This will hawse the ship over towards Morlaix, and bringing us quite as far to windward as is desirable.

While the ebb lasts, and this breeze stands, we shall have plain sailing; the difficulty will come on the flood, or with a shift of wind.

The ships that come out last must be careful to keep their seconds, ahead and astern, in plain sight, and regulate their movements, as much as they can, by the leading vessels.
The object is to spread as wide a clew as possible, while we hold the ships within signal-distance of each other.

Towards sunset I shall shorten sail, and the line will close up within a league from vessel to vessel, and I have told Bluewater to use his discretion about coming out with the last ships, though I have requested him to hold on as long as he shall deem it prudent, in the hope of receiving another express from the Admiralty.

When the flood makes, I do not intend to go about, but shall continue on the starboard tack, and I wish you all to do the same.
This will bring the leading vessels considerably to windward of those astern, and may possibly throw the fleet into a bow and quarter line.
Being in the van, it will fall to my duty to look to this, and to watch for the consequences.