Tuesday 20th Fresh Gales at NWBN, and NBW   PM fair weather the remainder hazey with rain and Squally which brought us under close reef'd topsails —

Stood to the westward untill 2 AM when we made a trip to the Eastward and afterwards stood again to the westward untill noon when by our reckoning we were in the Latitude of 42°..23' So Course and distance saild So 74° West 54 Miles    Longitude made from Cape West 5° 55' East. Tack'd and stood to the eastward