Our new boom has arrived! That's the good news. It won't fit our existing gooseneck. That's the bad news. But that can all be fixed! That's the good news. It'll take up to two weeks, that's the bad news. So now we have two booms, neither attached, just as well we don't plan to go anywhere for a bit!

Here's a glimpse of the chaos on deck at the moment. New boom wrapped in plastic, old boom hidden behind the dinghy, and the stainless for the bimini on the foredeck. Jumble sale anyone?