Date/time: July 27, 2006, 12:00 local (z-9) Position at Morse Cove: 54D56.109'N 131D14.826'W Position at noon: 54D26'N 130D38'W Avg. speed: 7.5 Course bearing: 163D Wx: Wind, W, 0 to 15kts , partly cloudy Sea state: 3' Crew: Ben, Brad & Kevin Remarks: Today at 09:30 we crossed into Canada at 54D42'North and 130D51' West. No great excitement, we just put up our "Q" flag, and sailed on. It's nice to be in more familiar territory, but we must say we were quite comfortable wherever we were. For those unfamiliar, the Q flag is a yellow flag that you fly when you enter a new country that signifies that you are quarantined until you go through Customs and Immigration. Yesterday at 17:45, we crossed 55 degrees, 10 minutes North Latitude, which was 430 nm ( 790 km) directly west of Grande Prairie. We had come south of 55D10' briefly at False Pass in western Alaska, but then angled north to Kodiak and Glacier Bay. We've crossed it now for good. Beautiful area again last night. 4-whales appear to live there, in Morse Cove, but catchable fish don't. We could feel the nice sea swells from Dixon Entrance as we crossed to Prince Rupert. -- 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 To follow Idlewild with Google Earth: http://tinyurl.com/ksnhg For the Trawler M/V JPEG version: http://tinyurl.com/ovdt7