Rain
7	ENE	1	6
8		1	"
9	N B E	1	"
10		2	4
11	North	1
12		1
1	H Non NW	"		Calm
2		"		Calm
3		"		Calm
4	NNW	"	6	NE	Long [Longitude] by Cronometer at 8:51:12 AM
5		"	4	Fair	App time was 24:20
6		"	4
7		1	"	NE B E
8		2	"	Vble [Variable]
9	N B W	3	4
10	North	3	4
11		3	6
12		3	4		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed]
			Dist P Log 37 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 19 W	30	28	10	00:35 N	10	22:22 W

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thrusday 8
1	N B W	4	6	NE B E	Cloudy
2		4	6
3		4	"		Mostly Cloudy and squally weather with a great deal of Rain and light variable winds
4		4	"	Rain
5		6	6
6		4	4
7	N 1/2 E	3	2
8		4	2
9	N 1/2 W	2	4
10		2	6
11	NW B N	2	"
12	NW B W	2	6
1		3	"
2		3	"
3		3	4
4		3	4
5	NW 1/2 W	3	6	NE B N
6		4	"		Vble [Variable] Squally and rain
7		4	"		Shifted the fore and main top sail with ye [the] 2 best and midd 1 stay sail with the best and condemnd the old fore top sail it being unrepairable
8	NW B W	4	2
9		3	"
10	NW	2	"
11		2	4
12		4	4
			Dist P Log 83 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 1:16 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 42 W	[78]	[18]	52	1:35	52	22:7

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 9 April
1	NW B W	4	2	NE B E Cloudy
2		3	6
3	E 1/2 S	3	2
4	O B S	2
5	NNW	1	"	Rain
6		2	2	ENE	Winds and weather much as yesterday
7		1	"	Vble [Variable] and rain	People variously employd [employed] by the Boatsn [Boatswain] Some hands repairing the old main top mast stay sail
8	N B W	1	"
9	NW 1/2 W	4	2
10		4	4
11		4	4
12		4	6
1	NW B N	3	6
2		4	2
3		4	6		Long [Longitude] by Cronometer at 9:35:56
4		5			AM App time was 26:29:45
5	NW 1/2 W	6		Vble [Variable] Squally and Rain
6		6
7	NW B W	5	6
8		5	6
9	NW	5	"
10		5	4
11		5			Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 2:1 N
12		5
			Dist P Log 99 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 61 W	88	43	77	1:59	77	24:34

H	Course	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 10
1	NW	5	6	NNE Hazey
2		5	6
3	WNW	5	"	Vble [Variable]	Light variable wind and mostly hazey weather throughout
4	NW	5	6
5		3	4
6		3	2	Rain
7	NW B W	3	2
8		3	4
9	NW 1/2 W	2	4		People employd [employed] much as before
10		2	"
11		3	6
12		3	"
1	NW B W	4	"	NE B N
2		4	4		AM Washed the gun deck
3		4	4
4		4	6
5		3	"
6		4	2
7		3	"
8	NW 1/2 W	3	"	NNE
9	NW B W	5	"	NNE Fair	Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 2:29 N
10		5	"
11		4	4
12		4	4
			Dist P Log 97 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 71 W	96	31	91	2:32	91	26:5

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday 11 April
1	NW B W	3	"	N B E Hazey
2		3	"
3		3	2
4		3	6
5		3	4		Light Winds Mostley from y North and N B E with Hazey weather and smoth [smooth] watter [water]
6	E B N	3	6
7	E 1/2 N	3	6
8	E B N 1/2 N	4	"	North
9		4	4
10		4	4
11	E 1/2 N	4	4
12		4	4	Vble [Variable]
1		2	6
2		2	6	N B E
3		3
4		3
5	E B N	5
6		5	4
7	E B N 1/2 N	5	4
8	E B N	5		Vble [Variable] Hazey
9		6
10		6
11		5	6
12		5	6		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 2:44
			Dist P Log 102 Miles

Cousrse	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 73 E	72	21	69	2:50	69	24:56

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Monday 12 April
1	E B N	5	4	N B E
2		5	4
3		5	3
4		5	4
5		4	4	S 1 Reef fore top sail
6	E 1/2 N	4	6
7	NW 1/2 N	4	4	Out 1 Reef fore top sail
8		5	4		The first part Cloudy The middle and latter fair light winds throughout
9	NW B N	4	2
10		4	2
11		4	2
12		4	2		People variously employd [employed] under the Boatsn [Boatswain]
1		5	2
2		4	"
3		4	6		Some hands repairing the old main top mast stay sail and top gal [gallant] steering sail
4		4	5
5		4	3
6		4	4
7	NW 1/2 N	4	3
8	NW	4	3	NNW
9		5	2
10	NW B W	5	4	N B E
11		5	3
12		5			Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 3:17
			Dist P Log 116 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 43 W	67	49	46	3:35	46	25:42

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 13
1	NW	4		NNE Fair
2		4	2
3		4	2
4	NW 1/2 W	4	4	Hazey	People variously under the Boatsn [Boatswain] Some hands repairing the Old fore top mast steering sail
5		4	4
6	NW	4	3
7	NW 1/2 N	4	4
8	NW B N	4	6
9		4	4
10		4	4
11	NW 1/2 N	5	2	NE B N	Moderate Breezes and mostly make watter [water] Fair weather the middle and Latter Hazey
12		5	2
1	NW B N	5	"
2		5	"
3		5	6
4		5	6
5		5
6		5	4
7		5	4		Long [Longitude] by Cronometer at 9:15:20
8		5	4		AM App time was 30:16:45
9		5	4	Fair
10	NNW	4	4	Vble [Variable]
11		4	4
12		3
			Dist P Log 115 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 4:27 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 54 W	114	67 74	92	4:24	92	27:14

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday
1	NNW 1/2 W	5		NE Cloudy
2		5	3	~~NE B N~~
3	NW	5	4
4		5	2
5	NW B N	6	2	~~In 1 Reef main top sail~~
6		7	6		A moderate trade and Cloudy weather
7	NNW	6	6	NE
8		7	4
9	NNW 1/2 W	6	2	NE B E
10		7	"
11	NNW	8	6	NE
12		7	6
1		6	6
2		6	6
3		6	2
4		7	3
5		7	4
6		7	4
7		6	5
8		6	5
9	NNW 1/2 W	6	6	In 1 Reef
10		6	4
11		6
12		6
			Dist P Log 161 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 6:9 ct

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 44 W	159	114	114	6:21	111	29:5

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