All hands-- Neither portages around rapids, Arctic ice, Atlantic storms, Indonesian pirates nor Russian bureaucracy kept Idlewild from her appointed circumnavigation. The 55-foot Buehler custom design returned home to Canada near Vancouver on Friday, 14 months 2 weeks after starting her extraordinary journey far inland at Dunvegan, Alberta. Thus, Idlewild becomes: -- The first yacht, power or sail, to circumnavigate by starting far inland and by using portages to reach the sea. --The first trawler yacht to circumnavigate via the Northwest Passage, and only the second private powerboat to do so. --The first Canadian yacht, power or sail, to circumnavigate via the Northwest Passage. --The first Canadian trawler yacht to circumnavigate. In the course of the voyage around the planet, Idlewild made the longest nonstop passage ever attempted by a recreational powerboat, 4,495 nautical miles from South Africa to Australia. A report and photos are posted at <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com>. --Georgs Georgs Kolesnikovs Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering, formerly Trawler World, since 1997