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Barque Cornelia Bound to the Indian Ocan
1843 Tuesday December the 12 At 8 PM got under way 1 in the harbour of N bedford with the wind N W and stood out to sea
Wednesday December the 13 Commences with strong winds from NW off at 6 PM [yars?] [-] [bore?] N E 15 miles All hands employed clearing up the decks at 7 PM took in the m top G sail and doule riffed the cap sails and furled the Main sail Cs S E by S
Thursday December the 14 /3 First part strong gales from the N W ship under close riffed top sails middle the same latter more modrate sut all sail employed in fiting the boats SW Course S E by E lat 38.15. N lon 65 25
Friday December the 15 day is 4 First part of these 24 hours strong winds from NE middle more modrate later verry light from S S W all hands employed in [-] ship by starting [-] out the fore [-] in to the main so ends Course SE by E Lat 37.[32?] long 65 [-] ________________________________________________ NOTE: The # appearing after the date represents the # of days out to sea.
In the upper right corner of the page- 937 [1] A appears as written and does not appear as part of the original log.
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Barque Cornelia Bound to Fayal 5
Saturday December the 16th First part of these 24 hours strong winds from the NW with squalls of rain middle and latter fine at 8 A m saw a ship steering W employed in ships duty Course SE by E Lat 37 05 S Lon 63 41 W
Sunday December the 16 th First part of these 24 hours fine gales from the S W with all sail sut middle fine latter strong and squally at 3 P M saw a ship to leeward steering E E SE &c Course SE by E Lat [6 5?]n Lon 60 50
Monday December the 17 th Commences with strong gales from SW at 3 PM double riffed the topsails hauled the main sail and jib latter more modrate sut all sail Course ESE lat 34 30 lon 58.6 W
Tuesday December the 18 the First part light winds from the SW to middle strong latter a gale put the ship under close riffed topsails at 10 P M sut up the fore rigin verry high sea
Course SE by E Lat 33 50N Lon 55 W _______________________________________ NOTES: 1--Line 22: double riffed - double reefed (R. Hussey) 2--On header Fayal probably refers to the Azorean island of Faial. (R. Hussey) 3--It appears the dates for Saturday and Sunday are the same, i.e.: 16th (R. Hussey) 4--Line 18: EESE is a little strange for a direction. (R. Hussey)
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Friday January the 5th All these 24 hours light winds and plesant weather ship by the wind to E by S all sail sut at 7 A M tacked ship one ship in site saw a number of phinbacks Latt 27 :: 17 N Lon 51 :: 16W
Saturday January the 6th Commences with modrate trades and fine weather ship by the wind to S by W at 8 A M sut up the m top back stays Latt 26 :: 06N Lon 31 :: 20 W
Sunday January the 7th All of these 24 hours strong trades and squally ship by the wind to S by E at 3 PM took in top g sails and fly jib latter more modrate sut top g sails Lat 24 :: 26 N Lon 30 :: 30W
Monday January the 8th First part of these 24 hours light trades and plesant weather ship by the wind from S by E to SW middle calm latter light at 8 A M sut up the fore top mast back stayes Latt 25 34N Lon 50 00 W
________________________________________________________________________ NOTES: "[3]" in top righthand corner in different ink and handwriting
Line 14: modrate (moderate) trades- this refers to the trade winds or easterlies that are the prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region. Ref.: transcriber's note
Line 17: m top back stays - main top back stays. These are long ropes or guys extending backward from the head or top of the mainmast down to the chainplates on the bulwarks. Ref.: Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, Oxford University Press, 1976, pg. 708, diagram, Principal elements of a ship's standing rigging
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BarqueCornelia Bound
Tuesday January the 9 th All these 24 hours light ares and calms ship by the wind to S at 10 A M tack [ed?] ship employed in ships duty Lat 23 :: 06N Lo[ng] 30 : 39W
Wednesday January the 10th Commences with light trades and calms ship by the wind to E at 9 [PM?] tacked ship latter strong saw phinbacks Latt 22 :: 40N Lon 30 : 20W
Thursday January the 11th Strong trades and fine weather ship by the wind to S by E at 8 AM saw a sail employed in ships duty Latt 21: 39N Lon 29 :: 48W
Friday January the [ 12? ]th Commences with strong [g]ales and cloudy weather ship by the wind to S by E all sail sut saw phinbacks Latt 19 :: 5[1] N Lon 29 :: 08W
Saturday January the 13th All these 24 hours strong trades and Cloudy ship by the wind to S by E all sail sut Latt 17 :: 45N Lon by [Lun?] 21 : 45 by chr 2[9] 51 W
_____________________________________________________________ NOTES 1--Line 6: sail by the wind means to sail a vessel on or close to the wind with the sheets hardened in. Sheets refers to the lines or ropes that control a sail Ref.: Transcriber's Note (R. Hussey) 2--Line 17: m top back stays - main top back stays. Thes are long ropes or guys extending backward from the head or top of the mainmast down to the chainplates on the bulwarks. Ref.: Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, Oxford University Press, 1976, pg. 708, diagram, Principal elements of a ship's standing rigging 3--Line 39 is about determining longitude which is done by chronometer or dead reckoning. Not sure what he is writing about with 'lun', 'ded?] (R. Hussey)