Having experienced continuing pain in my right leg I decided to have it looked at...we ended up visiting a large university teaching hospital here. The specialist diagnosed sciatica and asked me to come back the next day for an MRI scan which confirmed that I have a herniated (slipped)disc. Not much I can do about it other than taken anti-inflamatories and avoid anything too strenuous. Another chapter in my continuing explorations of foreign hospitals!!!!!
Addtionally, we had a problem at the top of the mast - two of the pulleys had become detached. After consulting with ZSpars in the UK they said we would have to take the mast down to remove the coverplate at the top and re-attach everything. We hoped it might be possible to avoid such drastic action (certainly not possible in Rabat) and use a cherry picker or crane to access the mast. The marina here were really helpful and tried to find one for us but to not avail, despite the enormous amount of building sites around us. After days of being on drip feed with no results, Nic finally decided to brave being up a semi-unstayed mast and attempt the repair himself. It worked but he was up there for 3/4 hours and said it was the most difficult thing he has ever undertaken.
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