In the morning the wind was a W to W by S weak breeze and good weather. At dawn we saw the tower of LissewegeBelgium Lisweegen to the S to S by W from us, and the tower of WestkapelleBelgiumWestcappel E½S of us. We had a depth of 7,6,5 and steered E by N to a depth of 4 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cm)fathom; steered ENE to a depth of 3 ½ ; then steered NO to 3 fathom; then steered again to the S with a S by W and SSW wind. At 8 o’clock we had a depth of 2 fathoms and got stuck on the Sandbank near WalcherenOostrassen, which we hit so hard that we broke off the helm, so that only one hook remained on the helm which was still whole. The helm was hanging on the pintle in the rudder trunk. We put out the rowboat and the boat, which we both lost; the rowboat was lost together with 3 men: the chief cooper Adriaan Hillebrandt, the cook Thomas Ditmar, and also one sailor whom we had taken along in exchange for board from the river of Demerara RiverGuyanaDemerarij. In putting out of the boat the ship became lighter so that we could force ourselves across the Rassen, able to float again and sailed as far as we could at a depth 7 fathoms between the buoys No. 1 and No. 2, No. 1 to the ESE and No. 2 to the WNW of us. We fired multiple shots. There was snow in the afternoon, broke away our daily rope. We received a pilot on board from Flushing, who steered us in, so that we anchored on the east of Flushing at 6 o’clock at a depth of 5 fathom. At night there was a NW also N moderate breeze with a squally sky till morning.

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– beached on 23 March
– the final settlement