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 Thursday 19 March
1	SSE	7	6	ENE	fair
2		7	6
3		7	4		A light trade and fair Weather People variously employed by the boatswain Tradesmen as necessary Kept the still going
4		7	2
5		8	"
6		8	"
7		7	6
8		7	6
9		7	4
10		7	4
11		7	2
12		7	"
1		6	"
2		5	"
3		5	2
4		5	2
5		6	"
6		6	6
7		6	6		Variation Pr means of opemate 11.43
8		7	"
9		7	"
10		7	"
11		7	"
12		7	"
			Dis P Logg 167 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observation] 7.39 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Acct	X Long	Long in
S 33 E	167	140	91	7.42	92	20.53

H	Courses	K	F	Remarks on Fryday 20 March
1	S B E	7	"	Mostly light Airs with fair Weather People variously employed under Boatswain
2		7	"
3		7	"
4		6	4
5		6	"
6		5	4	AM Fumigated the orlop deck Tradesmen as necessary Kept the still going
7		5	4
8		5	4
9		5	3
10		5	3
11		4	6
12		3	6	AM Fumigated the orlop deck
1		3	"
2		3	2
3		3	5
4		3	6
5		3	4
6		3	4
7		3	2
8		3	4
9		4	6
10		5	3
11		5	5
12		5	5
			Dis P Logg 116 miles	Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 5.44 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Acct	X Long	Long in
S 22 E	116	108	43		44	20.9

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 21 March
1	S B E	6	"	NE B E	Fair
2		5	2
3		5	"		A Light Breeze and mostly fair weather
4		5	"
5		4	6		People variously employed by the Boatswain
6		4	"
7		3	6
8		4	"
9		4	4
10		4	6
11		4	6
12		4	6
1		4	"		Tradesmen as Necessary Kept the still going
2		4	"
3		4	"
4		4	"
5		4	"
6		4	6
7		3	"
8		3	"
9		2	6
10		1	"
11		4	"	S B W	Vble [variable] rain
12		4	"	SSW
			Dis pr Logg 99 miles		No Obson [Observation]

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dep	Lat Acct	X Long	Long in
S 20 E	98	92	33	4.12	33	19.36

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday March '89
1	South	3	6	Vble [Variable] and Rain
2		3	6	Shifted the fore top mast with a New one
3	SSW	3	"		saw a Sail by W
4		3	"
5	WSW	3	"	S B E
6	W B S	3	"	South
7	S B W	4	2		Light Airs variable with Cloudy Weather Kept the still going
8		4	"
9		2	4
10		2	"
11	South	2	"
12		1	"
1	S B E	1	4
2		1	2
3		1	4	North
4		1	6
5		1	6
6		2	2
7		3	"
8		3	"
9		3	"
10		3	"
11		2	"
12		2	"
			Dis P Log 62 miles		No Obs [Observation]

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Monday 23 '89
1	SSW	1	"	vble [variable] Rain
2	Calm	"	"		The first part mostly calm the middle light airs the latter squally Mostly Cloudy weather throughout
3	Calm	"	"
4		"	"
5		"	"	SSE Lightning
6	SSE	1	"		People variously employed under Boastwain Kept the still going
7	South	1	"	W B S
8		1	"
9	SSW	1	"	Hard Rain	AM Set the Bobstays up for and main ~~top~~ Riggin up
10		1	"
11		1	"
12		2	"
1		2	"
2		2	"
3		2	6
4		3	"
5		3	"
6		3	4
7		3	"
8		2	"
9		3	6
10		3	"
11		5	"
12		6	"	Hard Rain
			Dis P Logg 49 miles		No Observations

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Acct	X Long	Long in
SSW	48	48	1	2.27	1	19.31

H	Course	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thursday 24 March
1	S B W	4	2	vble [variable] Rain
2		4	"		Light Airs Variable with calm and mostly cloudy weather throughout
3		3	2
4	SW B S	2	4	SE B S Fair	People variously employed some hands picking oakum Kept the still going
5	SSW	1	"
6		1	2
7	S B W	4	2		At 5 PM the sail showed english coulours
8		3	6
9		2	"
10		2	"		AM set up the mizan Riggin up at noon the sail W
11		1	"
12		1	"
1		"	6
2		"	"
3		"	"
4		"	"
5		"	"
6	S B W	1	"	Head Rain
7		2	2
8		2	6
9		2	6	NNE
10		2	4
11		2	3
12		2	3
			Dis P Log 47 miles		No Observation

