Day Twenty Eight
Lat. 42° 06' S Long. 137° 35' W Dist. 163 miles
"We started rigging around at 5.30 am. Braced the yards a bit, set the inner jib and hauled taut sheets.
Bosun made a mess of the half deck scraping a piece of wood to make a picture frame. I made a hand brush out of rope-yarns to sweep the table with.
The port watch set the mainsail this morning. The wind dropped and we became becalmed but the sea was coming in large rollers and we were doing some large and mighty rolls.
We spent a reading evening, it being Sunday we allowed the "Old Man" a little peace. We squared the yards in at 7 pm and hauled the mainsail up. The port watch set the main upper topga'n'sail at 8.30 pm."