

Nov 29, 1792 Home Bond's Log Dec 1, 1792
Revised 2010-07-21
1 pm: Strong gales and fair – Sailmakers employed repairing the Top Gallant Sails – People picking Oakum
3 pm: Squally in 3rd reef Main Top Sail
4 pm: Carried away the strop of the starboard Main Top Sail Sheet Block, and one of the Futtock Shrouds – down Main Top Sail and fitted new ones – set the Top Sail again – worked the Pumps
7 pm: Strong gales and squally – struck Top Gallant Masts
11 pm: Squally – at times clear weather – Lee way about 1½ points
3 am: Ditto Weather
4 am: Wore Ship – Strong gales and fine weather
6 am: Swayed up Top Gallant Masts, out 3rd reef Top Sails and set the Jib and Main Top Mast Staysails – Saw Pintada birds and Sheerwaters
8 am: Fine weather and a fresh steady gale. Served Portable Soup Gruel for Breakfast. Sailmakers as before – loosed small sails to dry. Carpenters painting the Companion &c. and seamen fitting spare Blocks. Opened a Cask of Otaheitean Pork. Portable Soup in the Pease for Dinner – Out 2nd reef Fore and Main Top Sails. A pretty good swell – the Ship making about ½ a point Lee way
12 noon: Strong breezes and fair weather the Assistant in company – Sick List 8
in number.
Latitude Observed 37°·05′ South
Nov 29, 1792 Home Bond's Log Dec 1, 1792