>When you have a minute, how about providing an update on your plans >for passages beyond Palau? Where are you headed, what route will you >follow, what's the time frame, from this point on to the conclusion >of the voyage? Leave Palau Apr 21 to Guam, leave Guam about May first and stop at one or more Mariana Islands then possibly Japanese Islands and up to Tokyo. Leave Tokyo May 5 to 10 depending on wx. Stop briefly at Attu in the Alaska Aleutians, then up to cross our trail at 65 30 N and 168 48.5.W From there to Nome, Kodiak Is., Glacier Bay and slowly south to Vancouver by Aug 20, 2006. We'll sell the boat and move on to other ventures. Take care, Ben -- Ben Gray Idlewild Custom Buehler 55 powered by a 55-hp Kubota Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca/ http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/ Where to follow Idlewild if you have Google Earth installed: http://tinyurl.com/ksnhg For the JPEG version: http://tinyurl.com/ovdt7