2nd [August][Sandy Hook, N.J.]. — At noon, weighed with the fleet, consisting of the Eagle, Cornwall, Somerset, Isis, Preston, Ardent, Renown, Nonesuch, Centurion, Trident, Raisonnable, St. Albans, Experiment, Phænix, Roebuck, Apollo, Richmond, Venus, Pearl, Vigilant, Stromboli, Sulphur, Volcano, Carcass, Thunder,1 two bomb tenders,2 and four galleys.3 Half-past one the wind headed us. Anchored with the fleet short of the bar. From this time to the 5th the fleet could not get over the bar.
5th [August], 3 p.m.- Weighed, and got over the bar.4 It falling calm and hazy, anchored seven or eight miles outside of the lighthouse.5
