[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 27 The Barometer run vary low this morning. All sail was taken in except enough to steady the ship. The gale increased to such an extent they had to lay to the Ship & let her ride the best she Could. This like the rest is a head gale. The wind blew exceding hard through the day And the night was dark terrible dreadful & gloomy. It blew a Hurricane nearly all night head wind.
Few marriners ever experienced a rougher passage across the Atlantic than we have done thus far. Many ships would not have lived through such a constant scene of Gales & Hurricanes for so many days as we have had but would have swamped & gone to the bottom. But the Ashburton is A Strong New oak ship of the largest class And has thus far out rode all storms & gales well which has been a blessing to us.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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