Date/time: June 19, 2006, 12:00 local (z-9) Position at noon: 52D58'N 169D34'E 00:20 to noon: 159 nm Avg. speed: 6.6 kts Miles to Attu: 132 miles to Attu Course bearing: 097C Sea state Swells 6 to 8' Wx: wind SSW 15 to 20 kts Fog and thick cloud Water temp: 6.5D C Crew: Ben, Brad, Kevin & Kurt Remarks: Constant cloud & fog, but wind under 23 kts so, a nice trip. Brad saw a very big ship this morning that was traveling very fast. We are trying to finish our Japanese history, & war stories. Then, the small bit we have on Eastern Russian history. Now reading about The Forgotten War by Stan Cohen which is a pictorial history of the War in the Aleutians in the early 40s. Saw the sun twice just before noon; good enough to get a sextant shot of it if we had the knowledge. Jason Fimrite had given me a sextant and a how-to book, but I haven't learned yet. It will make a nice showpiece on the mantle in years to come. Heading east and a very little south now, so days not getting Longer. When we turn north of Attu, we will gain quickly again. We are still 190 nm or 350 kilometers south of Grande Prairie. We would like their weather, but it's warm in the wheelhouse, and the food is good. -- 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