Hi, yang here.
Well, we just had to turn off some of the instruments to contact a weather source on a frequency that causes the instruments to beep and cycle through displays and in some cases reset themselves.
Hope was attending to galley chores (galley slave that she is at times) and, after getting a confirmation that we've picked a good window to cross the Tehuantepec in a couple of days, I was doing some marlinspike work on a chafed line. When finished I looked up at the sails and made some small adjustments for the point of sail that we were on. Got all the telltales flying, picked up a little speed, and said, 'what a good little boy am I!'
Then I decided to check the course (we should have been sailing to a waypoint) when I noticed that our course was about 10 to 15 degrees off what we should be sailing. Then I noticed that the autopilot had become disengaged. Who knows for how long.
Whether a reaction to the radio frequency or an oversight by one one us, who knows. But there was ceilidh merrily sailing herself along on almost the right course, not complaining, not veering off, nor heading up, just nicely balanced with the wheel centered, unrestrained, and unmoving.
And who needs you guys, she was politely asking.
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