The natural pessimist approach: All the equipment on board is 50 years old (51 this year) and should be changed ASAP as it is probably going to break any time soon.
The natural optimist approach: Everything on board has lasted for 50 years (51 this year) and is not likely to choose this year to break. That would totally suck.
Being naturally broke we are forced to choose the natural optimist approach. The theory has worked pretty good so far, but on our way to the Maldives from Thailand (were we'd just finished fixing everything that was not working) Egil spotted a tiny crack in our 50 year old (51 this year actually), bronze backstay deck-fitting. In other words; the metal thingy on deck that holds the only wire that keep the mast from toppling forwards when we have the wind from our back. The crack wasn't big, and has probably been there for some time, but you don't get second chances when these things decide to break, so immediate action was called upon. After planning, drawing and making backup-plans to have the part machined in Norway and shipped (not as easy and straightforward as it may sound!) we were able to have it machined in Salalah, Oman. And after fighting with an angle grinder against fibreglass in enclosed spaces for a while too long; mounted! 
Of course things were not as easy as to just rip off the old (50 years old, in fact; 51 this year!) fitting and bolt on the new one; that would simply be too easy. 
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