

Jan 13, 1793 Home Flinders's Log Jan 15, 1793
Revised Sep 17 2021
1 pm: Fresh Gale and fair Weather with Haze
2 pm: Set Top Gallant sails and out second reef of the Topsails. – Saw some flying fish.
4 pm: Ditto Weather Splitt the Fore Top Gallant sail – unbent it and bent the new one.
6 pm: Pumps worked as usual.
8 pm: Cloudy Weather
12 mid: Steady fresh Gale. In Top Gallant sails, the Assistant dropping astern.
3 am: Set them again when she came up.
4 am: Strong Gales and Squally Weather took in the Top Gallant sails. Saw numbers of flying fish, three caught in the Fore chains
7 am: Set Top Gallant sails again.
8 am: Steady Gale and cloudy Weather
9 am: Unbent the Main Topsail to repair. – Out 2nd reef of the Fore topsail and set the Lower and Fore Top Mast Studding sails. – Bent a new Main Top Gallant sail.
10 am: Marines exercised at small Arms with Powder – the Assistant considerably astern Made her Signal to make more sail, which she answered – At 11 Set the Main Topsail with two reefs in – The Effects of Thomas Galloway deceased sold at the Mast by Auction
12 noon: At Noon Fresh Gale and thick hazey Weather Sun peeping thro at Times, but our Observation was not very good Assistant in Company
Jan 13, 1793 Home Flinders's Log Jan 15, 1793