Date/time: June 5, 2006, 12:00 local (03:00z) Position at Kushiro 43 Degrees (D) 42 58.830'N & 144D 23.045'E Water temp: 8.0Degrees,D, C at sea, In the harbor, and 1/4 mile upstream, 11D C Crew: Ben, Brad, Kevin & Kurt Remarks: Got tied up at 06:35 Sunday right downtown, population 200,000. A lovely city, walked about then a friend of Sasaki came with good English and very helpful. We are again hopeful of going to Russia. The boys took Sidekick and went up the River we are docked in: http://international.city.kushiro.hokkaido.jp/ http://www.easthokkaido.com/english/index.shtml http://www.kushiro-kankou.or.jp/english/ -- 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