Date/time: June 3, 2006, 12:00 local (03:00z) Position at noon: 41029'N & 143038'E Noon to noon: 150 nm Avg. speed: 6.2 kts Miles to go: 94 miles to Kushiro Course bearing: 0170 Weather: Wind variable, 5 to 15 kts, sunny with some fog. Sea State: 3 to 4' Water temp: 8.00C Crew: Ben, Brad, Kevin & Kurt Remarks: Wheelhouse engine heater on most of the time, and now started the diesel stove which will be nice for cooking and constant hot tea water. Big excitement. Fish on, stop the engine, get gaff ready. Darn, got a gunny sack? -- 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/ To follow Idlewild with Google Earth: http://tinyurl.com/ksnhg For the Trawler M/V JPEG version: http://tinyurl.com/ovdt7