In the morning and forenoon there was an E double-reefed topsail breeze with good weather. We tacked around the S and put up the lower, topmast and bow sprits shrouds at starboard. At noon we tacked around the N and took a reef from the top sails. Our estimated compound course and sailed distance of the last twenty-four hours was N 10½ miles, getting on the estimated north latitude of 17°45’, longitude 316°42’ with a found north latitude of 17°38’. In the afternoon we untied the ropes from the anchors and the buoy rope. The wind came from E and E by N and was a weak double-reefed topsail breeze. During the dog watches the wind was a stiff Sail of which the surface area has been reduced two times in order to make the surface area smaller.double-reefed topsail breeze and we put the second to reefTo reduce the surface area exposed to the wind.reef in the top sails. During the night wind and breeze stayed the same till morning.

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