154 Motor Schooner "France" November 1925 Thursday 26th WSW Gale Bar 29.94 Ship heeled - reaching under double reefed M.S. 8-8.8 r from Lat 34°37'S Long 149°26'E C S & E Dist 52 m Employed variously made a triangle to catch Albatrosses H.PM Shot and retrieved an Albatross Pump lights and Lookout attended to. Friday 27th SW strong Gale with heavy squalls & a wet sea Bar 29.87 Ther 62. Caught two Albatrosses on line from Lat 35°37'S Long 149°50'E C SE x S Dist 63 m Employed variously. Pumping every hour for 12 minutes. Ship Heel to under double reefed Fores. and Stay.S. light Lookout attended to. Saturday 28th SW Gale Bar 29.84 Ther 59 Same as yesterday. Pumping every hour employed making a draw bucket and cutting firewood from Lat 36°14'S Long 149°50'E C SE x E Dist 37 m East Cape 1/3 SSW Dist 105 m Caught 3 Albatrosses on line Pump lights Lookout attended to. Sunday 29th SSW Fresh breeze Bar 29.89 rain Ship under small sail drifting with line out for Albatrosses. Caught two during the morning from Ships Head W. Lat 36°45 Long 149°01'E Dist 21 m East Cape 1/3 S x S Dist 80 m Pump lights & Lookout attended to. Monday 30th SSW Fresh Breeze Bar 29.89 Ther 61 Ship under small sail drifting SE catching Albatrosses on line from Lat 36°49'E Long 149°51'E 9 am Moderating Mr Beck went away hunting in small boat Picked him up at 11.30 Mon lat 36°57'S Long 149°31'E Wind freshening to a gale made fast M.S L.O.J C SSW Dist 20 m. P.L.S. attended. 155 Motor Schooner "France" December 1925. Tuesday 1st WNW gale Bar 24.90 Ther 61.8 am stood in under double reefed M.S. & F.S. 88 c / hds. Sighted the land at 10 am from Lat 37°52'S Long 149°07'E C S x W Dist 59 m Employed variously Mr Beck out with dinghy hunting from 2 to 5.30 PM Pump lights and Lookout attended to. Wednesday 2nd Variable Bar 30.05 Ther 64 Ship under small sail off Eastcape watching for birds Employed variously Mr Beck away in boat shooting birds from 2 to 5.30 PM Pump lights & Lookout attended to Calm during the night Thursday 3rd Calm Bar 30.27 Ther 64 Employed setting up dories and about the rigging 2 men & Mr Beck when aboard preparing specimen all day and during the evenings every day. 3 PM Freshening from WSW stood in Pump lights and Lookout attended to. Friday 4th N.W x W gale Bar 30.10 Ther 64 Standing off on under the land hunting for birds. Put the boat out for Mr Beck at 8. Am. 10 am Freshening and sea making picked him up again. 6 Pm more ship off Open Bay Bar 29.90. Blowing a hard W x W to NW gale. 8 PM Moderating set Jib and double reefed M.S. Pump lights & Lookout attended to. Saturday 5th N x E Fresh Breeze Bar 29.85 Ther 55 6 am shook 1 reef out of F.S. Ship pounding into the head sea pump going every hour from Lat 37°15'S Long 148°52'E Cape Romanov East dist 40 m 3 Pm Wind and sea making took in M.S. Pump lights & Lookout attended to. Sunday 6th N x W Fresh Breeze Bar 29.85 Ther 64. 5 am set M.S. from Lat 35°37'S Long 178°16'E C Eastward Dist 102 m P.M. No change long light & Lookout attended to.