On the mast there is a funny bit of aluminium that prevents the sail guides from dropping out of the rails. Since the proper screw to keep it in are missing I had to jury-rig it a bit. Since I prefer not to lose the original I went out on a limb and decided to use a 3D printer shop to copy the piece. Since it is not load-bearing I’d thought that plastic could do the job. It works great!

(Addendum in July 2020: with the new sail and its guides, the copy is not good enough and the guides can flip out under stress such as when dropping the sail. The original had to go back in. Now I have to modify the copies for a better fit.)

Back in Scotland the engine panel in the cockpit was replaced. But the eegit who dunnit didn’t give me the old panel with the fuel gauge back. The new panel lacked a fuel gauge. It’s quite handy to know how much fuel is left if the fuel is stored in a metal box above the keel with no visibility as to its contents.

So I set to replace it. After much work, many extra parts and new tools I got it installed. But it doesn’t work. I guess because the fuel sensor is American and the gauge European or vice-versa. They are not compatible. SIGH

It looks good though: