Jan 7-9, 1788 Home Logbook Remarks at Tenerife
Revised Jun 28 2021
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| Week Days | Mo Day | Winds | Remarks In St. Cruz Road Tenariff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1788 January | |||
| Thursday | 10 | NEBN | Modt. Breezes and fair Wr. the first and latter part the middle Variable Winds and Calm with drizling Rain. |
| Calm | At 1 PM came in and Anchored here the Sloop Chance of London, William Meredith Master, out 19 days from the Downs, and bound to Barbadoes, but having suffered much from the heavy Gales we had also met with, they came here to refit and get some Supplies. | ||
| N'ly | This Afternoon we Completed all our Work and having received on board 230 lbs. (Spanish) of Fresh Beef with some Pumpkins & Potatoes which was all the Fresh Supplies I could get. | ||
| ENE | We unmoored in the Morning, and Sailed with a fresh Breeze about One O'Clock. Found the Bt Bower Cable rubbed 10 fms. from the Anchor. | ||
| At 20h 14′ Apparent Time Long. by T. Keeper I found 16°..16′..15″W. | |||
| ESE | Thermr at Noon in the Air 66°. |
From the daily Observations made here by the Time Keeper the Longitude of this Road is as follows.
| 6th | 16°16′30″; | |
| 6th | 16..18.80 | |
| 7th | 16..17.00 | |
| 8th | 16..16.15 | |
| 9th | 16..16.15 | |
| Mean | 16..16.48 | |
| 1 | Allowing St. Francis Church | |
| 16..17.48 | West Longd of Do. | |
| 28..28.00 | N Latitude of Do. |
On the 9th as I could not attend to making Observations, I Ordered Mr. Fryer the Master to take them, which by two Compasses from a Mean of 4 Sights each Way, the Variation was given as follows.
| A Compass | 20°01′West |
| Do. Turned | 21..19 |
| B Compass | 19..41 |
| Do. Turned | 19..05 |
| Mean | 20..01 West |
This Variation exceeds my Idea of what it should be here; but two days before I came in the Varian also was above 22° as yet therefore I cannot discover if my Compasses are Affected. In Aug. 1776 I made the Varn 14°40′W. with Captn Cook in the Resolution.
Jan 7-9, 1788 Home Logbook Remarks at Tenerife