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It’s Moving Day in the Trinidad Shipyard for our Sailing Home!
Hurricane season is the busiest time of year for shipyards across the Caribbean, and Trinidad is no different! At Peake Yacht Services the yard has been a hive of activity, as yacht owners return to their sailing homes and launch for another season of adventures out on the water. For the boats behin...
After Warranty Repairs… It’s Back? How Many Times Has This Been Repaired?!
Now that our Leopard 45 Catamaran is out of the water and things are more settled, work is well and truly underway. We have lots of boat jobs planned for this hurricane season, some big, some small. This episode outlines some of the boat work we need to do, after the extensive warranty repairs that...
Unexpected Medical Emergency in the Shipyard
Having a medical emergency aboard is something no liveaboard cruiser wants happening on their boat, so when it impacted our catamaran we were lucky to be in the shipyard in Trinidad. What seemed to just be a sore limb was actually a life threatening medical condition that needed to be urgently addre...
Haul Out in Trinidad – One of the Caribbean’s BIGGEST Boatyards!
The hurricane season is a time where many liveaboard cruisers in the Caribbean region choose to lift their boats out, storing them safely on land. Given the work we have left, we decided to do exactly that, choosing to give Peake Yacht Services in Trinidad a try. Their 150 ton travel lift lifted our...
Finally Sailing Again! Night Passage from St Martin to Guadeloupe
As the Caribbean hurricane season approaches it's time to start heading south! The episode begins with a surprise storm slamming the St Martin anchorage; high winds, rough seas, dragging boats - not good for someone who went out the night before! 😳 It's a quick insight into how unexpecte...
Total Rebuild of the Bows of Our “New” Leopard 45 Catamaran
In a previous video I promised to show the repairs of the crossbeam so here they are. For those of you who have watched before, it not only shows how the crossbeam saga continued, but also gives you an insight into why we have such respect for Nino's skills. Repairing the crossbeam box and bow...
Ex Robertson & Caine Employee Speaks His Truth on Leopard Catamaran Construction
A former Robertson & Caine employee shares his experiences of working in the factories. This video and his opinions speak for themselves. Robertson & Caine are the boat builder who partner with Leopard Catamarans. They are independent companies who are now ultimately owned by different inve...
Crossbeam Cracking, Broken Dry Glass – What Forced Us to the Shipyard | NEW LEOPARD CATAMARAN REVIEW
It's not clickbait, the crossbeam of our Leopard 45 catamaran was cracking out of the hull... WATCH THE REBUILD PROCESS HERE: We set out on this journey with a dream to explore the world from our very own sailing home, choosing to do it young because time and youth are two of the most valuab...
Structural Hull Crack… What is a New Yacht Warranty Worth?
This week I share a warranty issue found down in the port bilge - a crack in the hull above the keel. What's unique about this one? Well it was addressed at the very end of last year by the second repairs team which was entirely made up of Moorings and Robertson & Caine staff. As such, i...
Chain Plate Fail, Roof Breaks Up, Warranty Crumbling & More… | NEW LEOPARD CATAMARAN EXPERIENCE
This week I round up 5 more warranty issues discovered on our Leopard Catamaran that were worked on during our time in the shipyard in Trinidad. It is all part of the final stage of my Leopard Catamaran review series which details our experience after buying a new boat. For behind the scenes or rea...
Cracks, Voids, Dry Fiberglass & Damaged Hull Sections – Yes That Bad! | NEW Leopard Catamaran Review
In the next part of our review of buying a new boat from Leopard Catamarans, I address the vertical hull cracks that were present on our bows and transoms. I show you what was discovered when they were ground back in the shipyard in South Africa and how the subsequent repairs were messed up and had ...
New Leopard Catamaran Windows CRACKED, BROKEN & LEAKING | Our Disaster
As you watch share any thoughts, observations or questions down in the comments - YouTube's algorithm loves it and I promise, I read them all! FLEX TAPE: This is an affiliate link meaning if you purchase it the channel gets a commission while costing you nothing. We are genuinely impressed w...
Review Sneak Peak, Corrosion Update, Cruising Plans & What’s Up!
Rather than leaving you hanging for a week here's a behind the scenes look at what's going on around SV Liger! → Sneak Peak at the next Leopard Catamaran review video → Major events going on in St Martin → Around the boat & Travel Sketch → See the joyful SXM Paws animal shelter →...
Stinking Seawater & Broken – Leopard Catamaran Front Door FAIL!
This is the start of the final Leopard Catamaran and Robertson & Caine new boat buying review series, restrictions are off, it's time to start off with the famous forward cockpit door. When considering catamaran designs, having a front door to a forward cockpit is just one of those things ...
New Boat Buying Saga | The Final Chapter Begins
Unfortunately Trent and the other side couldn't come to a reasonable agreement in a reasonable time frame. Apparently a partial refund isn't worth their time to discuss. Due to the boat and issues not being rectified in anything resembling a reasonable time frame, I am drawing the line a...
Arrived in Saint Martin! Corrosion Testing Continues…
This week's been short trips off the boat to try and cling to our sanity mixed with days of checking, working and testing. The chain and anchor are the sort of unlucky issue that you expect as a live aboard cruiser but not what we needed after everything we've been through. Still, we are t...
FIRST SAIL after 640+ Days of Leopard Catamaran Warranty Haulout
It is FINALLY time to get this boat back out on the sea! For our first sail we headed north, leaving Trinidad behind and pointing our bow up the Caribbean Sea towards Martinique and St Martin. As things usually go with boats though, we ended up somewhere else completely unexpected, stopping in and a...
What Leopard Catamarans has Given Us
In this video we break down what Leopard Catamarans has given us beyond the rectification of warranty and collateral damage on our Leopard 45. While these gestures were appreciated and are being recognized in the interest of fairness and transparency, is it enough? I put this together with the best...
What’s Left on our Leopard 45 After 21+ MONTHS of Repair Time
After launching just before Christmas we dove straight into work, assessing what remained unresolved on our Leopard Catamaran after the extensive warranty related haul out, getting her clean and ready to sail. This includes tensioning the rig, assessing collateral damage and showing you the current ...
We BEAT 646 days of Catamaran Warranty NIGHTMARES to FINALLY Relaunch!
This is it, the 10 day period before our scheduled launch and final chance to leave the hardstand this year, one of the most stressful, sleepless times I've had in my life, where unexpected problems piled on and we struggled to get this boat to where it needed to be, putting in everything we ha...
Full Steam to Launch – Let’s Get This Catamaran FINISHED!
We have been crazy busy since the mast went up, working long days to get our Leopard 45 Catamaran across the line and ready to at least be back in the water by the end of the year. This episode we share 10 jobs that have happened in the week or so between Leopard Catamaran's warranty repair t...
NEW Custom Mast Leopard Warranty Saga
Haven't seen PART ONE? Watch it now at After over 2 years of issues with the mast on our Leopard 45 Catamaran, the new ZSpars mast goes up with the assistance of their top rigger, the wonderful Frenchman Jean Gui. It wasn't without its problems, with parts needing to be machined, new ca...
Installing a BRAND NEW Custom Mast! (Yes, Leopard Catamarans Sent it)
Over the next two episodes we're going to take you through a play by play of what it was like getting a whole new mast on our sailboat, from stripping down the old mast to stepping the new mast. For those of you who are new, we also touch on why it is that our barely used boat is having the mas...