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 Sunday 29 Mch [March] '89
1	SW	6	4	SSE	Hazey
2	SW B W	6	4	S B E
3		6	"
4	WSW	5	4	South	fair
5	SW	5	4	SSE	PM Struck 8 Nine pounder down on the orlop Deck forward to trim ship
6		6	"
7		5	6
8	SW B S	5	"	SE B S
9	SW 1/2 S	5	2
10		5	4
11		5	4		Light breezes and mostly fair Weather throughout
12	SW B W	5	4
1		5	5
2	SW	5	5
3		5	2
4		5	2
5		5	4
6	SSW	5	4	SE
7	SW B S	5	6	SE B S
8	SW 1/2 S	1	3
9		5	2
10		5	2
11	SW	5	3	SSE
12		4	6
			Dis P Logg 133 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 2:13 S

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dep	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 40 W	121	93	78	2:12	78	21:30 W

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Monday 30 March
1	SW B S	3	4	SE B S	People employed by the Boatswain making Matts and sailmaker repairig the 2 best mainsail Armorour cleaning arms
2		3	4
3	SW	3	4	SSE
4	SW 1/2 S	3	3	SE B S
5		3	4
6		3	4		Kept the still going
7	SW	3	2	SSE
8		3	"
9		3	2
10	SW B W	3	6	SSE
11	WSW	3	"	S B E
12	S B W	4	"
1		4	4
2		4	4
3		4	"
4		4	"
5	SW B W	4	"	S B E
6		4	"
7		4	"
8		3	6
9	SW	3	4	SSE
10	SW B S	2	2	SE B S
11		2	3
12		2
			Dis P Logg 86 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 3:13 South

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 44 W	82	59	3.12	57	22:27

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H	Course	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 31 March '89
1	SW B S	1	4	SE B S	fair
2	SSW	1	4	SE
3	SW B W	1	6		Light and Calms with mostly fair weather
4		1	6
5	SW	2	"	SSE
6	SW B S	2	"	SE B S
7	SW	1	2	SSE	Varon Pr Ayth 10.2 W
8		1	"
9		1	"
10	W B S	2	2	Vble [Variable]	People and Trademen as yesterday
11		1	"
12	Calm	"	"
1		"	"	Head SW to W
2	Do [ditto]	"	"
3	Do [ditto]	"	"	SSW to West by N
4	Do [ditto]	"	"
5	Do [ditto]	"	4	all Round
6	W B S	"	6	Vble [Variable]
7	WSW	1	2	South
8	W B S	"		S B W
9	Calm	"		Head ENE to WSW
10	Do [ditto]	"		East
11	Head at	"
12
			Dis P Logg 19 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obson [Observation] 3:34 South

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dep	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 30 W	18	16	9	3:29	9	22:36 W

H	Course	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 1st April 89
1	ESE	"	6		The first part calm the middle and latter light Breezes mostly cloudy Weather
2	Calm	"
3	Calm	"		Hed [Head] SE to E by N
4	Calm	"
5	Do [ditto] Head	"		E to N B W
6	Do [ditto] Head	"
7		2		E B S	Armorour at is forge people under the Boatswain Sailmaker Repairing the 2 best main sail
8		5	2	SSE
9		3	"	SW B W squally
10		3	6	Fair	Kept the still going
11		1	6
12		1	4
1	SE	2	2
2	Taken	2	6	Back
3		1	2
4		1	"
5	West	3	"	Vble [Variable]
6	WSW	4	"	South
7		4	2		Squally
8		4	6
9	SW	5	4	SSE
10		5	6
11	SW B S	4	4	SE B S
12	SSW	3	"	SE
			Dist P Log 60 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 4:20 S

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dep	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 12 W	41	40	8	4:14	8	22:44

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thursday 2 April
1	S B W	4	4	SE B E fair	The first part Light Breezes with Cloudy weather the middle and latter light air with calms fair Weather
2	SSW	4	6	SE
3	S B W	5	"	SE B E
4		5	"
5	S 1/2 W	3	6	ESE	People variously employed Calker [caulker] Calking [caulking] the Oak work on the gun deck Armorer is forge
6		2	6
7	S B E	2	"	vble [variable]	Distilled On Hundred and ten Gallons of fresh water from salt bring 30 Gallons more than we have distild [distilled] in the same time
8	SSE	1	6
9	S B E	1	"
10	SSW	"	6	Fair
11		"	6
12		"	4
1		"	4
2	S B W	"	4
3	Calm H	"	"
4	Calm H	"	"	SSW
5	Calm H	"	"
6	Do [ditto] H S B	"	4	W to SW B W
7	Do [ditto] H S B	"	3	W to SW B W
8	SSW	"	3	vble [variable]
9		"	3
10		"	3
11		"	3
12	1
			Dist P Log 36 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 4.49 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long In
S 2 W	35	35	1	4:55	1	22:45

