One of the things that makes Hylas special is that they will make those changes for you.  Try getting the French builders to do that!

I posted photos of my furler motor on the Hylas FB page.

The motor, with new cables, is back in place.  Getting the shaft to line up with the bottom of the foil was a major PIA, as the holes in the foil were about a 1/4 inch too high.  With some marlin spikes and phillips head screwdrivers we got things lined up enough to thread the bolt through.  then the motor didn't want to sit flush on the mast, but once the machine screws were started we pulled it flush.  Works like a charm, and no grease oozes from the winch handle fitting when you use the winch handle.

New main is due next month.  Can't wait!

I recently refinished the sole in Nirvana, at winter haul  removed the whole thing and took it into my shop. 
In planning that project I tested several products the prior spring including 2-Parts, Epiphanes and three different Total Boat products.  I landed on Epiphanes but I took the whole winter and built a clean room out of 40mil plastic and a box fan with a standard a/c filter for inbound fresh air.

I started with sanding to bare wood, wiping down with denatured alcohol then 3-4 coats of 90% Epiphanes brushing thinner to 10% Epiphanes.  This was to get the lacquer to seriously penetrate the teak.  After that i gradually increased the ratio.  Ultimately I ended at 25% thinner/75% Epiphanes.  The higher thinner % helped to allow it to flow better and gave it a very nice shine, but also required lots of coats for build-up.

Because I was working on the sole I wound up putting 16-20 coats, high temps and thinner allow short cure times, sometimes two coats per day, and teak holly ply from Queen Long is manufactured with 3/8 slats of solid wood on top of marine plywood so the minor gaps soaked up a massive amount of lacquer.  Yep, it took all winter..

For the hand rails (following year) I used Total Boats Lust because in my testing it was easy to apply (off the boat) and after it sat for several weeks in testing (and after the project) waiting to be installed it became hard as rock and absolutely gorgeous.  Very please with it after three years.

Some pics attached.

Steve
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Compare the length of the bearing to the distance between the end of the shaft and the rudder strut.