Tag: Bitchin

We were about 50 miles out of Palmyra Island, on the 900+ mile voyage to Hawaii.  There was Jody & I, and two young crew members we’d had with us since Papeete, almost three months, Luke & Joel. All of a sudden the boat started to swerve off course. I figured it was the fifteen year old auto-pilot acting up, so I turned it off and grabbed the wheel, giving it a turn.  It turned to full lock and nothing happened.  We were going in circles. So here we were, 850 miles...