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20 January 1769 Friday 20th Moderate gales and clowdy with frequent showers of rain all this day: this evening the Surf abated and at 2 AM sent the People on shoar to Wood and water and cut brooms all of which we compleated this day in this service we lost our small Kedge anchor, it having been laid off the watering place to ride the Long boat by, and the gale had brok a way the Hawser and Buoy rope, and perhaps buried the anchor in the sand, for notwithstanding our utmost endeavour We were not able to hook it took up the Stream Anchor and made ready for sailing
Cultural Artefacts in South Seas Companion: bouy | longboat | stream anchor
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