Day Twenty Three

Lat. 39° 40' S    Long 161° 28' W   Dist. 159 miles

"The port watch squared the yards a bit. I was in the boat scraping it ready for painting. The carpenter has repaired it after all the banging about it received during our adventurous voyages from Woolwitch pier to the ship. It being a calm, we hauled the mainsail up to prevent it banging to pieces against the mast and rigging.

We were having our sing-song in the dog-watch and the "Old Man", after hearing "Wales, Wales" being sung, gave orders to make the mainsail fast. We braced the yards up a bit at about 10.30 pm."