We're still tied up at the end of the Visiteurs Dock at the Port Moselle Marina here in Noumea, waiting for a weather window for the trip across the Coral Sea to Brisbane. It looks like our earliest departure window is now set for Monday midday (11/28 0000UTC). We finally found the hydraulic oil leak in the Naiads! It seems that my guess about cooling was correct - there was a blockage of critters and mud and gunk in the cooling water outlet, between the valve and the ocean! There was zero water flow through the oil reservoir, so it was getting "rather warm" after running for any length of time. :) We cleaned out the water line really good and water flow was restored. While we were there, we also found out where the oil was leaking. It seems that, only after reaching some pretty high temperature, one of the O-ring seals on the starboard hydraulic ram would stop sealing and let oil ooze out, and into the bilge. We've got a guy coming over shortly to replace the O-ring. Paul Goyette m/v Gentle Wind 1983 61' Cheoy Lee LRC Sausalito, CA Currently on the visiteurs' dock end-tie Port Moselle Marina in Noumea, New Caledonia. See our blog at http://www.sailblogs.com/members/gentle-wind