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in the calm weather studied our position we are [[red underline]] just on the point of a coral shoal [[/red underline]] and about [[red underline]] 300 feet [[/red underline]] further [[red underline]] would be afloat. [[/red underline]] Changed our anchors. Planted two [[strikethrough]] anch [[/strikethrough]] rope anchors by kedging on our portside on at the bow on at the stern and selected carefully the holes in the coral reef on to our chain anchor at the bow we planted it [[strikethrough]] purp [[/strikethrough]] at right angle with the bow on starboard so as to prevent that any new storm would drive us farther on the shoal.  Then went ashore to cut some [[red underline]] mangrove posts [[/red underline]] to be used as braces.  Then 
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pulling up the two port-anchors on the wind [[red underline]] succeeded in straightening ship [[/red underline]] and placed the mangrove post and one of the beams on Portside as braces ^[[tied]] against the stanchions of the awning While we were at this work [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] a [[red underline]] young man called Williams came aboard to help us and promised further help to morrow unless [[/red underline]] they were prevented by the exigencies of the [[red underline]] fruit season [[/red underline]] I told him would pay them well.
My idea is to build a cradle [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] and by standing on the rock use jacks etc to slide cradle under the boat and then roll her off on roller made from a 6" [[strikethrough]] al [[/strikethrough]] spar or