Date/time: Feb 7, 2006 12:00 local Position at noon: 32°58' S & 102°26' E noon to noon: 166.7 nm Avg. speed: 6.9 kts Course bearing: 88°T Sea state & wx: S 24 kts, S 8 feet, mostly cloudy Crew: Ben, Brad, & Kevin Days: 25 days from East London South Africa Goal: to fetch Fremantle Australia To go: about 700 nm Remarks: Her good attitude only lasted 28 hours. Woke again 06:00 fuel again. Change secondary filter. 04:00 wind up quickly to 30 kts, choppy beam seas, fun is over. Ben, Brad, & Kevin -- Ben Gray Idlewild Custom Buehler 55 Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca/ http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/