228 LOG BOOK OF THE "ST. PETER" 



November 23, 17 41 



Report on Saving the Ship 



To His Highness Captain Commander Ivan Ivanovich Bering: 



On November 21, 1741, your highness ordered me, the undersigned, to consult 

 with the higher officers and the crew as to the best way of saving the St. Peter with 

 the provisions and material on board and also as to a place where she might be 

 hauled up for the winter. In accordance with your order I, Fleet Master Sofron 

 Khitrov, all lower officers, and members of the crew met on November 22 to discuss 

 these points. 



1. The St. Peter has one anchor out, the best bower, and its cable is not very 

 dependable. We have no other anchors or grapplings aside from the 8-pood grap- 

 pling. As you know, the ship lies out in the open sea and if a strong wind should 

 come up from the east, southeast, west or northwest, one anchor would not hold. 

 On the east, north, and west there are rocky reefs. If a strong wind should blow up 

 from the south, or from between south and west, the ship would be driven out to sea. 



2. We therefore agreed that at high tide the boat should be hauled up on the 

 sandy beach facing it and made fast with hawsers. The water casks should not be 

 emptied, the ballast should not be taken out, and the cargo should not be disturbed 

 now; all these things can be done later in the winter, if nothing interferes. In order 

 to save the provisions from the water in the ship, cables should be put under them. 



We have no other suggestion to make, and we leave the matter for your highness' 

 decision. Something must be done at once to save the vessel because of the winds, 

 which may cause us to lose both the ship and supplies. 



Lieutenant Sven Waxel 

 Fleet Master Sofron Khitrov 

 Assistant Navigator Kharlam Yushin 

 Assistant Skipper Nikita Khotyaintsov 

 Assistant Constable Boris Roselius 

 Boatswain's Mate Alexei Ivanov 



For the quartermaster, Luka Alexeiev, for all the crew, and for himself the sailor 

 Timofei Anchiugov signed. 



On the above written report on the saving of the St. Peter, I received, 

 this 23rd day of November, an order from the Captain Commander to 

 carry out the recommendations of the report at the very first oppor- 

 tunity. I am now waiting for favorable weather to do so. 



November 24, 1741 

 Strong wind, impossible to go aboard. 



November 25, 17 41 

 Strong wind, impossible to go aboard. 



