

Jul 26, 1793 Home Tobin's Log Jul 28, 1793
Revised 2011-01-23
1 pm: Fresh gale and thick rainy weather
3 pm: Unbent the old & bent the new Fore Top Mast Staysail
4 pm: Ditto Weather
6 pm: Worked the Pumps as usual – at 6 In 2d Reef Fore & Main & 1st Mizen Topsails – at 6..45 hove to & sounded with 160 fathoms no ground – at 7..25 wore Ship – Constant Rain – Fires in the Galley all night to air ship & dry cloaths
11 pm: Made a false fire – answered by ye Assistant
12 mid: Ditto Weather
1 am: Made a false fire. Answered by the Assistant
3 am: Light breeze
4 am: Ditto Weather – fired a Swivel Out all Reefs
5 am: Fresh Gale & Foggy weather – In 2d Reefs Topsails
7 am: Served thick portable Soup gruel for breakfast – at 8 Fresh Gale and dark cloudy weather – Assistant, Antelope, Thomas & Cleminson in company – Saw Sheerwaters – Cleaned below – at 11 Thick haze with Rain Served Krout – broached a Puncheon of Spruce beer
12 noon: At Noon fresh Gale & cloudy weather – Vessels in Company as before –
Aired ship with fires
Latitude Observed 50°..54′ North
Jul 26, 1793 Home Tobin's Log Jul 28, 1793