Date/time: May 14, 2006 12:00 local (03:00z) Position at noon: 27 18 N & 142 06 E We left Chichi Jima at 09:50 with Police and customs to see us off Chichi Jima to noon: 16 nm Avg. speed: 7.4 kts Miles to go 500 miles to Tokyo Course bearing: 338 Sea state & wx: S 10 kts, sea 4', thin cloud Crew Ben, Brad & Kevin Remarks: Chichi Jima is like the mainland, friendly and clean, but in many ways as remote as Cambridge Bay to us in Grande Prairie. Boat access only, no plane. Weather to Tokyo looks very good. 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