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Acct	X Long	Long in
SSW	47	47	3	1.40	3	19.34

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 25 March
1	S B W	2	4	NE B E	Light airs and calms with mostly cloudy Weather throughout People usefully employed by the Boatswain Tradesmen as necessary
2		4	"
3		2	"
4		1	2
5		1	"
6		"	6
7		"	6		Kept the still going
8		"	6
9		"	6
10		"	4
11		"	4
12		"	4		At Noon the sail W B N Dis 4 miles
1		"	4		I take the sail in night to be the [[Nottingham]]
2	Calm Hd [Head]	"	"	S B W to SW
3	Calm Hd [Head]	"	"	S B W to SW
4	Hd [Head] S B W	"	"
5	S B W	"	"	to SSW
6		"	"
7	S B W	"	"
8		"	"
9	S B W	"	"
10	S B W	"	2
11	S B W	"	"
12	S B W	"	"
			Dis P Log 16 miles		No Obs [Observation]

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dep	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S B W	16	16	1	1.24	1	19.35

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thursday 26 March
1	Calm Hds [Heads]	"	"	S B W Fair	People variously employed Carpenter making a spair top fore salt yard sailmaker making the second best main top sail Armorour at is forge some hands picking oakum Kept the still going
2	Calm Hds [Heads]	"	"
3	H S B	"	"	E to SSW
4	H S B	"	"
5	H S B	"	"
6		"	"
7	S B W	"	"
8		"	3
9	H S B	"	4
10	H S B	"	"
11	H S B	"	"	W to SW
12	H S B	"	"
1	H S B	"	"
2	H S B	"	"
3	H S B	"	"	W to SW B S
4	H S B	"	"
5	S B W	1	"	NNE Light air
6		1	3
7		1	"
8		1	"
9		2	"	the sail W B N at noon the sail W B N 1/2 N 7 or 8 miles
10		2	"
11		1	6
12		1	"
			Dis P Log 12 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obson [Observation] 1.52 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 2 W	12	12	1	1:12	1	19:36

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 27 March
1	S B W	1		NNE Fair	The first and middle parts Light Airs the Latter an increasing Breeze Mostly fair weather throughout
2		1	2
3		"	4
4		"	4
5	Calm Hd	"	"
6	S B W	"	4	S B W Variation	Pr Means Azn 11:30 W
7		"	2	Do [ditto]	Pr Amde ---- 11:26 W
8		"	2
9	Calm H	"	"
10	Calm H	"	"	S B W	People variously employed Sailmaker as Before Cooper making Buckets Kept the still going
11	Calm H	"	"
12	S B W	1	"	East
1		1	2
2		2	"
3		2	2
4		2	2
5		2	4
6		3	2
7		3	3
8	S B W 1/2	3	3	W SE B E
9	SSW	3	6	SE	The sail WNW Disce [Distance] 9 or 10 miles
10		4	"
11	S B W	4	3	SE B E
12	S B W 1/2 W	4	3
			Dis p Log 43 miles		No Obsd [Observed]

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 5 W	42	42	3	1.10	3	19.39 W

H	Course	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 28 Mch [March]
1	S B W	5	"	SE B E Fair	People variously employed sailmaker making Tarrbellings for the army
2		5	"
3		4	6
4	SSW	4	2	SE	Kept the still going
5	S B W	4	3	SE B E	AM Washed the Gun deck
6		4	6
7		5	"
8		5	"
9		5	2
10		5	2
11		5	4
12		5	4
1		5	6	Squally
2		5	6
3		5	6	Fair
4	SSW	5	4	SE
5	SW B S	6	"	SE B S
6		6	2
7		6	4
8		6	4
9	SW	6	6	SSE
10		6	5
11		6	2
12	SSW	5	6	SE
			Dis P Log 133 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 8:39 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Actt	X Long	Long in
S 15 W	129	125	33	00:55 S	33	20:12 W

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