Date/time: Mar 7, 2006 12:00 local Position at noon: 27031' S & 113039' E noon to noon: 161.4 nm Avg. speed: 6.7 kts Course bearing: 3370T Sea state & wx: E 5 kts, E seas 3 feet, mostly sunny Crew Ben & Brad Days: 2 days from Fremantle Goal: to fetch Broome pick up Kevin and go to Darwin Australia To go: about 1150 miles Remarks: Lovely sea, calm & friendly today. I'm reading Batavia's Graveyard by Mike Dash as we passed within a few miles of the scene where no people were killed by the shipwreck but 120 were killed by a psychopath as they waited for rescue.in 1629 Ben and Brad -- 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/ Track of Idlewild across Indian Ocean: http://home.comcast.net/~scottebulger/idlewild/Idlewild_s_ocean.jpg