Date/time: Jan 29, 2006 12:00 local Position at noon: 34°45' S & 073°55' E noon to noon: 163.3 nm Avg. speed: 6.8 kts Course bearing: 100°T Sea state & wx: E 20 kts, NE 9 feet, sunny periods & some cloud Crew: Ben, Brad, & Kevin Days: 16 days from East London, South Africa Goal: to Fremantle, Australia To go: about 2300 nm Remarks: Very nice for us to cross 72 degrees east, which is about half way to Fremantle, last night for a time of 15 days less 31 minutes. It was a distance of 2259 miles at an average speed of 6.3 kts and burning 5.15 lph (1.36 US gph) and 1.2 mpl (4.6 US mpg). We had 5200 liters of fuel and have used 1850. If we use another 1850 we will have a reserve left of 1500 liters. We'll see. Ben, Brad, & Kevin\ -- Idlewild Custom Buehler 55 Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca/ http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/ Flashback to Christmas in Cape Town: http://www.peacecountrysun.com/story.php?id=204749