Stuff happens when you arrive in an entirely new place. You are tired. Insecure. They speak English but really don't understand it. You need information. You make mistakes.

Can you believe that the autopilot is still working? We can't, but it is. I'm not seeing a new sea of red on the floor either. I'm wondering if because the fluid level in the reservoir is down, the pressure is also down and that may be slowing the leak? The pressure was set too high, I had noticed. We [...]

I'm waiting for time to run out. The time I'm watching is the autopilot function. I crawled into the engine room a few hours ago and the entire floor is greasy, covered in a thin film of ATF fluid. ATF is the hydraulic oil for the autopilot and it is running out the end of the hydraulic actuator that [...]

Just as you begin wishing you were someplace, anyplace, else dawn comes. The sea turns blue (if the sun shines) and everything looks better. Note I didn't say it was better though it frequently is. We have now circled that low and managed to take it with beam winds (much better than the headwinds that [...]

present position for SV Panta Rhei is 25d23mS 175d55mE at 13 May 04:42 utc course 355M

present position for SV Panta Rhei is 28d38mS 176d13mE at 11 May 22:26 utc