Does it inform you that server is down?
When these issues happens, please take a peek into the board, News & Announcements,
http://forum.pirategalaxy.net/viewforum.php?f=9
there might be a post what will explain any downtime.
Please also avoid to open up a new thread about a subject what already has been written about,
please do a search at the forum, if there is any previous posts, and you might find your answer in those.