Date/time: June 9, 2006, 12:00 local (24:00z) Position at noon: 43D 51'N 147D 35'E Noon to noon: 162 nm Avg. speed: 7.3 kts Miles to go: 775 miles to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy Course bearing: 060D Sea state & wx: wind E 5 to 15 kts, some fog & cloud Sea E swells 6' Water temp: 6.0D C Crew: Ben, Brad, Kevin & Kurt Remarks: The usual fishing gear along the coast, but we are out about 40 miles now so have the sea practically to ourselves. It is cooling quickly again, and the stove feels nice. Sea is nice, but on the beam. We dropped one vane in this morning to give more comfort without slowing us too much. It made a significant difference. -- 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 http://www.kamchatkapeninsula.com/city.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky http://www.adventurephotographs.com/kamchatka/petropavlovsk/index.asp To follow Idlewild with Google Earth: http://tinyurl.com/ksnhg For the Trawler M/V JPEG version: http://tinyurl.com/ovdt7