Sea Water INSIDE Stinking FIBERGLASS | NEW Leopard Catamaran Warranty

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Did you know that a Leopard Catamaran can come with a secret aquatic ecosystem? That you could be unknowingly and secretly smuggling amoebas across borders? Issues in the deck penetrations were found in many places, including around the anchor well. What we didn't expect to find was another hidden water storage area inside the boat filled with SALT WATER, that was only discovered when it was ground open and the water fell on top of Nino's head! Nino has never been the same since and now has random outbreaks from his exposure to the pond water.
We show the whole process from start to finished, including problem areas being ground out, the salt water being discovered then cleaned, how it got in, and the repair process which has only just been finished by Nino from Stickells Marine.
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0:00 Intro
0:50 Grinding the Hull & Finding Problems
8:27 Flushing Salt Water From Our Yacht
9:53 Repair Start
13:33 Repairs Finally Finished
15:41 Real Time Warranty Update
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@waynelemmon3007 Ай бұрын

Wow I seriously don't know how you can keep smiling. I could never trust that boat to take me across oceans, you're braver than me.

@trentspencer7991 Ай бұрын

I trust us to make it across oceans. The boat will go kicking and screaming.

@dgrant2467 Ай бұрын

You are so fortunate that Nino came back! Based on all of the issues found with your cat, it seems to me Leopard should not only pay all of your invoices, but they should also carefully watch your videos so that they can gain the knowledge it seems they need on how to correct the manufacturing so they eliminate these issues going forward, and they should also pay you for all of the time you have lost when you should have been sailing! All the best!

@trentspencer7991 Ай бұрын

I agree

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

They haven't even agreed to pay Nino's invoices yet. We don't care anymore, I will just keep vlogging everything they do.

@carlospereira9838 Ай бұрын

@@travelsketch I have to admit Nico work is amazing. I have never seen gel coat work this well done ever. He needs to get paid for all his hard work.

@h.v7461 Ай бұрын

I have no idea how you have any hair left. It’s horrible the ordeal you guys have been put through due to Leopard’s negligence. You have found a gem with Nino. He’s done such an incredible job so far and I pray he sticks with you until the completion of the repairs. Hang in there, this nightmare will end and there’ll be better times ahead.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

This is the worst Trent's health has even been and it makes me very angry.

@juergenzenner4219 Ай бұрын

@@travelsketch you all wear wigs………….

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

@@juergenzenner4219 😂😭😵

@StickellsMarine Ай бұрын

We are here till completion. We’re not going anywhere until then 😅

@juergenzenner4219 Ай бұрын

@@StickellsMarine 100% agree with you. This farewell party we all want see when you leave Trinidad with a completed seaworthy boat!!!! After…. We want see the enjoyment you all will have and travel the world!!!!

@MEdGrant 29 күн бұрын

Leopard and Lagoon…two brands on a race to the bottom (literally)!

@swabby913 27 күн бұрын

It's not about manufacturers specifically. It's about generations of boats. Even high end boats like Balance, Outremer and the like have numerous issues that present in waves of manufacturing. It's all a luck of the draw. I stand by purchasing an older boat that has proven to be a well built one.

@ChrisHarding-lk3jj Ай бұрын

Every inch of that hull needs to receive ultrasonic testing. When composites are infused you have no way of knowing how well the inside of the infusion has turned out and that is why it is important to use non destructive testing methods. After grinding everything out the boat should have been put on a barge and transported to one of the big boat shows for all prospective customers so see. With as extensive as defects this boat has the manufacturer should have replaced the boat.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Trent agrees, needs scanning to be sure.

@jamesbuckingham8073 Ай бұрын

100% agree

@anna-tn2ww Ай бұрын

Good to see you all staying positive ❤ Praying they make this right, it's shameful how long you have been dragged through this. A testament to your inner strength that you've continued to share your journey 💖💫🙏

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Thanks for your support

@cals4200 Ай бұрын

I used to think Leopard was one of the better quality builders, your video sure changed my opinion. Now I think they are in the same boat as Lagoon. No quality control!

