Date/time: June 1, 2006 12:00 local (03:00z) Position at noon: 36 31 N & 141 27 E Noon to noon 181 Avg. speed: 7.5 kts Miles to go 415 miles to Tokyo[sic] (Kushiro?) Course bearing: 018 Sea state & wx: ENE 5 to 15 kts, sea 3 to 4', sunny Crew Ben, Brad, Kevin & Kurt Remarks: I forgot to mention yesterday that we have a new sailor aboard. Kurt Fink joined us in Tokyo from GP Canada. He is an old friend, daring and fun to have around. We took some of the hay seeds out of his ears before we let him go downtown Tokyo. He plans to stay until Nome for what we expect will be one of our most interesting crossings. Interesting traffic including a large submarine and tall ship close. It is truly hard to imagine such continuous dense traffic. Heavy traffic still around the corner and out to sea after dark we had our closest call with a ship that had a flashing red light as well as a green, which was less bright on the starboard. We thought we were looking at the port side and were making corrections accordingly until we were uncomfortably close and saw the bow wave in the light reflections and quickly took evasive action. So glad we included Tokyo. 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