midnight
I happened to find the captain of the vessel that brought the boat to New York ; and he made me pay roundly for her , so that he got well rewarded for his trouble in picking it up . '' The Chateaugay stood due south till six o'clock at little more than half speed , and when she came about her dead reckoning indicated that she was seventy-five miles to the south-west of Gibbs Hill light . The weather was very favorable for the proposed enterprise , with a moderate breeze from the west . Mr. Gilfleur did not wish to leave the ship till after midnight , for all he desired was to get inside the outer reefs before daylight . The speed of the ship was regulated to carry out this idea . The light so frequently mentioned in the conference is three hundred and sixty-two feet above the sea level , for it is built on the highest point of land in the south of the Bermudas , and could be seen at a distance of thirty miles . At three bells in the first watch the light was reported by the lookout , and the speed was reduced somewhat .