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 Wednesday 8
1	S B W 1/2 W	6	6	SE B E	Cloudy
2		6	6		Variable Winds Weather throughout
3		7	"
4		7	"
5	SSW	8	"	Vble [variable] Squally	People and tradesmen much as before
6		7	6
7		4	3	Taken back
8	E B N	2	"	S B E
9		1	5
10	SW B S	2	"	Whose ship	Kept the still going
11	S B E	4	6	E B S
12	South	6	4	E B S
1	SSW	7	6	ESE
2		8	"	SE
3	SSE	8	4	East
4	S B E	8	4	E B S
5		7	6
6		7	4
7	South	7	6	Vble [variable] Squally and Rain
8	S B W	7	2	Vble [variable] Squally and Rain
9	S B E	6	3	E B S Fair
10		7	3
11	S 1/2 E	7	3
12		6	2
			Dist P Log 156 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 19:15 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Acct	X Long	Long in
S 2 W	144	144	5	19:28	5	25:30

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thursday 9
1	S B E	5	"	E B S Fair	Light variable Winds throughout
2		4	6
3	S B E 1/2 E	4	6	East	People variously employed by the Boatswain Sailmaker repairing the 2 best 4 top sail Armorer at is forge other tradesmen as necessary
4		4	4
5		4	5
6		4	5
7	S B E	4	4	E B S
8		4	5
9	SW	3	4	Vble [variable] Squally in 1st Reefs
10		5	4
11	SW B W	3	"	S B E	Kept the still going
12	SE B E	2	"	Vble [variable] AB
1	E B S	1	"	Fair
2		"	6	[bracket H 2-5] Vble [variable]
3	East	"	6	Vble [variable]
4		1	3	Vble [variable]
5	ENE	"	6	Vble [variable]
6	WSW	2	2	Whose ship
7	SW B W	1	6	S B E Out Reefs
8	SW B S	1	3	SE B S
9	S B W	2	2	SE B E
10		3	"
11		2	5
12		2	"
			Dist P Logg 72 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 20:14 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 10 April 89
1	South	1	6	ESE Fair	Variable Winds and Weather throughout
2		1	6		Variation pr Means of Ayth 3:23 W
3		2	3
4		2	"
5	S B W	1	4	Vble [variable]	Tradesmen as before
6		1	"
7	SSW	1	2	SE B E	Kept the sitll going
8		1	4	Vble [variable] Rain
9	S 1/2 E	3	"		AM Set up the Rigggin up fore and aft
10	South	3	6	ESE
11	S 1/2 W	2	2
12		1	3
1	S B E	3	5
2		3	5
3	South	3	3
4		2	"
5	Calm H	1	4	SE to SW
6		"	"
7	SSE	"	"	Vble [variable] Squally
8		3	4	Swell Rain
9		2	"
10	SE	1	4	NE
11	SE B S	1	6	E B N
12		2	"
			Dist P Log 44 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 20:52 South

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 8 E	41	41	6	20:52	6	25:21

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 11 April
1	SSE	"	6	Fair	Light Airs with calms and mostly fair Wether throughout
2	Calm	"	"
3	Calm	"	"	Hd S to SE	People variously employed Sailmaker repairing the 2 best fore top sail Armorer at is forge making marling spikes timbles &c.
4	Calm	"	"
5		"	"
6	Do [ditto] Do [ditto]	"	"
7	Do [ditto] Do [ditto]	"	"
8	Do [ditto] Do [ditto]	"	"
9	Do [ditto] H	"	"
10	Do [ditto] H	"	"	SE to W
11	SSW	1	2	SE to SW	Calker [caulker] on the gun deck
12	S B W	2	"		Other tradesmen as Necessary
1		1	"
2		1	"
3		1	"		Kept the stil going
4		1	"
5	S B E	1	2	E B S	AM Scraped and cleaned the gun deck
6		1	4
7	SE B S	1	4	E B N
8		1	4
9	SE	2	"	E B N
10		2	"
11		1	6
12	East	1	4	Taken a back
			Dist P Log 21 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 21:16 South

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 16 W	19	18	5	21:16	5	25:26

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday 12 April '89
1	E B S	1		Vble [variable] Cloudy	Light Variable Winds and Weather throughout the latter part fair
2	W B S	"	4	Wore ship
3	WSW	1	4	South Rain
4	SW B W	2	4	S B E
5	SW	3	"	SSE Fair
6	SW 1/2 W	3	"		A hevy swell from the S B W
7		2	3
8		2	3		Kept the stil going
9	S B W	2	3
10		2	2
11	SSW	3	"	vble [variable]
12		3	2
1	S B W 1/2 W	3	6	SE B E
2		4	"
3	S B W	2	6
4		3	4
5		3	"	Rain
6		3	3	Rain
7	S B W 1/2 W	2	4
8	S B W	1	6
9	SSE	5	"	East Squally
10	E	5	4	Rain
11	S B 1/2 E	3	"	vble [variable]
12		3	2
			Dist P Log 69 miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 22.9 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 16 W	59	57	16	22:13	17	25:43

