At Single Anchor in Dileware Bay
at 7 AM Weigh'd & Came to Sail under Single Reeft Top Sails Top Gallt Sails Jibb & Stay Sails at½ past 10 Came too with the Bt Br in 6 fm Veer'd to ½ Cable Hazzard High Land SSW. Egg Island NNE ½ East at Noon light Airs & Cloudy. First & Mid. parts Light Airs Latter Strong Gales & Squally Saw 7 Sail standing down for us. At½ past Noon Weigh'd & came to sail under whole TS. Top Gt Sails, Jib & Staysails. At 3 haul'd our wind, Set steering sails & d!iver. found the sails to be sloops, Schooners & a Brig. attempted to cut them off between C: May & the Overfalls, but running into 2 ½ fm TKd Ship. C: May SE Southly, shorten'd Sail. At. 6 Came too with the Bt Br in ½ 4 fm veer'd ½ a Cable. C: M4y SEBE. Lighthouse W¾S.