December 2017 | MONTH IN REVIEW

Here's a quick summary of what we were up to this month. Alex flew back to Trinidad on 7th December via New York where he picked up more stuff for the boat. Not much to report on the progress of our boat projects though, as he spent the month recovering from a bad cough & cold. He also spent a lot of time re-arranging the tools.. {cleaning up the mess or so he says..} 😀 This Christmas was extra special because I got to spend it with my family.  💗 Happy one year anniversary to sailraptor.blogspot.com! ;) Can't believe it's...

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TV | Movie Guide 2017

We've been posting our monthly entertainment in our Month in Review posts. Here's the consolidated list of movies and TV series we watched in 2017! :) January 11.22.63 (Season 1) The OA (Season 1 & 2) Orphan Black (Season 4) February Fargo (Season 1) Jericho (Season 1) March Black Sails (Season 1) Jericho (Season 2) Taboo (Season 1) Moana 💓 (2016) April 13 Reasons Why (Season 1) Fargo (Season 2) The Expanse (Season 1) The Last Kingdom (Season 1 & 2) True Blood (Season 1-7) May Black Sails (Season 2) Friends...

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November 2017 | MONTH IN REVIEW

Here's a quick summary of what we were up to this month. As some of you may already know I flew back to Malaysia to visit my family last month while Alex flew in to join me on the 10th of this month. The plan was to fly back to Trinidad in December, complete our long list of boat projects and hopefully set sail again by end January 2018.  Of course, things never go as planned... a couple of days in of my arrival back home, I had an opportunity to work again in my former company! (a contract role) :D Needless to say, I was...

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October 2017 | MONTH IN REVIEW

Here's a quick summary of what we were up to this month. Some of you may know, I flew back to Malaysia via New York & Hong Kong on October 6th, leaving Alex on his own on Raptor to continue working on our never ending list of boat projects.  It took a total of approximately 24 hours of flight time, 8 hours of transit time, 1/2 an hours train ride and an hours car ride to get from Port of Spain, Trinidad to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I finally arrived home on October 8th (after ~34 hours of travel time!) Haven't been posting much...

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Jib Sail Track Project (Part II)

Welcome to Part II of our Jib Sail Track Project. If you haven't read Part I of this project, click here. After several weeks of trying to dry out the jib sail track (really hard to do during the wet season), Alex had to fill it with fiberglass and foam. Here's what he did.. (Fair warning: lots of photos) Measuring the size in order to cut the fiberglass sheets Once the fiberglass sheets were cut, he applies a layer of epoxy Then sprinkles loose fiberglass to even out the base Time consuming work but necessary Next, he applies...

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Jib Sail Track Project (Part I)

Finally posting our Jib Sail Track Project (Part I)! We first started this project back in August 2017 after we re-bedded all the cleats on deck with backing plates which made them a lot stronger than the small washers we had before.  Of course, Alex wanted to do the same for the jib sail track (which makes total sense). If you've read our previous posts, you might've seen all the rotted wood we dug out from our deck core while re-bedding the other deck fittings. I knew it's something we had to do.. but did I want to do this too? Hell, no....

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