October 2016 | MONTH IN REVIEW

Here's a quick summary of what we were up to this month.

• We settled back in, living aboard in a boatyard again. It's back to basics -- hot & humid days with no air-conditioning and cold showers.

• After leaving the boat for such a long period of time it was inevitable that we'd have lots to clean -- dust & mold everywhere! 

• We re-gassed our Waeco fridge, replaced the drawer sliders in the galley, replaced the switch on the wash down pump, replaced the latches on the main door with stainless steel ones, installed a fan in the saloon, removed the rotted wood in the saloon, re-attached the awning rail onto the bimini which holds the shade cloth in the cockpit {which fell off while we were away}, installed and aligned the rudders.

• Sounds like we accomplished a lot, but the list of boat projects and repairs is still long and somehow growing.. 

• Oh, and RAPTOR turned TWENTY!

 

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Raptor Turns TWENTY!

Happy Birthday Raptor!

So busy we almost forgot! Raptor celebrates her 20th birthday in Power Boats, Trinidad. She was designed and built in 1996 by John Goss in his Fastback factory in Thornlands, Queensland, just south of Brisbane, Australia. 

Only eight of these 'Fastback 43s' catamarans were ever built {we were the 5th}. We're not entirely sure why only eight though.. while there were more than fifty 'Fastback 30' and 'Fastback 32' built in that same factory.

All fastbacks are sold partially finished with engine, mast and rigging. The interior is designed and completed by the owners so no two boats are internally alike. A one meter transom was added by her second owners which made Raptor 46".

Raptor was originally named 'Stirling Roads' but was renamed 'Raptor' by her second owners Ray and Sally Roth. Alex purchased her from the lovely couple in 2006 and kept the name.

Since then, she has sailed to 19 countries and crossed two oceans. Here's to many more countries & oceans ahead! x

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