[PUP] Idlewild 07/03/06: On the lookout for walrus

[Georgs Kolesnikovs]

Date/time:                   July 3, 2006 12:00 local  (z-9)
Position at noon:         60 03 N    165 17 W  - 515 km south of Nome
Noon to Noon            170  nm

Avg. speed:                   7.1  kts

Miles to False Pass        307  miles

Course bearing:               160

Sea state & wx:              wind W 0 to 15 kts (0 to 30 km),  W swells 2'

Water temp:                    9.5 C

Crew:                           Ben, Brad & Kevin

              Remarks:          Nome made us feel like we were at home.  It
looks a lot different of course, but from our first radio call to the
familiar products in the grocery store it felt like home.  Customs and
immigration too, were thorough and prompt with no indication we might be
smugling drugs or people, or that we might have any alterior motives.  It is
a long time since people had a Grande Prairie accent.

The usual floating wood near the mouth of the Yukon River.  And the sea
still lively untill 02:00.  Looking hard for a dead floating walrus but no
luck.  You can keep the Ivory if you register it.

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/

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