Date/time: Jan 14, 2006 12:00 local 08:00 z Position at noon: 33°20' S & 029°36' E noon to noon 91.5 nm Avg. speed: 5.6 kts Course bearing: 090°T Sea state & wx: ESE 7 feet, ESE 14 sunny Crew: Ben, Brad, & Kevin Days: 1 days from East London Goal: to Fremantle Australia To go: about 4600 nm Remarks: Slow to get things done here but needed to wait for a decent wx window so it worked out good. Nice wx here and looks good ahead, we were excited to be going again. It is a long way to Fremantle but we have a quite a bit of experience now and all is in order according to our plans. Wonderful people in South Africa and all generally confident of the future. Brad, Ben, & Kevin -- Idlewild Custom Buehler 55 Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca/ http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/