New cloth ensign for a new season Missy Bear is 5-years-old this year, and in her sixth sailing season. So, it was time to get the standing rigging checked over-winter. The technicians sent us photos, and it transpired that all was well with the stainless-steel wires and connectors, but they informed us that our Windex was broken (the wind direction indicator on the top of the mast). I wonder how that happened? Our friend Tony suggested that a fat seagull might have landed on