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 had to launch before 2025.
When we hauled our Leopard 45 catamaran out in March 2023, we thought it would be our 3rd and final new boat warranty haul out, lasting just 3 months.... how wrong we were!! Over 600 days later we found ourselves in the final count down to launch having overcome a multitude of warranty issues, examples of poor workmanship and collateral damage ranging from cosmetic damage to structural defects that rendered our sailing home unseaworthy.
For now we're regrouping on anchor, assessing what's left to resolve because despite spending almost 2 years on the hardstand, this is not the end of our Leopard Catamaran warranty journey.
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