Auto Pilot Failure. What would you do

[dawn treader]

It happened to me, with both AP in the South Pacific.
We sailed duiring daylight steering manualy, and at night pulled down sails, turned of the motors.
The radar and GPS alarms helped us to have a real good sleep.

[Kenomac]

Is this the same boat and owner now currently seeking crew on CF for a 2015 Medeterranean adventure then onto the Caribbean for 2016?

[monte]

Ex Cali, what I was trying to say is, on one hand you have a delivery scenario where crew aren't paid and are sailing for the experience/ sea miles, in which case they may be asked to contribute to food costs or not and share the workload, where a reasonable cost might be $20/ day. On the other you have a charter situation where nothing is expected of the crew and the skipper and hostess take care of all meals, sailing duties and maintainance, while the guests relax in the sun, which would cost closer to $200/day, and usually require the guest to have 7 friends along to fill the cabins and weekly charter cost. Somewhere between those scenarios is what has been described here. Some $ toward costs, marinas, fuel, food, cruising kitty, as well as some help with the running of the yacht, sharing cooking duties etc, in exchange for experience, training etc. this can suit a crew member who is inexperienced or who might like to try the cruising lifestyle, or who would like to charter but doesn't have 7 friends to share the charter with or the experience to self skipper. So although not a delivery or full service charter, the needs and wants of the crew should be catered to to make sure all benifit from the experience