No more reports for a few days after this one.
Date/time: Mar 28, 2006 12:00 local
Position at noon: 12029' S & 130050' E
Noon to arrival: 114.9 nm
Avg. speed: 5.5 kts
Sea state & wx: cloud & showers
Crew Ben, Brad & Kevin
Goal: Stay in Darwin about 5 days
Remarks:
We had a very nice crossing, last night wind down
to 5 kts. No traffic all the way. Waiting for
treatment for Black Mussels on hull, takes 14
hours, before we can go to marina tomorrow
morning.
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
About the black mussel problem:
http://www.affa.gov.au/content/output.cfm?ObjectID=132BC900-C426-4197-89F8E0C
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