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Ship Ann Maria from New York towards Valparaiso - Commanded by Levi F. Doty Esq. [[9 columned table]] | Hours | K. | H.K | Courses | Winds | | | | Remarks Thursday July 17 1850 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 2 | | S.S.E.| East | | | | Commences with high airs and warm pleasant weather | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | 6 | 2 | | S by E 1.2 | N by W 1/2 W | | | | | | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | | 8 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 9 | 2 | | | | | | | Through the night calm and light airs | | 10 | 3 | | | Variable | | | | | | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 12 | 3 | | | | | Four weeks out | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | Morning watch set Fore Top mast and Msn Top gale stud. Sails also unbent the Main sail and bent a spare one | | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 8 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 9 | 4 | | | | | | | | Ends with a light breese | | 10 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 12 | 4 | | | | | | | | [[9 columned table]] | Hours | K. | H.K. | Courses | Winds | | | | Remarks Wednesday July 18th | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 4 | | S by E 1/2 E | N by W 1/2 W | | | | Commences with moderate breeses and pleasant weather | | 2 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | 3 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 | 4 | 1 | S E by S 1/2 S | | | | | | | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | Through the night fine breeses and pleasant weather | | 9 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 10 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 11 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 12 | 5 | | | | | Twenty nine days out | | | | 1 | 4 | 1 | Variable | Variable | | | | | | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | Morning heavy rains with bafling winds | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | At 9.30 P.M. Tuck in the stud sails & braced by the wind | | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 8 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | 9 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 10 | 3 | | | | | | | Ends rain | | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 12 | 3 | | | | | | | No Obs. |
Transcription Notes:
Reopened - Again empty spaces too small. some only 1 space. Please use | |.
unbent - or unbend a sail: unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay; make less taut. "relax the tension on the rope". relax, loosen up,