Stages of the voyage

Atlantic Ocean, Cabo Ortegal

In the morning and forenoon there was a stiff topsail and a double reefed topsail breeze, coming from the S, SW, and again SSW. We double reefed the topsails. We saw a ship in the N. The sky became cloudy, there was also some drizzling rain. At noon our estimated compound course and sailed distance since the estimation at Cabo Ortegalin Gallicia, SpainCape Ortegal was W by N 21 miles, which comes down to the estimated north latitude of 44°36′, longitude 7°22′. In the afternoon, evening, and night the wind was a double reefed topsail breeze coming from the S to SW. The sky was cloudy with drizzling rain until the morning.