H	Courses	[K]	[F]	Winds	Remarks on Monday 13 April
1	SSE	3	"	East fair	Light breezes and mostly fair Weather
2		2	6
3	SW	3	6	vble [variable] Cloudy
4		4	"
5	SSW	3	4	SE Fair	People variously employed Tradesmen as necessary Sail maker repairing the 2 best fore top sail
6		4	3
7	S B W 1/2 W	3	2	SE B E
8		3	2
9		3	6
10		4	4
11		5	"		Kep the still going
12		5	3
1		5	2
2		5	6
3	S B W	5	4
4		5	4
5		5	"
6		5	6
7	S 1/2 W	5	5	ESE	Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 23:56 S
8		5	5
9		5	5
10	South	5	2
11	S B E	5	2	E B S
12		5	2
			Dist P Log 112 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 11 W	108	106	21	23:55	22	26:5

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday April 14
1	S B E	6	"	E B S Cloudy	Fresh Breezes and mostly Cloudy Weather throughout
2		6	"
3	SSE	6	2	East
4		6	4		People variously employed by the Boatswain Tradesmen as necessary
5	S B E 1/2 E	6	5
6		6	6
7	SSE	8	"
8		8	2		Rain lightning from the Westward
9		8	6
10		8	6	Continued Rain
11		8	6		Kept the stil[l] going
12	S B E	8	6	E B S
1	S B E 1/2 E	9	"	East
2		9	"
3	S 1/2 E	8	"	E B S
4		7	2
5		8	"
6	SSE	8	6	vble [variable]}
7	SE 1/2 S	8	6	NE}
8	SE	9	4
9		8	5
10		9	"
11		10	"
12		9	6
			Dist P Log 195 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 26:40 S

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 26 E	189	170	83	26:46	92	24:33

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 15 April
1	SE	9	3	NE Cloudy
2		9	"
3		9	"	Fair
4		8	5
5		7	5	North
6		8	"
7 [} 7-8]		8	"	vble [variable] Lightning and Rain to the Westward
8		7	6
9		9	"
10		9	"
11		8	"
12 [} 12-8]		7	"		Carried away the M C^T Mast and Royal Yard split Ma and MyT sails Main and fore top galt [gallant] sail Royals loward and top masts slung sails Shifted the main and fore top galt [gallant] sails with the best got a short headed top galt [gallant] mast up Shifted the main and mizan top sails with 2 best
1		12	"
2		6	2
3		4	2
4	continued	5	4
5	Rain	5	6
6		5	6
7		6	"		NW
8		6	"
9 [} 9-12]		6	2
10		6	3	vble [variable] Rain
11		5	4	Shifted the fore top sail with the best 2
12		5	"
			Dist P Log 175 Miles		No Obson [Observation]

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 44 E	175	126	122	28:46	137	22:16

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds
1	SE	3	6	W Cloudy Squally and Rain
2		5	"
3		4	3	SW
4		4	3
5		4	6
6		5	4	SW B S Do [ditto]
7	SE B E	4	"	S B W Rain
8		4	"
9	East	4	6	SSE
10	E B N	5	4	SE B S
11		5	"
12		5	"
1	ENE	4	4	SE
2		4	6
3	E B N	5	6	SE B S Squally
4		5	6
5	EN	5	3	SE
6		5	4	In Reef Mz Top sail
7		4	6	} [7-8] vble [variable] Squally and Rain
8	N B E	[4]	[6]
9	S B W	4	"	SE B E wore ship
10	SSW	3	6	SE Squally and Rain
11	SW B S	4	"	SE B S
12	SSW	3	5	SE
			Dist P Log 112 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 85 E	75	6	75	28:52	86	20:50

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 17 April
1	SSW 1/4 W	4	2	SE Hazy	PM struck down the for hole 9 Nine pounders and filled three large batts with salt water to trim ship People variously employed Carpenter making a main top Galt [Gallant] mast Sailmaker and some hands repairing the old main top sail and 2 best foresail
2		4	2
3		4	"	Fair
4		4	"
5	S B W 1/2 W	3	5	SE B E
6		3	4
7	S B W	2	6
8	S 1/2	2	2	ESE
9	South	3	"
10		3	"		NB the old mizan top sail being rendred [rendered] unfit to repair used the Remainder of the Canvas to repair the top sails &c
11		3	"
12	SSW	2	6	SE
1	SW B S	1	6	SE B S
2		1	6
3		1	"		Kept the stil going
4		2	"
5		1	5
6		1	"
7	SW	"	"	vble [variable] Light airs
8		"	5
9		"	5
10	Calm H [O with +]	"	4
11	Do [ditto] H from	"	"	N to E	Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 29:18 S
12	Do [ditto] H from	"	"	N to E
			Dist P Log 51 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 27 W	50	45	23	29:24	26	21:16

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