[PUP] Idlewild 07/05/06: False Pass Tonight for Better Weather

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Date/time:              July 5, 2006, 12:00 local (z-9)
Position at noon:       54D58'N  163D22'W  10 km from False Pass, Alaska
Noon to Noon            139 nm, 256 km.
Avg. speed:             5.8 kts
Miles to False Pass:    6 miles
Course bearing:         169D
Sea state               SSE swells 6 to 9'
Wx:                     Wind SSE 20 to 40 kts (40 to 80km)
Water temp:             10.0D C
Crew:                   Ben, Brad & Kevin
Remarks:
So much for calm seas.  Wind slowly picked-up all afternoon until 25 Kts (46
km) by midnight and 30 gusting to 40kts (75 km) by 08:00.  Short, choppy
seas.  It was on the bow, and slowed us considerably, as well as pounded
bad.  Since Nome, going south, we have lost 3 hours, 9 minutes of sunlight,
and a bunch of twilight to 17:11 of sunlight and darkness for a few hours at
night now.
We'll stop at the village of False Pass a day or two until better weather.
--
Ben Gray
Idlewild
Custom Buehler 55 powered by a 55-hp Kubota
Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta
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