160 Motor Schoner "France" January 1926 Tuesday 26th Mist Nw Breeze Bar 29.83 Employed various and made a double knot. Morn Lat 49°50'S Long 173°53'E Co SSW Dist 121m. 4PM A strong SE gale. In. Start in for shelter and anchored under Genoa Head at 10 PM Pump Anchorlight watched to. Wednesday 27th Hove up at 5am. Calm. Nw Neck out in boat until 7am when made for Port Lyttelton where moved to wind at 8am. Wind SE bar 29.20. Obtain Store & water and left again at PM Stopped at Gipsy beat for birls. 6:30 PM beating out against an ESE Bar 30.05 Pump Light looked at to. Thursday Jan 28 = Calm up & down bar 30.02. Fine variable B'se calms a NE swell making. 7PM strong NNE Reefed down 8 PM calm. Puff of wind from WSW. Fine return of Nwbs Rainful & Showers. Pumps Lights Lookout attended to. Friday 29th Variable - calms bar 29.95 8am Akaroa being just in sight on Nw Neck out in boat after birls, be- turned at noon Wind NW Bar 29.72 6PM Bar 29.55 Double reefed & hove to on the Starboard tack for a SE Striking us in a fierce squall. Pump lights & Lookout attended to. Saturday the 30th Strong ESE to SSW gale bar 29.62 Very heavy sea. Ship hove to on the Starboard tack under double reefs F.S. & SS. Shey overcast, squally Morn by DR. Lat 44°52'S Long 173°22'E 6 PM Out around heading W Bar 29.60. Pump lights looked at to. Sunday the 31st SE S SW Strong Breeze bar 29.66 6am Set Inner Jib Double reefed M.S. Morn by Bearings of Banks Peninsula Lat 44°00'S Long 172°57'E 4 PM More ship to the SE off Northend of 90m Beach Bar 29.78. Set sail 7PM Double reefed again Wind freshening & sea making. Pump Lights Lookout attended to. 161 Motor Schoner "France" February 1926 Monday The 1st Strong SSW Gale with thick weather and rain squalls Bar 29.08 Ship under double reefed sails SS. Jib Mainail split along 2nd Reefs. Since we left Inua the Ship has been making more water than she should on bad weather. I put at noon to the Topsides not being caulked Morn by D.R. Lat 44°25'S Long 173°24'E wind Increasing. Decided to make for Akaroa Harbour for shelter and anchored off the town at 6.30 PM Pump Anchorlight watched to. Tuesday the 2nd SSW Bar 29.18 Beat over MS Repairs Outer Jib. Overhauling & repairing Blocks etc. 6PM Bar 29.48 Pump Anchorwatch Light attended to. Wednesday the 3rd SE heavy Gale bar 30.60 Being employed clearing Ship, overhauling blocks & humming gear variously. Pump anchorwatch etc. Thursday the 4th SW gale bar 29.80. Employed various, about rigging gear masts Block covers and thick away after birls all day. Pump Anchorlight watched to. Friday the 5th Calm morning Bar 29.48. Left our good anchorage to beat against a gale of wind again at 5am. 8am lost out Banks P B. NW at Akaroa W Double reefed MS & FS sail- Morn Bar 29.40 falling Hard SE gale with thick weather shaped to pick up Akaroa again. 3 PM Ship off Okaro Wind failing light Bar 29.40 Goes to stand out Hove to for the night wind increasing. Pump lights Lookout attended to. Saturday the 6th Had a very dirty, rough night & am a howling SE gale and heavy sea. Bar 29.56 Ship bucking and straining Were shing to the best. 8 PM No change Ship of Banks Peninsula. Stood out for the night Pump lights Lookout attended to. Pumping 10 m every hour.