Ouch

Well that's the budget well and truly stuffed!

It had to be done, ordering a replacement tiller pilot, but that's £450 we could really have done without spending at the moment.

It didn't make much difference to the pain factor to add a tin of Epifanes varnish, a small bottle of 2 stroke oil and a laundry bag to the order

I can pick up a replacement PCB for the faulty unit for around £200 which would be a big saving ... assuming it solved the problem of course. A better option might be to see if I can repair the existing board over the winter. If we can get the existing unit working as well that will give us a spare unit

It's going to be an impoverished impecunios Erbas crew setting out for a week aboard in ten days time! We shall have to avoid marinas and eat on board to save some pennies. At least we can get on with some varnishing!