Date/time: May 9, 2006 12:00 local (02:00z) Position at noon: 26 37 N & 142 21 E noon to noon: 169 nm Avg. speed: 7.0 kts Miles to go 30 miles to ChiChi Jima, we'll be there at the dock about 1800 Course bearing: 338 Sea state & wx: ENE 10 to 18 kts sea 4 to 6' on the beam, cloud Crew Ben, Brad & Kevin Remarks: Big day yesterday, Kevin caught a 48" Mahi Mahi and we filleted out the backstrap. Took 45 minutes to land it and we could watch it down to 100 feet. Great fun and good eating. Sea temp dropped to 23 degrees Centigrade. It's nice. Days are getting longer pretty fast now, 13 hours 18 min. of sun now. Ben, Brad & Kevin -- 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 ChiChi Jima: http://members.tripod.com/~John_Wick/index-3.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichi-jima