It has continued to be a pretty fun time here at Roseburn farms. I’ve extended my stay here by a couple of weeks to see the boat job completed. We took the boat out of the water the second day of my stay here and ever since then I’ve been down to the boat just about every day. I’ve done a fair amount of sanding on the boat and painting along with other miscellaneous tasks. The only real problem working on the boat is finding enough fair weather days to get the job completed. So far I think in the last 20 days we’ve probably had 3 good days of weather which has gotten really frustrating for Alex. But the job is almost done, we should be back in the water by Saturday if everything goes to plan; something I wouldn’t count on at this point.
I also got to go for my second horse ride, this time I’ve learned that galloping up a hill is tons of fun once again, but galloping downhill is a lot more scary and lead to my first fall from a horse (that I can remember.) Yacht racing has also been on the agenda for the last few Wednesday nights and a Friday race. We’ve been sailing on the Kantime, a friend of Alex and Miranda, sails that boat but they need the extra crew so we’ve been pretty welcome. Our first race we came in 3rd, on the second race we came in second, and this past Wednesday we came in first. My main goal during the race my main goal is to not get thrown off the boat and not to be garroted by the ropes flying around. I’ve really only been successful at the ropes one. I managed to almost fall out of the boat on the first race, we did a tack and I was a bit late getting over to the other side of the boat, we got hit by a gust of wind and the boat went at a 45 degree angle while I was trying to clamber over and my feet just went out from under me, fortunately the railing caught me and I pulled myself over to the other side. The other neat thing about the sailing is we actually get to do things, I’ve hoisted sails, jibbed, and cranked sheets till my shoulders hurt, super fun.
Anyway, New Zealand is just about done. I’ve added a few more pictures.
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