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 &c	Remarks on Monday 9 March '89
1	SW B S	2	4
2	W	1	"		Variable Winds and weather People variously employed by the boastwain
3	SW	2	6
4		2	6
5	SW B S	5	4	NE Fair Carried away the top m top gatt yard got a fore one up in its room	At 5 AM saw the salvage bearing W distance 3 Leagues. At day light the salvage NW distance distance 3 leagues the pay long Rock form the mast head West
6		6	2
7		6	6
8		6	4		At 8 the salvage N 1/4 E distance 9 miles Palong Rock from the Deck NW 1/4 N
9		7	4
10		7	4
11		9	2
12		9	2		At noon the salvages NE 3/4 E Distance about 4 or 5 Leagues the Palong Rock NE 3/4 N Distce 4 Leagues
1		7	6	vble [variable]
2		7	6
3		7	6
4		7	6
5		7	6
6		7	"
7	WSW	6	2	NNW
8		5	6
9		5	"
10	W	4	4
11		4	2
12		4	"
			Disce P Log 143 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 29.55 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 10 March '89
1	W B N	2	4	North	Variable Winds and fair Weather throughout Sailmaker Repairing the fore top mast sterning sail Armorer at es forge Carpenter making a spair top Galt [Gallant] yard People variously Employed under Boatswain swain at 4PM the salvage Bore NE B E 1/4 E Disce 8 Leagues the Palong Rock NE 1/2 E
2		2	3
3		2	"
4		2	4
5	WNW	2	4
6		4	"
7		7	"	NNE
8		7	2	vble [variable]
9		7	6
10		7	6
11		7	4
12		7	2
1		6	6
2	W B W	6	"	Out Reefs
3		5	6
4		5	6
5		6	"
6	WSW	6	"	NE B N
7		6	2		I take a fresh Departure from the salvage as it Bore at 4 PM and allowed it to lay in Lat [Latitude] 30.4 N and Long [Longitude] 15.54 W
8		7	"
9		6	"
10		5	4
11		5	5	vble [variable]
12		6	"
	Dist P Log 139

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat act	X Long	Long in
S 71 W	139	45	131	29.19	151	18.25

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 11 March '89
1	SW B S	5	4	ENE Fair	Pleasant Breezes and fair wether Carpenter making a GMain top galt [gallant] yard People and tradesmen as necessary at 5 PM Saw at 5 PM Msa Palma B I SE Distance 19 or 20 Leagues Bent the cross Jack I shifted the main sail with the worst AM shifted the fore sail and four top sail with the worst also the fore top Galt [Gallant] mast with the royal one
2		5	6
3		6	2
4		6	"
5	SW	6	6
6		6	6
7		7	2	NNE
8		7	4	vble [variable]
9		7	2	ENE
10		7	"
11		6	6
12		6	4
1		5	4
2		5	"
3		5	"
4		5	"
5		5	"
6		5	"
7		4	6
8		4	6
9		4	6
10		5	"
11		5	"
12		5	"
		Disce P Logg 139 miles			Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 27.19 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 31 W	139	119	72	27.20	81	19.46

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 13 March
1	SW	5		NE B E	fair a pleasant and fair Weather People under the Boatswain some Hand picking Okum Tradesman respectavely employed Distilled 70 gallons of fresh water from salt
2		5	2
3		5	4
4		5	4
5	SW	5	6
6		6	6
7		6
8		6	4
9		6	6
10		7	"
11		7	6
12		7	4
1		7	4
2		7	2		at 6 AM Variation for [itsamath?]
3		7	2
4		7	4
5		7	6
6		7	4
7		7	2
8		7	2
9		7	2
10		6	4
11		6	2
12
				Dist Logg 160 miles	Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 23.6 N

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 30 W	160	139	80	23.4	88	22.25

