After Christmas, it was time to get back to work! This time, my hosts had me cutting some weatherboards to clad an exterior cabinet that houses their hot water tank and electrical controls for it. My hosts live off of solar and wind power, and built their own systems to manage the generation and distribution for multiple buildings on this property. And same with the hot water, which is heated by a wood fireplace! This tank had been exposed for quite a while and was an eyesore as you came into the yard, so it was time to cover it up. I had a really tough time cutting these boards accurately, but I was given the time and space to figure it out myself and craft a procedure so they would toe into the existing boards on the house. I was really proud of myself when I started making real, fast progress! It just took a few mangled boards to get there haha.
The next day, my host took the Germans, his niece, granddaughter, and the cousins and I out on his sailboat for another ride!! It was such a beautiful day, and we sailed out to a few islands to swim and explore. We packed some mean as lunches and had a wonderful time. I really loved getting to see the operation of the sailboat, and I’m becoming a lot more interested in learning how to do it myself. I got to hold the rudder a few times, but with a low wind speed we had to drop the engine for the second half of the day.
