88 THE LOG OF THE 



hope my pictures will come out as otherwise nobody will believe 

 that I saw the spray fly 120 ft. in the air. 



Outside the wind was still light and from the NE. At four we 

 were off Brazil Rock which we saw breaking for the first time. 

 During the night we made a steady 4^^ knots. 



Position Crossing to Qulf of Maine 

 Sunday, September igth <| Weather Clear 



Wind Light northerly to calm 



ALL day we continued at a steady 4^ knots with a light north- 

 JL\. erly wind and a fast subsiding swell. Mac and I were kept busy 

 sewing at the stay-sail. We no sooner had it finished when the wind 

 dropped out and we had to take to the engine. 



The only interruption we had was about four o'clock in the 

 afternoon when a fisherman passed us under power and on about 

 the same course. Even with the help of his engine he only passed us 

 slowly. 



Jack spent the day hard at work cleaning, first the galley, and then 

 the after cabin. Some effort was made to get our belongings packed 

 up but it is hard to believe that the trip is nearly over. Everybody is 

 now giving Jack their old clothes and he gravely packs them away 

 no matter how badly torn they are. 



At supper time we started the engine and ran it steadily all night. 

 A full moon made the ocean almost as light as day, since the oily 

 surface reflected so much of the light. At nine we passed a fisherman 

 hove-to, apparently fishing. This might put us on Cashes Ledge, but 

 my calculations of our speed put us some ten miles further back. 

 After midnight we passed two more fishermen outward bound, I 

 suppose from Commonwealth pier. 



I began noticing our language today. Mac asked somebody for 

 "one of those foreign-built patents" and without hesitation he was 



