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1844 BK Cornelia Cruising For
Friday May 10th All of these 24 hours strong trades with squalls of rain ship By the wind to E By N at 6 PM took in sail and tacked ship at 6 AM made sail 4 sails in site Latt 16::50 S Lon 03::30 W
Saturday May 11th Commences with strong trades and squally ship By the wind at SW By S saw phinbacks 6 PM took in sail [5?] sails in site at 6 AM made sail employed in looking for whales Latt 17.:44 S Long 03::40 W
Sunday May 12th Commences with strong trades and squally ship By the wind at S By W at 6 PM took in sail saw phinbacks at day light made sail 4 whalers in site lost a jacket Latt 17..45 S Lon 12:40 W
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Saturday May 11 lines 20 -22: It was common practice on sailing ships to shorten sail during the night hours as a precautionary measure against sudden squalls. ref.: transcriber'snote.
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1844 Whales in the Atic Ocean
Sunday May 19th Commences with strong trades and squally ship By the wind to E By N in company with the Popmunett at 6 PM shortened sale and wore ship at 6 AM made sale 3 sales in site Latt 17 28 Lon 03 24
Monday May 20th All of these 24 hours strong trades &c ship By the wind to S S W at 6 P M took in sail and tacked ship in company with the Popmunett at 6 AM made sale 4 sales in site Latt 17::42S Lon 03:.10W
Tuesday May 21st Commences with strong trades and squally ship By the wind to SSW at 3 Pm spoke the Bk Nimrod of Sagharbor 8 months out 480 bbls at 6 PM took in sale and wore ship at 6 AM made sale Latt 17::32S 4 sales in site Lon 03::14W
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Line 10: wore ship - wearing a ship is to bring the vessel on the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought across the bow. Ref.: Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, Oxford University Press, Peter Kemp,1976, pg. 929. 'Wear ,to. Line 35: The Nimrod sailed from Sag Harbor on 26 Aug 1843
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1844 Bk Cornelia Cruising [for?]
Wednesday May 22 nd All of these 24 hours strong trades and squally ship By the wind to SSW at 6 PM took in sail at 6 AM made sale and tacked ship in company with the Pop saw 14 sales Latt 17:22 S Lon 03::10 W
Thursday May 23 rd Commences with strong trades and cloudy ship by the wind to ENE at 6 PM shortened sale and wore ship at 6 AM sut single riff top sales and steared N 3 sales in site Latt 17::32 S Lon [3?]:50 W
Friday May 24 th Commences with strong trades and squally ship By the wind to E By N at 6 PM took in sale at 12 wore ship at 6 AM made sale saw 3 ships stearing N W saw phinbacks Latt 17:22S Lon by [Cn?] [13?]::26W
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Line 10: wore ship - wearing a ship is to bring the vessel on the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought across the bow. Ref.: Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, Oxford University Press, Peter Kemp,1976, pg. 929. 'Wear ,to.
Lon by Cn: this probably refers to longitude by chronometer. A ship's chronometer is set to Greenwich Mean Time. In a navigational day the navigator can establish LAN (local apparent noon) at the ship's location. The navigator will take a sun sight at that time when the sun is directly overhead. This will establish latitude very accurately. At the same time he will observe the chronometer time. e.g.: the ship's local apparent noon is 1215, chronometer time reads 1600 (4 PM) giving a difference of 3hours and 45 minutes. 1 hour is equal to 15 degrees so with a time difference of 3h 45M the vessel is at 56 degrees 25 minutes West. For a much broader explanation refer to the publication: 'American Practical Navigator', U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 1962, pgs 658-660. Specifically section 2622: longitude determination.
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Whales in the Atic Ocean
Friday May 31 st Commences with light trades and fine weather ship By the wind to E By [S?] all sail sut 3 sales in site Latt 17::22 S Lon 2:: 46 W
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Saturday June 1 st All of these 24 hours light ares and calms ship By the wind to SSW at 6 1 PM saw the Bk Spartan in chase of whales Bound to leeward steared for them at 4 came up with them and lowered Boat in [chace?] [pop?] in company Spartan took one Latt 17:35S Elizabeth A Hillman Lon 02:40 [W?] Jophronia [M?]
Sunday June 2 nd Light ares and calm ship By the wind to SSE all sale sut saw phinbacks in company with the Pop 4 sales in site
Latt 17::40 S Lon 03 10 W ___________________________________________________ NOTES: "[23]" written in upper righthand corner in different ink & handwriting
Lines 28, 29 - Elizabeth & Sophronia are in different handwriting, darker ink, appear to have been written at a later date.
Line 37: the 'Pap'is probably a shortened version of the vessel Papimussut mentioned earlier in the log.
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Bk Cornelia
Monday June 3rd Commences with modrate trades and fine weather ship by the wind to W by S saw phinbacks at 6 PM took in sale at 6 am made sale in company with the ship & sales in site Latt 17 50 S Lon 3: 40 W
Tuesday June 4 th Commences with light trades and fine weather ship By the wind to E S E at 8 AM tacked ship at 10 AM spoke the BK Chieftian bound for Liverpool from Bombay saw phinbacks at 11 tacked ship Latt 19:: 02S Long 04 00 W
Wednesday June 5 th All of these 24 hours light ares and plesant weather ship By the wind to E By S all sale sut saw phinbacbacks in company with pop at 6 PM took in light sales at 6 AM made sale Latt 20::00 S Lon __________________________________________ NOTES: Line 1 - at the end, the word "Cruising" was written but then a few lines scratched through it.
Line 22 - Bk Chieftain was at least at one time a whaling vessel. It appears to be from the UK, there are only a couple vague references to it, the link in the text and this one
Line 35: "in company with pop", referring to the vessel Popmunett, link added