| Description | |
Furious winds from the North and North-West whip up the sea, filling the bilge with water and forcing the crew to begin bailing and the captain to furl all sails except those of the main mast. |
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| Event Types and Categories: |
Storm (Weather) |
| Voyage: | 10015 (click here to view all of the events on the voyage) |
| Date (From source): | 22-10-1679 |
| Date (Location): | England |
| Date (Extra information from the source): | 'Stile veteri' |
| Date (Normalised): | 01-11-1679 |
| Event Location: | 30 leagues from Sardinia |
| Latitude: | 40.115057 |
| Longitude: | 8.989284 |
| Approximate range from these coordinates: | 310 km(s) |
| Reliability (of these coordinates): | High certainty (Click here for an explanation of event reliability) |
| Recorded by: | |
| Vessel(s): |
Leone ((Vessel)),
Captain Samuel Hauches |
| Voyage description: | Fish and lead from Londonderry to Unknown ports, Alicante, Livorno, and Venice. Storm and broken mast. |
| Transcription: | Et havendo navigato felicemente fino al di 22 del sudetto mese ritrovandosi in tali giorno trenta leghe in circa lontano dalla Sardegna incontrò burrasca furiosissima di venti a segno di maestri e tramontane con gravi fortune di mare che i colpi [pasavano] spesse volte dall’una all’altra parte di detta sua nave facendo nella sentina gran quantita d’acqua. Che per cio’ convenne al signore comparente fare ammainare tutte le vele eccettuata la maestra, e fare aggottare d’hora un’hora dalli suoi marinari con le trombe |