Date/time: June 14, 2006, 12:00 local (24:00z) Position at noon: 53D00.442'N 158D37.613'E Noon to noon: 142 nm Avg. speed: 6.5 kts Miles to go: We're at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, but they won't let us off the ship Course bearing: None Sea state & wx: Sunny Water temp: 11.0D C Crew: Ben, Brad, Kevin & Kurt Remarks: Wind up and down like a whore's drawers. From zero to 40 kts in 45 minutes. Most of the time until 04:00 was 25 to 40 kts with gusts to 50 kts. Long story about our illegal entrance to Avachinski Bay. We were supposed to call 12 miles out and I could have BSd my way through if I'd known. We got here at 07:00 and thought we would soon be through Customs & Immigration. No luck, the detective and interpreter were here until 17:20 so no Customs until tomorrow and to make sure we don't sneak ashore another Coast Guard anchored near us and will be there all night. It is part of the Russian experience. A really beautiful, tall volcano mountain covered with snow behind the city. -- 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