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

At least the design is better than Lagoon but we wouldn't buy either.

@Jaquaivismacintosh Ай бұрын

You guys are amazing, they should have given you a new boat , this is crazy . Keep being you guys

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Thank you for the support :)

@ajsonstegard5729 Ай бұрын

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 omg when will it end???? I love your nicknames for your issues…. Water features and aquarium! Keep smiling. ❤

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Thanks AJ, insane this is still going on, negative customer experience feedback must not matter to anyone. Hulls must be presold for years. Oh well

@roadboat9216 Ай бұрын

Thanks for documenting all of this. Very helpful to other too.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

It is if you have a Leopard 45 as I'm sure others have water being stored and rotting in there.

@jwxlr Ай бұрын

I am speechless. The good thing is that you hopefully will get a very strong boat when it`s all done.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Nino was speechless cos salt water went in his mouth. xD

@marydavis9989 27 күн бұрын

And yet they THOUGHT that's what they were purchasing from the START!

@stevenfogerty2110 Ай бұрын

Theres another channel with a warranty riddled Leopard. Used to be my fav cat...

@p.l.b.3061 Ай бұрын

Leopard must hate their customers.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

They don't seems to understand how bad this has been.

@JohnLee-im7iu Ай бұрын

Leopard should have no customers….they are terrible boat builders.

@jackdbur Ай бұрын

@@JohnLee-im7iuSailing Dauntless repaired a brand new leopard 50 that had both hulls riped open and its build seemed to be fairly good. That brings up the thought that they don't care about the smaller hulls that are mostly destined for the chartering market as they will only be in charter for 3 to 5 years in calm conditions and then it & its issues are some poor schmuchs problem when they buy it second hand or it is a TCL in a hurricane. 😊

@roadboat9216 Ай бұрын

And love their money!

@trentspencer7991 Ай бұрын

@@jackdbur Didn't they sign an NDA to get repair instructions? What are they allowed to say now that is negative?

@julianmessina1969 21 күн бұрын

Hi, I'm a boatbuilder, based in Guadeloupe. I do the warranty work for gunboat and have over 30 years experience building, repairing and rebuilding wrecked boats. Your job time is astronomical, sorry for being blunt. I'm also horrified at the build quality you are having to deal with. If there is any advise, opinion or recommendations I can help you with, please feel free to ask.

@hcraretep 9 күн бұрын

Nice puppies !

@travelsketch 4 күн бұрын

woof

@JohnJohn-cu7nk Ай бұрын

😂😂 🤪. AS a tradsman myself , when shit leeps happening all you can do is laugh. Ive noticed alot of other bloggers know your channel😮

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

They should help us boost our views. Well maybe not yet. Not enough content up. 😈 or they could just negotiate on Trent's fair offer and stop dragging this out.

@MrJohnBos Ай бұрын

IMO, Leopard owes you guys large amounts of money until everything is fixed. They also owe you a huge apology. They should be ashamed about the quality of construction or lack thereof.

@trentspencer7991 Ай бұрын

I vote you next Leopard CEO.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Robertson and Caine should refund the hull and let us keep it out of respect for our work and shame.

@Kevin-ru8mx Ай бұрын

Shocking. My boat is bad but if it was half as bad as yours, I'd have thrown the towel in. This is hard enough. I can't imagine that. Leopard really do seem to want my videos and yours to keep on coming. I still have 'the Leopard guy' in Cape Town flexing his muscle for that purpose only which isn't helping them or us but it certainty shows that they just don't care ! . . . . therein lies the issue

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Daniel been hitting the gym?

@CraigOverend Ай бұрын

Must be one of those ships where the front falls off.

@gearhed78 20 күн бұрын

New niche. RAGE SAILING! Love it. Sorry about your issues though.

