Badger was launched on Friday at 9:30 am as arranged and the mast installed immediately afterwards. Jet and Totta, who do this work, appear to amble about slowly but suddenly the work is done. We turned the boat by hand to face the breeze as going backwards under control is not Badger's forte and st off on my solo voyage of the year - one kilometre to the marina. The repitched propellor seemed to be working well and we berthed in time to go to lunch. We invited old friends David and Carol of Skimmer to join us and they were joined by Burt and Lidi, a Dutch couple who enjoyed with us Lunch at the Catering college and a lot of conversation. We had to convert to the waterborne existence, meeting harbourmaster Mikke and exchanging news, but also stocking up with food and stowing more of our gear on board and removing unwanted kit to the car. We also "tuned" the mast, tightening the rigging and setting the mast upright. We had an early supper at Tres Tapas and then an early bed.
This morning we fitted on boom and mainsail
, found and raised the ensiegn, courtesy flag and club ensiegns, fed the deck wiring through to the inside of the boat, did fureter organising and stowing and fell asleep in the afternoon . In general we are getting ready but not able to depart yet whiile the Dutch couple and Skimmer made off this morning leaving us alone again.
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