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Butre, Ghana

First mate’s logbook

The wind was, in the morning and throughout the day, a gentle breeze from SE to SSE. The weather was good. In the afternoon our captain came back on board, but we could not set sail because the wind was too weak. Here an English a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the foremasts rigged square and the aftermast rigged fore-and-aft. barque passed us to go north. Later in the evening and at night the wind from SSE and S to NW was mostly quiet. The weather was good until the morning.