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 3 April 89
1	SSW	1	"	SE Fair	Light variable winds with mostly Cloudy Weather
2		1	4
3	S B E 1/2 E	"	6	vble [variable]
4		"	4
5	SW B W	3	"	Rain	People variously employed under the Boatswain Calker [caulker] caulking the [giarys?] on the gun deck Sailmaker Repairing the 2 best main sail
6		4	"
7	S B W	2	6	SE B E
8		1	4
9	SSW	3	"	SE	Kept the still going
10		3	4
11		4	"
12		4	5
1		4	6
2		4	6
3		5	"
4		5	2
5		4	"
6		4	"
7		4	4
8		4	6
9	S B W	3	"	vble [variable]
10	S B E	4	4	E B S Squally	Rain
11		2	6
12		3	5
			Dis P Logg 81 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 6:14 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 11 W	78	77	15	6.6	15	23.00

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday the 4 April
1	South	2	2	SSE
2		3	2		Rain
3	S B W	2	2	SE B E
4		2	2
5		4	3	vble [variable]	Squally and Rain
6		5	4
7		6	3	SE B E
8		6	4
9	SSW	7	4	SE	Variable Winds and Weather
10	S B W	7	6	SE B E	People and tradesmen as before
11		8	2		Kept the still going
12		7	6
1		5	6
2		4	2
3		4	"
4		4	"
5	S B W 1/2 W	6	4
6		6	4
7	SSW	7	"	SE
8	SW B S	7	2	vble [variable]
9		7	2
10		7	"
11	SSW	7	2
12	SW B S	7	2	SE B E Fair
			Dist P logg 138 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 8:27 South

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 11 W	136	134	26	8.28	26	23.26

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday 5 April
1	SSW	7	6	SE Fair	A pleasant trade and fair Weather
2		7	6
3		7	6
4	S B W 1/2 W	7	6	SE B E
5	SSW	7	2
6		7	"
7	S B W 1/2 W	7	4	Variation p Ayth 10:30 W
8		7	6
9		7	4
10		7	4
11	SSW	7	4	SE	Kept the still going
12		7	4		Longitude by O X [cresent] at 1/2 past 3 PM was means of 4 good sights
1		8	"
2		8	4
3		8	4
4		8	4
5		8	2
6		8	"
7	S B W 1/2 W	8	"	SE B E
8		7	6
9	SSW	8	"	SE	Performed divine service
10		8	"
11		8	"
12		8	"
			Dis P Log 188 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obson [Observation] 11:27 South

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 14 W	188	182	45	11:29	45	24:11

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Monday 6 April
1	S B W	7	6	SE B E
2		7	6
3	S B W 1/2 W	7	4
4		7	4
5		7	4
6		7	4		Variation pr Means of 8 Aythe 7..6 W
7	S 1/2 W	7	6	ESE
8		7	6		A light trade and fair weather throughout
9	S B W	8	2	SE B E	People variously employed by the Boatswain Sailmaker prepairing the 2 best foresail Armorer at his forge Calker [caulker] on the gun deck
10		7	6
11		7	5
12	S 1/2 W	7	4	ESE	Variation pr Ay ths 5.59 W
1		7	2
2		7	2
3	SSW	7	"	SE
4		7	"
5		7	"
6		7	"
7	S B W 1/2 W	7	"	SE B E
8		7	"
9		7	"
10		7	"
11		7	"
12		7	"
			Dist P Log		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 14:19

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dep	Lat Acct	X Long	Long in
S 12 W	175	171	36	14:18	37	24:48

H	Course	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 7 April
1	S 1/2 W	6	6	ESE fair	A Pleasant trade and fair Weather
2		6	6
3		6	4	Reered a new tiller Rope
4		6	"
5	S B W	6	"	SE B E	People usefully by the Boatswain Calker [caulker] Calking [caulking] the watter [water] ways on the gun deck Carpenter making a Royal Yard Armorer at is forge some hands picking oakum Sailmaker Repairing the 2 best fore sail
6		6	"
7		6	4
8		6	6
9		7	2
10	South	7	2	ESE
11		8	"
12	S B W	9	"		Kept the stills going
1		8	"
2		8	"
3		8	3
4		8	4
5		7	4
6		7	"	Cloudy
7		7	6
8	SSW	7	4	SE Fair
9	SSW 1/2 W	7	6
10		7	5
11	SSW	7	6
12		7	6
			Dis P Logg 176		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 17:4 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 12 W	174	170	36	17:9	37	25:25 W

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