Date/time: July 8, 2006, 12:00 local (z-9) Position at noon: 57D22'N 155D05'W False Pass to Noon 183 nm, 337 km. Avg. speed: 7.6 kts Miles to Kodiak 113 miles 208 Km Course bearing: 044D Sea state: SE swells 3 to 5' Wx: Wind SE 5 to 15 kts (10 to 30km) Water temp: 12.5D C Crew: Ben, Brad & Kevin Remarks: Note: We invite everyone near Vancouver to meet us on our arrival, or in the few days thereafter, at Shelter Island Marina; we'll be near the west end of the docks. We expect to arrive at noon August 11. The wind is on our stern. We haven't had a lot of that, but it helps our comfort and our speed. We are technically going the wrong way around the world, the trade winds go the other way. Our direction was dictated by ice conditions in the Arctic. Because we got to the Arctic Ocean near its middle, we wanted to start our trail south of the Arctic Circle; either in the Atlantic, or Pacific, to make the full crossing of the Arctic Ocean in one-year if possible. Because the Western Arctic opened first in 2005, we went there to start our circumnavigation. We thought we wouldn't have to contend with ice in 2006 if we went south of the Bering Strait in 2005, to start, but we were a little early this year; although the ice proved not to be a major obstacle. -- 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