Date/time: Jan 30, 2006 12:00 local Position at noon: 34°47' S & 076°38' E noon to noon: 135.1 nm Avg. speed: 5.6 kts Course bearing: 88°T Sea state & wx: E 11 kts, NE 10 feet, sunny periods & some cloud Crew: Ben, Brad, & Kevin Days: 17 days from East London Goal: to Fremantle Australia To go: about 2100 nm Remarks: East wind last 24 hours at 15 to 20 kts so we slowed for 8 hours to reduce pounding. We picked up RPM now but our speed is still not up where it should be. We learned in the Arctic that local winds of 20 kts for 20 hours can produce 1 kt of current and we think that is what we have here. Ben, Brad, & Kevin -- Idlewild Custom Buehler 55 Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca/ http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/