The Writings of Thyge Andersen Enevoldsen

March 1901
The third voyage we left on 4th March at 5-45am. Arrived Pentland on 5th at 11-30 pm. Strong winds blowing from the west anchored in Scrabster Roads 2am on the 6th Hove anchor up on the 7th at 7am and arrived at Iceland on the 10th 8-30pm Started fishing off Western Isle the next morning and after leaving it and coming back & being in the Western isle for a night on account of strong winds. We got our voyage and commenced for home on 19th at about 3am (passed gunboat on the 20th, 250 miles from Portland) full up to the hatches about 1500 ten stone basket. We arrived at Pentland on 21st at 2-45pm and St. Andrews Dock on 23rd at 8am. Market bad went to London made £680. (Robert made £282 same day in Hull. Market very bad.) Landed two days and came home and settled. Slipped ship on 28th March.

February 1901
Next voyage about a thousand of plaice twelve and a half all told. Bad markets. Plaice five to six shillings a kit. Made five six five pounds.

January 1901
Set off for Iceland next voyage leaving Hull on 17th January 1901. We met strong head winds when we got a couple of hundred miles from Pentlands and; was lying off Western Isle four days blowing a gale of wind all the time. On the 22nd we shipped a sea while running to pick Iceland up and the previous afternoon we carried away the mizzen blowing feather white at the time could not see a hand before us. We also carried away the boat as well in the breeze. On the 24th weather fine away a little and we expected to see Western Isle on the starboard side but through it being thick of rain we only saw the Lyon Rock on the starboard rigging. We made at once for Reykjaness but it came on to blow again and we got into Fasca Bay on the next afternoon to Keflavik got already for fishing. A Grimsby trawler was already lying at anchor in there when we got there. Commenced fishing the next morning being the 26th of Jan. Got about 20 basket for two hours and about 10 of cod (small). Snowstorm for the next thirty six hours brought up east of Ackreness followed by the Grimsby trawler where we went to. Got on the plaice at Grindervik being now the 28th got between 40 and 60 for a hour and half. Arrived at Hull on the 7th of Feb landed about 850 kits of Plaice about eleven to twelve hundred kits all told, made one thousand and eighty five pounds. a record up to now.

December 1900
Left Hull on 28th Dec.1900, for the Bank below Great Fisherbank but found very little so steamed right down the end of Shoal water abreast of the Shetlands Isles. Got nothing but two or three score of cod so we steamed up again to 59º 25”N and found about 25 to 30 baskets and from there to 59º about 70 fathoms well westerly and found from forty to sixty basket for six hours. Made £268.