Day Four
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"At 4 am I found the main upper and fore lower topga'n'sails furled and also the staysails down. We squared the yards and I spent the time till 8 am cleaning the Halfdeck.
I heard the seas coming aboard in the forenoon and heard that Jock had got his bunk wet. I have had that experience on one or two occasions and find it rather unpleasant. We set the fore topga'n'sail and Reggie washed clothes for the mate, he did not ask me. The second Mate took his stove for ard and we proceeded to experiment but after making a lot of smoke nothing happened but he decided to make tea on deck or in some place where the smoke will do no damage.
We set the main upper topga'n'sail. At 6 pm the fore upper topga'n'sail was set and the weather threatening. It was black astern when we squared in the yards with continual flashing of lightening accompanied with loud claps of thunder."