Date/time: Jan 19, 2006 12:00 local 08:00 z Position at noon: 33°40' S & 043°43' E noon to noon: 151.4 nm Avg. speed: 6.3 kts Course bearing: 089°T Sea state & wx: S 19 kts, S 9 feet, showers Crew: Ben, Brad, & Kevin Days: 6 days from East London Goal: to Fremantle Australia To go: about 3850 nm Remarks: Nice to see the speed pick up. Beam seas rolling a bit, but the boys don't mind and I don't know any better. We're getting about 1.15 mpl or 4.35 US mpg, or 5.2 Imp mpg and expect that to improve slightly as we go along. To this point we haven't had winds abaft of the beam. Ben, Brad, & Kevin -- Ben Gray Idlewild Custom Buehler 55 Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca/ http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/