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Tabou, Côte d’Ivoire

First mate’s logbook

We had a gentle N to NNW breeze in the morning and at dawn we raised anchor and set sail. In the forenoon the wind was the same, but in the afternoon we had a SW gentle topgallant sail breeze with a overcast, misty sky. At sunset we dropped anchor at 16 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cm) fathoms of sticky ground. We had TabouCôte d'IvoireGrand Dabou NE of us. During the night stormy weather with thunder and lightning and a little rain, till morning