In the morning there was a decreasing breeze coming from the SSW. We set our lower sails again. We saw 6 ships. In the forenoon we had a SW by S wind and heavy showers. When The length of the watches was measured using an hourglass filled with sand. Each watch consisted of 8 half-hour glasses, marked by bells.4 glasses had run out we took in the foresail and left it next to the main sail. We put a inner coat on the rudder and attached the outer coat again. We still pumped a lot of water out of the ship. At noon our estimated compound course and covered distance of the last twenty-four hours was WNW ½ N 13 ½ miles coming to the estimated North latitude of  48°8′ Longitude  6°56′. We found the actual North latitude to be 48°00′. During the afternoon watch and the dog watches there was an increasing SSW to S breeze. When two glasses in the dog watches had run out we To reduce the surface area exposed to the wind.reefed the main sail and then reefed it again. We firmly closed the hatchways. During the first watch there were heavy showers from the S with drizzling rain. When four glasses in the middle watch had run out we had a heavy rain shower and wind; out reefed main sail could not hold it. We brailed up the sail and attached it since the ship did not rise but remained under water.  There was still a lot of water around the pumps and in the gunroom. We turned E and the situation remained like this until morning.