all the clocks stopped at 10:25. nobody walked away. (MV Joyita)

I work boats out of Apia and the old timers here still bring this one up over beers. October 1955, the MV Joyita leaves Samoa for the Tokelaus, 25 souls aboard, government man, a doctor, two kids. routine run, ~270 miles, two days tops. then nothing. five weeks later she's found drifting, over a tho……