off or it would be thrown off. Now could use 
paint, medicine etc. Tuna boats always carried 
complete medical kits including instruments 
of various kinds including clips for bad cuts. 
Running with no lights, none are lit so when 
it gets dark we just turn in. No writing or 
reading. Sort of risky without lights, but it’s 
war time. 
Left [Salinas?] Sat at 1.50 hot & sunny. 
Sunday overcast raining, started late Sat 
evening & continued all night. Sunday 
first half 
cloudy. Second half 
sunny; but cloudy 
at sunset no color 
except little red at 
horizon behind clouds 
Sat. night didn’t 
see sun. 
1. Sat June 20 
2. Sunday 21 
3. Monday 22 
4. Tue 23 
5. Wed 24 
6th arrived 
Thursday 25 
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July [June] 22, Monday 
Ma[l]pelo photod at 8 a.m. saw it much 
earlier. 
Fried eggs breakfast, toast orange juice. 
This a.m. passed Malpelo, coolish overcast 
day. Pictures at Malpelo taken in "dark" blue 
gray sky and distance [word crossed out] 
background. About 11 the sky cleared over 
head & sun came out & I acquired a first bit 
of sunburn, worse[?] on one (rt) side than on 
left. Ocean much quieter today. Sat. night, 
Sunday & Sun. nite rough & unpleasant, today 
monday nice & quiet, but decidedly cool, 
fellows in broke out sweaters today. The 
Humbolt current is making its presence felt 
way up here. 
Have been taking cold shower each a.m. at 
5.30-5.45. To bed at 8 p.m. (8.15 or 8.30). 
Lights completely out at that time & 
everything there after is done in the dark & 
dark without alteration. 
[sketch of fishing line(?) upside down on 
page] 
1. terminal loop 
2. ordinary loop for slip knot 
July [June] 23 - Tuesday 1942 
Leaden day over cast and coolish no sun; very 
dim shadow. Breakfast comes at seven am. 
Lunch at 11.30 Dinner bet 4.30 and 5.00. 
Have nice radio which belonged fishboat. 
Great relief and pleasure; riding along in dusk 
(twilight) with tango music and the waves 
slipping by, might as well be on your own 
private yacht. 
These boys of Portuguese extraction are a 
fine able lot; have made their mark and are 
getting somewhere in this world. The 
Gonsalves own this vessel and have 
successfully run it a number of years. I have 
enjoyed getting acquainted with them. Fine 
Americans, an asset to any nation calling 
them citizens and sons. 
One of younger boys who helps cook 
clean up seems cleaner than cook about some 
things. And would if running galley keep 
towels cleaner. Washed the ash trays 
yesterday, said he hated to see dirty ash trays 
sitting around. Italian Carmoti said to be a 
journeyman carpenter, crowd aboard 
especially chief engineer kidded him about 
kind of carpenter he was. 
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