More work on Badger

Progress a bit slow today as Kristin unable to do much. The antibiotics are beginning to work and she is coughing less. I've finished installing the liferaft cradle and it seems firmly fixed - which is distinctly important! I've also checked and reset the raw water pump impeller and checked over the seacocks. One really needs re-greasing. Jet and Totta have got the mast out and I've started preparing it for repacing on the boat on Friday. We went to lunch at the Pud School as usual but were waylaid by Anka, one of the teachers there, and invited to a full service two course lunch which was an examination for the students concerned - quite a compliment really and we were very scruffy from boat work. The food was good - rather nice mango drink with crushed ice then flat fish with wine sauce and asparagus ( all good) and carrot puree ( rather over spiced and almost too runny to eat with a fork. This was followed by rhubarb pie ( too sweet with marshmallow foam on top) or rhubarb icecream with crunchy biscuit and strwberry coule ( all good). Time is running out for work on shore before launch.