In the morning when the first The length of the watches was measured using an hourglass filled with sand. Each watch consisted of 8 half-hour glasses, marked by bellsglass in the morning watch had run out we took down the topmasts and the yards. The wind was a WSW growing breeze to a heavy storm. When 2 glasses had run out our best-bower began to drag, so we dropped our sheet anchor. We were drifting in front of an English ship who damaged his bowsprits on our gelindt and beeldtwerck. We managed to get away from him again and remained very close to the shore with 3 anchors. At 8 o’clock the wind became less strong; we raised the sheet anchor and dropped our best-bower, then dropped the sheet anchor again, putting it on par with the best-bower to the S. The wind was a NW to NNW weak breeze throughout the day. In the evening and at night the wind was NE gentle breeze. Good weather until the morning.

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