Date/time: June 10, 2006, 12:00 local (24:00z) Position at noon: 45D 09' N 150D 52' E Noon to noon: 162 nm Avg. speed: 6.75 kts Miles to go: 590 miles to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Course bearing: 062D Wx: Wind E 5 to 15 kts, cloudy Sea state: E swells 6 to 8' Water temp: 5.5D C Crew: Ben, Brad, Kevin & Kurt Remarks: Took vane out at noon as calmer, and want to be sure to get to P-K early morning of June 14. We are only seeing very big ships now, about 5 per day. If you look at the globe you see we are on the route from north Japan to Vancouver and Seattle. -- 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