Jonathan Griffin

2 August 2018

Week 1

I Hebdomade On Saturday 5th July 1834 – we left Falmouth Harbour at 12.30 P.M. The weather in the morning and during the day was fine […]
2 August 2018

Week 2

Commencement of 2.d  week Sunday 13th July – fine weather – Wind fresh and dead-on-end. Monday 14th – fine weather. Very light and foul wind. In […]
2 August 2018

Week 3

Commencement of III Week Sunday 20th July – fine weather. Fresh and favourable breeze. Monday 21st July – cloudy weather. At 7 this morning a shower […]
2 August 2018

Week 4

Commencement of 4th Week Sunday 27th July – spoke three fishing vessels yesterday, all French and saw many others around us. Much rain during last night. […]
2 August 2018

Week 5

Commencement of 5th Week Sunday 3rd August – dull gloomy weather with rain. Spent the day ashore at Dartmouth. Monday 4th – fine weather. On shore […]
2 August 2018

Weeks 6 & 7

Commencement of 6th Week Sunday 10th August – I spent the day at Dartmouth – cloudy weather with smart showers in the afternoon. Monday 11th – […]
2 August 2018

Weeks 8 & 9

Commencement of 8th Week Sunday 24th August – foggy weather and favourable breeze. Spoke the Brig Zephyr from S.t Andrew’s in the Bay of Fundy, out 28 days, […]
2 August 2018

Account of Expenses 15

Account of Expences incurred at Halifax from 2nd to 14 August 1834 Halifax 1834 From 2nd to 14 August Pens – 1s Fruit – 6d Personal Expences – 4s Tea &.c – 2s […]
2 August 2018

Voyage 15 – Halifax 1834

Notices of A Voyage from Falmouth to Halifax and back Sailed 5th July 1834 – Returned 1st September 1834 Absent 8 weeks & 3 days This voyage began […]
28 July 2018

H.M. King Alfonso XIII

H.M. the King of Spain is patron of the Real Club Nautico, and a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. The Spanish royal yacht is the Giralda, […]
28 July 2018

H.I.M. Wilhelm II

Since the early nineties down to the present time there has been no more prominent figure in European yachting than H.I.M. the German Emperor. He was elected […]
28 July 2018

H.M. King Edward VII

British yachting owes a much deeper debt to His Majesty King Edward than that incurred through ordinary royal patronage, for in him it can boast an […]