148 Motor Schooner "France" October 1925 Saturday 24th Fresh E½ Bar 30.11 Anchored at Suva - Anchored 11.45 Pm. Ship not making any more water than usual. Anchor lights attended to. Sunday 25th E½ a fine day Bar 30.10. Monday 26th Fine Fresh E½ Bar 30.08. Hove up and moored at wharf & shed at 7 am. Landed all Border stores and proceeded to the slip. Left on during the afternoon and held a survey. Found damages mostly to deckwood aft and keel of the inside. Tuesday 27th E½ with rain Bar 30.16 Started repairing damages Crew cleaning ship. Raining heavy during The Afternoon Bar 29.92 Wednesday 28th A rainy, E½ Bar 30.05. Work on slip as yesterday and variously. Thursday 29th E½ and SE Strong breeze Bar 30.08. Work completed to the satisfaction of boats agent and myself. Noon left the slip and moored at wharf shed. Took aboard water and stores and anchored off the wharf at 6 Pm Pump & anchor light attended to. Engine worked 1 hour. Friday 30th Strong SE gale Bar 30.20 left harbour at 10 am under reefed canvas which had to be double reefed during the afternoon. 6 Pm Heading for Cape Washington, Abram at 10 Pm. Found weather too bad to proceed so were ship to the N.E. Pump lights and lookout attended to. Saturday 31st Strong SE gale Bar 30.22 Hove mooring under double reefed canvas stay sail and jib. Ship making considerable water. Noon Cape Washington B. NNE Dist 20 on Pump lights & lookout attended to. 149 Motor Schooner "France" November 1925 Sunday 1st Mist SE Gale Bar 30.2. Noon Lat 21°55' Long 176°51' E Co. SSW Dist 120 on 6 Pm About Ship Pump lights & lookout attended to. Monday 2nd E½ to ESE strong breeze & jumpy sea Bar 30.02 Under single reefed sails. 6 am Aboard South Noon Lat 21°35'8 Long 177°21'2 Co. E x S ½ E Dist 14 on Employed variously. Pump lights & lookout attended to. Tuesday 3rd E½ strong breeze Bar 30.20. Sail as yesterday Noon Lat 23°24'8 Long 177°21'2 Co S x SE ¾ E Dist 120 on Employed fitting boats and variously. Pump lights & lookout attended to. Pump going every hour. Wednesday 4th Strong E½ Breeze Bar 30.35 Employed as yesterday Noon Lat 25°27'8 Long 179°34' E Co S ½ E Dist 120 on Pump lights & lookout attended to. Thursday 5th Fresh E½ Breeze with rain showers. Bar 30.24 Employed fitting boats variously. variously Noon Lat 26°40'8 Long 178°43' E Co SE ¾ S Dist 91 on. Jumpy Sea 4 Pm Carried away the port Foretopmast backstay in the eye aloft. Turned in a new eye and set up. Pump lights and lookout attended to. Friday 6th Fine E½ Bar 30.27 Employed getting up Headgear Cleaning painting boats variously. Noon 27°49'8 Long 178°14' E Co SW ½ W Dist 72 on Pm Cabin Pump lights & lookout attended to. Saturday 7th Very Light W½ wearing NNE Bar 30.24 Mr Beck out in small boat shooting birds up to Noon when in Lat 28°01'8 Long 178°25' E Co SSE Dist 26 on 6 Pm Fresh brg from South. Single reefed and in jib. Pump lights & lookout attended to.