thanks for the replies everybody. It is true i did take one shell hit and that could have caused the fuel leak.
I'll also be sure to refuel at midway each time, although had the fuel loss been even slightly faster it wouldn't have helped much.
Still it would be nice if you could radio for help. I mean really what is Midway harbour authority to say? "No! You lose Captain Grundman! I don't care that you are only 270nm away. We don't have the resources to encourage this sort of careless skippering, and we will make an example of you! You and your men will starve to death where you are and then maybe, maybe we'll retrieve your boat and give it to someone else!":rotfl:
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