Date/time: December 28, 2005 12:00 local 14:00 z Position at noon: 33°55' S & 018°25' E noon to noon 0 nm Avg. speed: 0 kts Course bearing: - °T Sea state & wx: Crew: Ben, Brad, & Kevin Days: Goal: To get to sea soon To go: 5,000 nm to Fremantle Remarks: Finally got our Sailmail working. We were lucky to get someone in the holiday. If weather OK we will leave here Jan 1st. However the weather has been too rough since we got here so it will have to change. It is hard to get out around the corner, but then we'll be OK. We met the navigator from the lead boat in the Volvo Round the World Race and he will introduce us to his weatherman tomorrow so we will be in good hands. Stan Honey said this is the best weatherman for this area that is available today. Stan and his wife also started Sailmail and he invented Fox's trailing line puck and also the football 'first down' line indicator. Ben, Brad & Kevin ------------------------------------------------- This email was delivered by an HF private coast station in the Maritime Mobile Radio Service, operated by the SailMail Association, a non-profit association of yacht owners. For more information on this service or on the SailMail Association, please see the web site at: http://www.sailmail.com -- Idlewild Custom Buehler 55 Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca/ http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/