worse

Went up to sort the running lights and the jib halyard.

Re-wired the running lights completely - all working now except the port LED cluster has lost a pair of opposing segments. Brought it home to attack with the soldering iron.

Got a long ladder but still not long enough to reach the masthead. Got close enough to see that the back stays have fallen off their attachment point. They're supposed to sit on top of the point where the mast gets narrower, but they have slid down and now seem to be held in place by the copper pipe that acts as trunking for the VHF antenna and anchor light.