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Revised Jun 28 2021

Bounty Logbook Mar 29, 1788

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HKFCoursesWindsTher.Rems. Saturday 29th March 1788 Observations
144SWWNW"Moderate Winds and thick Misty Wr. but the Sea running very high from the SW.
24
334SWBWWBN
43639½°
526SW½SWNW
64SW
736SWBWNWBW
82338Wind freshening double Reefed the M Topsl & Close Reefed the Fore and handed Mizn Topsail.
925WBSNWBN
1034"""Close Reefed the Main Topsail.
1142
1253WestNNW40°A Strong Gale & Rain with a heavy Sea and continued so with heavy Squalls all the remainder of these 24 Hours.
142WSWNW
236
332SWBNNWBN
43SWWNWTowards Noon I got some tolerable Altds to determine my Latitude but we had no longer the benefit of the Sun.
532
63
732We are obliged to be batten'd down fore and Aft the Sea frequently breaking over us, however we keep tolerably dry below.
83241¾°
932SSWWestI do not Wonder at Lord Ansons Account of the High Sea, for it exceeds any I have seen, and to be here in a laboursome Ship must be an Unhappy Situation.
1036
1135SWBSWBN
1234SW½SWNW44½°
86
8872
8958
 LatitudeLongitude
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R.T. K.L. & T. K.
So53°W7659°..22′So.59°..35′So.67°..24′W.67°..40′W.67°..39′Wt

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