Disembarkation- by Nicky Rossiter (motivational books to read txt) 📗
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A Voyage from Wexfordto Sulinah in 1866
The material which follows consists of verbatim extracts from the Logs of the Brig 'ALERT' of Wexford sailing from the Port of Wexford to Cardiff, Malta and up to the Black Sea.The original spelling and abbreviations are retained.
Commanded by Captain Patrick Cogley.
Commencing June 12th 1866
Ending this 14th Day of November 1866
Log kept by Laurence Murphy, Mate.
June 5th 1866 preparing from 5 a.m. for sailing at 7.00. The Steamboat came alongside and towed us up to the ballast ground.
Saturday June 16th, got in a berth to discharge the ballast. Strong breeze from NW, squally and rane.
Monday June 18th, finished discharging ballast. Light breeze from South. Brady, Greene and Clancy off duty, onshore without liberty.
Thursday 21st, Light breeze from NW. People imployed learning new gear such as braces, haulyards & c.
Friday July 6th 1866, Towed out of dock and came in the Roads (?). P.M. Squally with rane, thunder and lightning, got the gibboom out and studding sail booms on the yards.
Saturday 7th, Clear weather. People imployed quoiling the Hawser and wraps away. This log is in civil time. The Sea Log is Nautical Time.
Sunday July 8th, Winds n.w. A refreshing breeze from n.w. At 9 a.m. weighed anchor and made sail 6
p.m. abreast of the Nash. Stowed the fore topsail and flying gib. Thick and hazy, tacking when required.
Monday 9th, At 4 p.m. bore n.n.e. dist. 7 miles and tacked to the south at 12 tacked to the north.
Wednesday llth. Variable port wind, more easterly, set the port studding sails. Pumps duly attended to.
Thursday 12th, Course S.W. Weather in latter part of day clear. Got the anchors on the Forecastle.
Latitude 48 . 33 N Longitude 8 . 45 West From Cardiff towards Malta.
Friday 13th, Course N.W. People imployed scrubbing the paint work. 47.55 N 9.25 W.
Monday 16th, SW by S. Two sails in sight stearing to the south. People imployed in sundry jobs.
Tuesday 17th, W SW. People imployed picking the bread, the small from the large.
Monday July 23rd, S.SW. People imployed overhauling the spare canvas or sails that were below.
Tuesday 24th, People imployed scraping the mast.
Thursday 26th, At 10.30 observed to the north of Cape St. Vincents 10 sails in company. People imployed in painting the boat. At noon the Cape a point on the P.Bow.
Friday 27th, At noon abreast of Cape Uaries (?) about 30 miles off.
Sunday 29th, At noon abreast of Tarofa (?)
Tuesday 31st, At 11.30 Cape Digat bore NE Vi N. about 12 miles distant. People imployed scraping the old paint of inside. Lat. 37 N. Long 57 W.
Thursday August 2nd, Passed the Thomas English with her fore topmast gon.
Friday 3rd. People imployed painting the ship inside. Pumps carefully attended too.
Sunday 5th. Tacked to the south. Six sails in sight bound to the Eastward. 38.23 N 4.6 E.
Monday 6th. Lighting out of the N.W. Quarter. People imployed making mats.
Tuesday 7th. Observed the Seven Capes under our lee. Imployed enlarging the Lower Studding and making a flying gib out of an old gib. 38.11 N.6.51 E.
Thursday 9th. Galetta Island bore south distance 15 miles.
Friday 10th, At midnight Ambara (?) Island bore S by W distance 12 miles. Pantemaria Island SW by S at noon.
Saturday llth. At noon Gazar bore SE by E distance 20 miles. At 6 p.m. in Malta Harbour and the pilot came alongside and ordered us into the Quarenteen harbour to put up the quarenteed at 8 p.m. finished mooring and stowed the sails. This contain 36th log.
Monday 13th. Unmoored ship in quarenteed harbour and moved around the grain harbour and moored ship in the Ropewalk Street at 95 Store. At 9 a.m. got orders to hawl to 33 Store, did so and moored her there. Peopled cleared the decks and quarter the hawser and wraps.
Thursday August 16th 1866. Moderate breeze from the westward and sultry weather. Commenced to discharge to-day 80 tons weighed out. Two hands in Clancy and Duggans places. Clancy went to the hospitall to-day from the effect of a cut he got in the side ashore the evening before and Duggan of duty with a cut in the arm received a Shore at the same time from the same foreigners. This coals have been weighed by a distillars against the captains wishes as the were no English weights to be had.
Friday 17th. Discharged 91 tons to-day and 3 ways of the coal.
Saturday 18th. Discharged 47 tons to-day and Duggan and Clancy not able for duty yet.
Sunday 19th. At 8 p.m. Brady and Green came aft drunk and gave abusive language after being ashore without liberty.
Monday 30th. Laurence Duggan at work to-day. Michael Brady of Duty to- day from the effects of some beaten received on shore from some American Sailors. Discharged 30 tons of coal.
Wednesday 22nd. Finished discharging coal with a total of 360 tons, that is two tons of an increase.
Edward Clancy his clothes went on shore to-day a man shipped in his room but not come on bord.
Thursday 23rd. People imployed got the long boat in spars lashed, water filled and ballast trimmed. At 7
p.m. finished the ballast 10 feet aft and 9Vi fored. Brady returned to his duty to-day. The strange man left his clothes
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