Date/time: May 15, 2006 12:00 local (03:00z) Position at noon: 30 28 N & 141 10 E Chichi Jima to noon: 196 nm Avg. speed: 8.1 kts Miles to go 320 miles to Tokyo Course bearing: 345 Sea state & wx: E 15 kts, sea 6', thin cloud & Haze Crew Ben, Brad & Kevin Remarks: Nice calm weather until 10:00, then on the beam, but still no vanes because very good speed and will probably knock a day off this section. Cooler again, sea temp down to 22 and sheet and blanket now. Need a shirt at night and most port holes and hatches closed now. 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