Date/time: Mar 11, 2006 12:00 local
Position at noon: 20015' S & 116053' E
noon to noon: 174 nm
Avg. speed: 7.25 kts
Course bearing: 0670T
Sea state & wx: SW 10 kts, SW seas 2 feet, mostly sunny
Crew Ben & Brad
Days: 2 or 3 days from Broome
Goal: to fetch Broome
pick up Kevin and go to Darwin Australia
To go: about 330 miles
Remarks:
Sea temp 31 now and hard to keep the body cool.
Went through a fleet of 11 tankers anchored,
waiting to load at 20 23/ 116 38. I was glad it
was daylight because it looked very crowded on
radar.
Thin cloud and wonderfully calm seas.
Ben Gray
Idlewild
Custom Buehler 55 powered by a 55-hp Kubota
Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta
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