Complex sentence: A light easterly wind enabled the "Lady Nelson" to leave the anchorage in Western Port on 4 January and, after stopping in Elizabeths Cove to replenish water casks, followed the coast to the west.
Split into simpler sentences: A light easterly wind enabled "Lady Nelson" to leave the anchorage in Western Port on 4 January. After stopping in Elizabeths Cove to replenish water casks, she followed the coast to the west.