May 2017 | MONTH IN REVIEW

Here's a quick summary of what we were up to this month. The rainy season came early this year and was officially announced on May 12th. It's been almost 9 months, and we're still working through our ever growing list of boat projects and repairs. We're slowly making progress, but many times it's like we're regressing {big time}. It's one step forward, few steps back. We spent a lot of time re-assembling the engine, but hit a roadblock with the alignment of the alternator belt. We spent another couple of weeks troubleshooting it. We...

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Photo of the Day | 2017-05-27

Here's our photo of the day! Super-sized bag of chips from PriceSmart in Trinidad @ 425.2 grams! 😃 Placed our 4½ inch teddy bear in an attempt to illustrate its size. We're used to the usual 184.2 gram bags, you can imagine how our eyes lit up in delight! 😆 {okay, so Alex will deny that his eyes lit up, but he sure had his fair share of the chips} ...

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Recipe | Alex's Famous Salad

Alex's Famous Salad If you're salad lovers like us, do try out Alex's salad recipe. It's famous! ;) Finally decided to post this so that we could share it with our friends and family. A healthy, hearty dish for you and your loved ones. Serves: 2-4 people Ingredients: Base Salad     1 Red Onion (finely sliced)     1 Red Capsicum (diced)     6-8 Tomatoes (diced)     4 Cucumbers (preferably Lebanese - sliced)     1 Apple (Granny Smith or Pink Lady - diced)    ...

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8 Bolts in 5 Hours!

Today we replaced 8 bolts at the base of our jib stay (the stay on which the jib is set). It took us 5 hours to complete the job! Yes, that's right 8 bolts in 5 hours.  Very glad we decided to change them though, because 6 out of the 8 bolts were so badly corroded that when we tried to remove them, either the head of the bolt or the nut at the bottom snapped off; a couple of them even snapped off at both ends! Corroded bolt snapped off at both ends Base of the jib stay (view from under the boat) A close up of the bolts replaced...

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How To Remove Rust Stains From Fiberglass | FSR Review

  If we're not fixing leaks or fighting corrosion, we're cleaning rust stains... and we have a lot of them on our deck {oh! the horror}. Mostly from our stainless steel deck fittings and screws! Wait a minute.. doesn't stainless mean no stains i.e. no rust!? Um... no.. {sighs} Alex was quick to enlighten me that unfortunately stainless just means stain-less i.e more resistant to rust, staining and corrosion than regular steel! {oh.. :( so it still stains.. just less.. hmpf} One day, on one of his many "shopping" trips to Budget...

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