On this day: October 8
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on October 8, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1837 · Addison: Anchor dragged during a heavy gale.
- 1844 · Draco: Whale smashed a boat.
- 1893 · Beluga: Main feed pipe blew out.
- 1832 · Bengal: Found note left at island post office.
- 1834 · Parker: Met schooner carrying English consul.
- 1847 · Draco: A prayer as the voyage resumed.
- 1862 · Jireh Perry: Caught a whale.
- 1868 · Abraham Barker: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1847 · Draco: Discharged James Brown sick.
- 1832 · Bengal: Went to look for turpin.
- 1848 · Abigail: Saw grampuses.
- 1862 · Hopeton: Saw porpoises.