

Mar 22, 1792 Home Bond's Log Mar 24, 1792
Revised 2010-07-11
1 pm: Fresh breezes and fair weather – saw a Squid, some Albatrosses and Sheerwaters.
4 pm: Unbent the old and bent the new Main Sail A swell from the SW quarter
6 pm: Worked the Pumps as usual – In Top Gallant Sails and 2nd reef Top Sails
10 pm: In 3rd reef Fore Top Sail – Kept a Fire in the Galley all night to air the ship. At 11 Fresh breezes and frequent light squalls, in 3rd reef Main Top Sail
1 am: A few Blubbers to be seen
4 am: Dark cloudy weather with squalls.
6 am: Moderate breezes and fine weather out all reefs and made sail – Washed all the Decks and aired with Fires – The usual breakfast of thick Gruel &c and Sweet Wort and Krout served out at ½ past 10 with Borecole & Portable Soup in the Pease for Dinner – Unbent the new and bent the old Jibb – People employed washing their Cloaths
12 noon: At Noon Moderate breezes and fair weather Assistant in company. Sailmakers repairing sails.
Saw Sheerweaters & Mother Cary's Chicken but few Albatrosses.
Latitude Observed 38°:18′ South
Mar 22, 1792 Home Bond's Log Mar 24, 1792