H	Courses	[K]	[F]	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 14 March
1	SW	5	"	NE
2		5	2		Fair
3		5	4		Throughout a light pleasant trade and fair Weather AM Hauld up the best bower cable and cleand the turns Washed the beams and [ser?] with vinegar Some hands picking oakum making mats keep the still going
4		5	4
5		5	6
6		5	6
7		6	"
8		6	4
9		6	6
10		7	"
11		7	2
12		7	2
1		7	4
2		7	2
3		7	2
4		7	2
5		7	4
6		7	6
7		7	4
8		7	2
9		7	2
10		7	2
11		6	4
12		6	2
				Disce P Logg 169 miles	Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 20.45 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 31 W	167	143	86	20.43	93	23.58

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday 15 March '89
1	SW	7	6	NE B E	fair
2		7	6	A moderate trade with mostly fair Weather
3		7	4
4		7	4		PM payed the Cables down again Kept the stil going
5		7	6
6		8	"
7		8	"
8		8	6
9		8	"
10		9	3
11		9	5	Vble [Variable]
12		8	"
1	SW B S	8	4
2		7	"
3		8	2
4		8	"
5		10	6		Squally
6		9	6
7		8	6
8		7	2		Fair
9		8	2
10		8	"
11		8	"
12		9	"
			Dis P Logg 200 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 17.50 N

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 26 W	199	178	87	17.47	92	25.30

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Monday 16 March '89
1	SW B S	5	"	ENE Fair	A fresh trade with fair Weather kept the still going
2	SW	3	"
3		8	"	saw St [Antony?]
4		8	6		At 3/4 PM St Anthony bore from SW to SSE 3/4 E Distance 7 or 8 Leagues At 4 PM the Islands Bore from SE B S to E B S 1/2 S Disce [distance] about 7 Leagues
5	SSW	8	3
6		8	3		At 6 PM Southernmost and Westernmost part of the Island ESE abt [about] 9 Leagues
7	South	8	"	Vble [Variable]
8	SSW	9	"
9		7	"
10		8	"
11		8	"
12		8	2
1	South	8	"
2		9	6
3		8	"
4		9	"
5	S B E	9	"		At noon saw Brava B E Disce about 14 or 15 Leagues
6		9	"
7		9	4
8		9	4		In [t] Reefs Sprung the fore top mast Reefs it and set the Riggin up again Likewise set the main and [?en] top mast Riggin up
9		9	"
10	SSE	6	2
11		6	2
12		7	"
			Dis p Logg 199 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 14.47 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 3 E	188	188	106	14.42	11	25.19 W

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 17 March '89
1	SSE	5	"	ENE Fair	Variable Winds with fair Weather People under the Boatswain as necessary
2		5	"
3		5	6
4		6	"	NE B E
5		2	"
6	South	1	6	Vble [variable] light air	AM Unstowd the Room to get a top mast out stowd them again
7		2	"
8	S B E	2	3		At 8 PM Departed this life [[Jane Bugden]] a soldiers wife
9		8	"	East
10		8	"
11	SSE	7	6	E B N
12		7	4
1	S B E	7	6
2		7	6	East
3		8	"
4		8	"
5	SSE	7	6	ENE
6		7	6
7
8		8	2		Buried the deceased
9		8	3
10		8	4
11		8	4
12		8	2
			Dis p Logg 158 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 12.31 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 23 E	157	139	74	12.28	76	24.3

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 18 Mch [March]
1	SSE	9	"	ENE	Fair
2		9	"		A Light Pleasant trade and fair Weather throughout
3		9	"
4		9	"		Carpenter fitting a top mast People employed variously some hands picking oakum cleared the orlop Deck Kept the still going
5		8	4
6		8	4
7		8	6
8		8	4
9		7	4
10		7	"
11		6	4
12		6	2
1		6	6
2		6	5
3		6	4
4		6	6
5		7	"
6		7	3
7		7	2
8		7	2
9		7	"
10		7	"
11		7	"
12		7	"
			Dis p Logg 181 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 10.2 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 32 E	181	153	96	9.58	98	22.25

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