Feb. 28, 1788
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Logbook Remarks GM
Mar. 1, 1788
Revised Jun 7 2021
1:00 pm Light Airs and fair Weatherr.
2:00 pm Cloudy Unbent the Fore Topsail and bent a like one after dipping it in the Water
4:00 pm Fair Weather. All Sails set.
7:00 pm Note.
As the only way to discover by
the Timekeeper if a Current sets either to the Eastward or Westward is by comparing it with
the X Longitude made by Log, that X Longitude should be equal to the departure found without
correction, and not that found after correcting the Latitude. The X Longitude from day to day
by the Dead Reckoning in the detached Column will therefore be what the Courses &
distances give with the allowance of leeway & variation. The difference between these
and the Timekeepers Difference Longitude & the error in Latitude will always shew the set
of the Current.
5:00 am [Winds: Calm} and fine Weather.
9:00 am Unstocked the Sheat Anchor & got it on board. Unbent the Foresail & bent a new one after dipping it in the Sea. Began to repair the unbent sails before they are put by for good.
12:00 pm Fine pleasant Weather saw some Bonitos
Remarks at Noon: Thermometer in Air 78°
Feb. 28, 1788
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Mar. 1, 1788