Wednesday 25th
A beautiful morning, the sky with-
out a cloud. direction of the wind still
unchanged, our course about west
passed two shoals of Grampus during
the day, had no breakfast but took
dinner pretty well. A heavy swell
on the sea all day. My father felt
a little touched today for the first
time 7 P.M. the wind has changed a
few points, our points course being about
W.S.W. 9 P.M. topsails reefed wind
blowing fresh
STANDARDISED
Wednesday 25th
A beautiful morning, the sky without a cloud. Direction of the wind still unchanged, our course about west. Passed two shoals of grampus during the day, had no breakfast but took dinner pretty well. A heavy swell on the sea all day. My father felt a little touched today for the first time. 7pm the wind has changed a few points, our points course being about W.S.W. 9pm topsails reefed, wind blowing fresh.
HENRY SCHOFIELD DIARY
25th – fine & windy
The sea was very rough last night so that I could not sleep was about 350 miles from Plymouth. Saw 3 ships, saw a large shoal of porpoises, for dinner spice pudding and beef. Thinking of Sheffield fair & playing at cards for the first time
![Sails of a fully-rigged ship [Classic Sailor: classicsailor.com]](http://mermaid1864.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/fully-rigged-ship-classic-sailor.jpg)
Sails of a fully-rigged ship [Classic Sailor: classicsailor.com]
Further reading
“The Fully-Rigged Ship”, Classic Sailor (classicsailor.com : published 5 Nov 2019)
