Date/time: July 2, 2006 12:00 local (z-9) Position at noon: 620 45 N 1660 03' W - 200 km south of Nome Nome to Noon 108 nm Avg. speed: 5.5 kts Miles to False Pass 475 miles Course bearing: 1850 Sea state & wx: wind SW 10 to 20 kts (20 to 40 km), SE swells 4' Water temp: 8.0 0C Crew: Ben, Brad & Kevin Remarks: Throw off mooring lines at 4:20 PM. Seas were lively when we got outside the new harbor entrance and it is slow with a head wind, but it is nice to be at sea again. People were very nice at Nome and the place is very interesting, but 5 days is a long time at one place when you are on the move. Besides that it was unusually cold, fog and rain. Can't go up the Yukon River as we had hoped because too much swell at the mouth of the river in the shallows. At high tide there is still only 6 feet of water and with a 6 foot swell we would be hitting bottom. We expect to fetch False Pass in 4 days at this pace. Ben, Brad & Kevin -- 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/ Where to follow Idlewild if you have Google Earth installed: http://tinyurl.com/ksnhg For the JPEG version: http://tinyurl.com/ovdt7