four o'clock
The fog had begun to dissipate , and by one o'clock they had passed entirely out of it ; but the wind had increased in violence , and at this time it blew a fresh gale . All hands were called up , and after an hour of hard labor , the jib and mainsail were taken in , and the reefed foresail set . Now , though the wind blew a gale , the Flyaway behaved so well that Paul ventured to send the watch which had served from nine o'clock below . At four o'clock , the yacht having run ten hours to the eastward , the clouds began to disperse , the wind suddenly abated , till it became almost a calm , and there was every appearance of fair weather . At this time Paul put the Flyaway about , and laid her course due west . At sunrise the sky was clear , and there was not a particle of fog to be seen in any direction ; but the wind had all died out , and there was a perfect calm upon the ocean . The yacht was out of sight of land , and Paul judged that she was from eighty to a hundred miles to the eastward of the Isles of Shoals .