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Atlantic Ocean

First mate’s logbook

In the morning and forenoon we had a gentle NNE breeze coming and good weather. We set the studding sails. Then we took the chests from ‘tween decks and cleaned. At noon our estimated compound course and sailed distance of the last twenty-four hours was SW by S 24 miles, which comes down to the estimated north latitude of 41°11′, longitude 3°57′. We found the actual north latitude to be 41°12′. We steered to the SW. During the afternoon watch and the dog watch, the wind was gentle to completely still, coming from the NN. During the first watch it remained still. 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.four glasses in the middle watch had run out, it turned into a gentle breeze coming from the SW by W. The sky remained cloudy until morning.