Saterday November the 9 Day 1776
Latter Part Blows Very hard Satterday Morning
First Part of these 24 hours it Blows a Very Gale the Wind to the westward Starting Each way A very Bad sea A Going seven A Clock Looks very Dubarious Very heavy Squals ten A Clock A squall struck Us the Trysail bos't Down to the Deck Almost took Bouth parts of the Clue of the Trysail off at once As if they was Cut off with an Ax Got Down the Trysail What was Left of him A Tirible hard Gale inde'd She Lays down Very low Laying A hul