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[25] pp. manuscript in brown, then blue ink, plus many blank leaves at end. 25x20 cm. (10x8"), flexible leather.

Detailed accounts of the nautical activities of the yacht Restless on San Francisco Bay beginning in 1858, one of the earliest pleasure craft to ply the Bay and tributaries. belonging to Richard Livingston Ogden. The second half of the journal is a record of the schooner "Peerless," another craft belonging to Ogden, launched in 1869. The Restless is described in detail, "31 feet long, 16 feet beam, 3½ deep centre board 10 feet long 12 feet wide 5 feet high finished a la raeveaux gilt mouldings, stained glass windows, velvet cushions forming very comfortable sleeping accommodations...." Various voyages are described, such as " The first voyages of the Restless were to Sausalito on pic-nics, fishing trips, to Angel Island on clambakes, to Alcatraz on Offish-al business, to Benicia, to Martinez, and on the 3rd of July (63) to Sacramento in 18 hours aganst the tide & with calm weather to contend with beating 14 schooners & sloops... On the opening of the Ducking season she was put in shooting trim and some half dozen successful voyages with glorious results..." Later on, as years passed, "The Restless was sold on the departure of the owner for the East for $1000 to a gentleman ni the Lager Bier line of business who put her into service as a Ferry Boat between 3rd St. Wharf and the Potrero...." There is an ink sketch of the sloop Restless mounted on the front pastedown.