Date/time: December 13, 2005 Position @ noon: 21°39' S & 000°49' E noon to noon 175.7 nm Avg. speed: 7.3 knots Course bearing: 132 °T Sea state & wx: 12' seas, mainly sunny, 19 kt wind from SE, apparent headwind 5° to starboard, water temp. 22° C Crew: Ben, Brad, & Kevin Days: 3 days out of St. Helena Goal: fetch Cape Town before Christmas To go: 1187 nm Remarks: We passed the prime meridian (0 degrees longitude) today at 01:19 z. Head seas getting up more. First time we've been below 1 nm per liter. At .95 mpl now but we are keeping our speed up running at 1850 rpm. Ben, Brad & Kevin -- Idlewild Custom Buehler 55 Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca/ http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/