Jack Sheridan log books

27 Monday On the slip painting bottom & topsides. One hand labour 4 hours 4-. MC Failin sometimes away. 28 Tuesday Paints [illegible text]33 lbs. 2pm came off the slip I hand painting 8 hour s8. Labour 12. Carpenters & blacksmith working. Macfailin 8//2. 2 buyers. Hauled ketch alongside punts. 29 Wednesday Painting no carpenters on.

30 Thursday EA Painting. Js to town Expense 2/6. Paid rent of Island £10-1-8. Meat from Woollatt 3 lb steak. Fine weather. 31 Friday Work 7 hours. Carpenter 8.30 started on ketch at howser pipe & sundries jobs worked up to 5 pm. Store to WR Sullivan. Sullivan AE [illegible text]. Cheque paid underdown 3-12-0. Paid for 2 bags wheat 14-. Carrage 1/6. Meat from butcher 11//2 pork chops. Fine weather. On account Western River 7-0-0 + 2-11-6. Total =15-19-0. One coil tape for Li-----etts Russell 5/. 1 June Saturday Painting & at sundry jobs. Meat Woollatt --. [Illegible text] Mutton 6. Fine. High glass. Light SSE.

4 Tuesday Js to town see M hawker.

7 Friday Agreed with Adelaide Steam Corp £18 [illegible text]. & per cents 10 pa cent --. All cargo lifted. 8 Saturday John all sorts started work. Got store on board all ready for sea. Paid Sandford 2-15-9. Engage at £11 per [illegible text] get able to pay 5/6. Oakfiller [illegible text] 8-. Paid [illegible text]10/6. 1-0-0. Cheque cash 5-0-0. [Illegible text]17/6. 9 Sunday All hands started at [illegible text]. [Illegible text] came on board. Fresh west. Stop near spit of Kinsgscote. 7.30 pm. Bar 30-20.

10 Monday Got under weight towards Wardang Island. Fresh west & squally. Took reefe out of sails anchored near Point Marsden 2 pm. Cloudy. Crew variously employed. Bar at 2 pm 30-10. Blowing hard gale west to NW. Bar 29-95. 11 Tuesday 5.10 am drop second anchor & paid out more chain on port anchor. Crew variously employed. At Point Marsden. 12 Wednesday Got under way. Light west to North. Bar falling. First run to get to Kingscote for shelter. Hard gale. North. Bar 29-80. NNW.

13 Thursday At Kingscote. Got meat ½ sheep 39 lbs 1-4-0. Dozen [illegible text] 4-. Sundries oatmeal 5-. Sundries 1-10 = 1- 14-10. Crew variously employed. 14 Friday 9 am Left towards American River. Fresh NW gale. Visited M Hawker yacht & found all covered. Earny oil engines & finish up sundries [illegible text] One and all. M Hawker clothes to be washed. Got fishing lines. Got water. Bar started to rise 29-95. Wind NNW & showery. 15 Saturday In American River at the mouth. Blowing hard gale. NNW Bar 30-00. Heavy rains. Bar started to rise. 16 Sunday Bar 30-15 at 5 am 7 am Got under weight towards Wardang. Got water & two sheep. Paid Thomas 2-10. Light airs & calm. Beating reefs near Kingscote Bay at 5 pm. Made several tacks. Bar started to fall sun. Back at 10 pm from Point Marsden. Bar 30-05.

17 Monday 12.30 am anchored near Ballast head in 3 fathams. Mainsail started to tear. 9 am all hands at Ballast & one hand repairing mainsail & 2 hands boating off. Bar at 2 pm 29-78. Hard gale NW 5//2 boatloads before dinner. 18 Tuesday At American River. Wind bound. Left towards Wardang returned to Point Marsden. Crew variously employed. Bar 29-95. All the crew //2 tobacco each. John all sorts 1 lb tobacco. Johnston 1 tobacco. Dunbar //2 tobacco. 19 Wednesday Shifted to Point Marsden. Fresh WSW. Bar 30-00. Caught dozen whiting.

20 Thursday 9 am returned back to Ballast head. Heavy [illegible text]swell. Fresh NW. At noon Barr 30-15. Got bacon WW Hughes 34 lb one shilling per pound 1 14 1 tin baking powder 2 2 = £1 16 6. Sent cheque 1-16-6 & visited yacht & put dinghy on shore. Fresh WNW & squally at intervals. At American River. From Ballast head. 21 Friday Got under weight towards Wardang. Light WSW. Bar 30-27 at 10.30 am. Passed Point Marsden 3 pm. Passed Emu Bay & Cape Cassini at midnight. 8 am 22 Saturday 8 am Near Western River tacked several times. Fresh NW to WSW wind shifting & very cloudy. Bar 30-30 at 3 pm. Inclined to fall. Tacked in to Marion Bay. 7 pm passed inside Little Althorpes. Light NW to north. Made several tacks all night. Bar 30-30 & clear. 23 Sunday Tacking all day. Fresh NW. Bar falling. Bar at 2 pm 30-25. 10 pm stop Wedge Island. Hard squalls. WSW Bar 30-30.

27 Thursday 9 am visited Investigator to [illegible text] to do any work. Bar started to fall past 30-35 at 2 pm. Bar 30-25 2 pm. Bar 30-20. Fresh NNE went on shore & picked up several casks & some sundry wood. Blowing hard gale. 28 Friday 7 am shifted around to East side for shelter. Fresh gale WNW to NW Bar falling fast 30-15 at noon Crew variously employed. 29 Saturday 9.30 am went for water & got stores from store at north end of Wardang Island. Paid off Oscar Nelson wages 7 pounds 21 days. Fresh gale north to west. 30 Sunday At Wardang Island windbound. Fresh gale WNW. All hands on shore. Oscar Nelson went away from ketch. Got work at Wardang.

1 July Monday 4 hands went for water & stores got [illegible text] returned at 5 pm. Fresh WNW Bar 30-10. 6 am visited wreck to much sea. Took off one boatload. 2 Tuesday All hands getting cargo from shore & sundries belong to wreck to much sea to go out took off 2 boatloads. Bar 30-18. 3 Wednesday 9 am visited wreck. No work done to much sea. Anchored 3 hours & returned to anchor [illegible text] Australia Point. Moderate north. Bar 30-18. Noon returned to anchor cloudy & threatening.