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Revised Jun 28 2021

Bounty Logbook Mar 25, 1788

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HKFCoursesWindsTher.Rems Tuesday 25th March 1788 Observations
124SSES Fresh Gales and very heavy Snow Squalls but clear at times.
224
32 At 3h..37′ Latd. 55°..38′ So
Longd. TK = 62:43 W
424SBESWBW46°Do & Cloudy Wr. The Sky appearing very much Streaked and appearance of Wind I therefore Ordered M T G down and all top Hamper.
532S½EWSW
633SBW½WWest44°
73Out 3d. Reefs M Topsail.
824SSWOut 2nd. Reef Do & 3d. Reef F. Topsail.
93SWWNWA Great head Sea but fair Wr.
103Out 2nd. Reef fore Topsail.
115NWBWOut Reef Main Course
125NW41½°
156
253NWBN
343SWBSWBNIn 2nd. Reef Fore Topsail.
433SSW½W42½°
542
64SWBS
734
83442¼:°Modt & Cloudy but a very high Sea from the SW. At 20h:32 Latd. 56°..17′ So
Longd. T Keeper 64..17 W
914
1024SWWNWCleaned & Dryed fore & Aft having a dry Air & Wr. Fair.
112
122""47°Fine Clear Wr. but a continuance of a heavy Sea from the SW. Under all Sails and a Reefed Foresail. Albatrosses, Mother Careys Chickens and a few Birds of the Peterel Tribe.
78Meridian. Altd.
OdotCenter
31°..20′
8570
8648
 LatitudeLongitudeRems at Noon
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R.T. K.L. & T. K. 
So35°W6456°..23′So56°..31′So64°..04′W64°..27′Wt64°..16′Wt

(Not numbered

Remarks

Having now entered on our most difficult and grand part of our passage, I took every precaution to render the Ship proof against the General attacks of the Weather.

I stood away close hauled to the Southward and at Noon I considered myself totally out of the way of the Current round Cape Horn.


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