Finally got both of the battery chargers (house, electric engine) replaced (at my own expense) after they both got fried due to a power surge fixed, so it was fantastic to be able to go sailing with a full charge on the engine. Also replaced a block on on the spin pole (a Harken 57 block that shouldn't have broken...) with one that I'd taken out of the mainsheet system since it didn't have a ratchet. Then the main event was attaching a new spreader tip, since the port one came out on Wednesday night -- the genoa seemed to catch on it and down it came. Took Lark out of her slip and turned her around so the port side was against the dock. Then made sure we were at lowest tide. Then took the 8' ladder iI've got, and set it on the dock (see photo). Then took main halyard and attached it to the dock to try to lean the boat over a bit, to make the spreader tip easier to reach from the ladder. My brother held the ladder as I went up to the second to the top step and took off the remaining sail tape and after loosening the shroud, put in the new spreader tip (I had one extra from last year) and then taped it up. Then drilled a hole through the tip and the spreader and put a bolt through, as we'd done before -- though it looked like the old one may not have been placed right. Then taped the heck out of it. And then came down and tightened the shroud right back up. And then came into cool off, since it was 95 degrees and humid in the mid-day sun. Then took my sister in law out for a great ride in 8 knots of steady breeze. Great to have everything working again1