Surprisingly little has gone wrong with the boat this year. Proof that we're finally getting on top of things.

And we have at last found an electrician worth his salt. A 'man with a van' who is as good as his word.
Over the last two weeks he has sorted our increasingly temperamental bow navigation light (Lopolight: avoid at all cost. When we opened it up, it seems it was by no means waterproof), sore the wiring faults in the forward cabin, worked out how our charging setup functions (weird doesn't even begin to describe it), and last but not least he fixed the bilge and sump pumps. Yanni had done a good job jury-rigging them, but a more permanent solution was called for. One pump and one sensor later and things are like they should be.

On the to-do list for this winter:

- Sort the oven gimbals
- Replace the fresh water switch-over tabs
- Replace the sprayhood windows. They went foggy after just two years. Dolphin offered to replace them FOC. Result.
- Put the new wind genny pole back in place.

End of the list. For a 28 year old boat, the old girl is in pretty good shape. And getting better all the time.