@travelsketch 20 күн бұрын

I wish we could add some sailing to the rage hahaha

@gearhed78 19 күн бұрын

@@travelsketch I have a hurricane damaged Leopard 39. We are tied for splash date! jk not jk ,lol.

@arnehaieschild343 Ай бұрын

As a South African,leopard yachts needs to get their shit together or close, utterly shocking lack of workmanship or competencel...

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Yeah the buys were shocked at the state of South Africa when they got there regarding trades quality.

@MrCharleskerr 7 күн бұрын

That is positive evidence of the factory emplloying unskilled labour and skimping on materials. I know you have come a long way but I would demand a new hull and that they cover the cost of transferring all your upgrades / mods to the new hull. And a definate timeline with penalties built in.

@travelsketch 7 күн бұрын

We don't have confidence that the new hull would be better than this upgraded one.

@bwalker4194 19 күн бұрын

You are seeing the results of production demands versus excellence of techniques. If an excellent product was the goal, far more staffing would be needed to coax the fiberglass layers into those sharp corners with more, slower curing resin to aid the process. Instead, time management and production numbers become the goal and build quality suffers. I had to fix countless situations like this during the 5-year build of my fiberglass homebuilt aircraft. the last six months were spent finding, fixing, and prepping hundreds of these before paint.

@Cooldudeblue261 Ай бұрын

When you done youle have the best built cat out there good luck

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Thanks for the support

@user-hv8ir2ef6r Ай бұрын

There's only one cause for these fibreglass issues/disasters you're finding. That is unskilled labor. Obviously Leopard used the cheapest possible labor possible for their fibreglass lamination staff with little or no training. I think I heard you say it was vacume bagged. If that's the case and you have found some dry areas then I'm sad to say you'll find a lot more yet. Honestly that boat should be thrown on the scrap heep and replaced. Your commitment to repair it is amazing but I fear this will be your life for years to come and at some point it could be truly life threatening. To be in a storm and realizing your yacht is twisting and breaking apart due to the bulkheads having dry joints would not only be frightening but absolutely deadly. There might be an electronic probe device like a hardness tester crossed with a thickness tester that could identify dry areas but I don't know of such a device and it would be further complicated by different materials and various thicknesses. You can't even sell that boat, not only do people know about the ongoing problems but to sell a death trap is unthinkable. Perhaps your efforts are better spent in creating something positive and helpful from this experience for others to benefit from and create a go fund me page in the hope of enough support to buy a boat that is worthy of your trust AND your life! In my opinion it is insane to put yours and others life at risk by sailing this yacht any further than swimming distance from the shore!

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Very astute, It was initially was a death trap, so Trent refused to sell it on. You don't even know the main reasons why because I haven't uploaded them yet. All of these issues have been fixed. we are millennials and have struggled to make the money to get to here. Even Trent, he will never make his money again to use while young. "Perhaps your efforts are better spent in creating something positive and helpful from this experience for others to benefit from and create a go fund me page in the hope of enough support to buy a boat that is worthy of your trust AND your life! " We begin work helping yet another owner with a faulty boat this coming week. We do our best every day. We have a plan and a confident we will get something at the end of this for our suffering.

@marydavis9989 27 күн бұрын

Leopard has ZERO quality control -- and no one cares. Period.

@paulstephens5229 Ай бұрын

Some very legal statements:- Fit for purpose and Duty of care Either or both should get you a new boat. I think you should take leopard to court and sue there asses. It would be down to them to sort out who built what who done or did not do what they should have, ultimately they signed of the boat builders as capable to do the job.

@trentspencer7991 Ай бұрын

Things to consider if they don't be kinder and more considerate.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Those didn't come with our boat, we hear you have to pay extra for that.

@stevenfogerty2110 Ай бұрын

@@travelsketchAustralian consumer laws demand that manufacturers cover thi, regardless of where ir was manufactured. . Pity you aren't in Australia.

@Alan-R1971 Ай бұрын

This boat WILL at the end of all this be the best built Leopard on the seas, Unfortunately there will be stuff all Leopard workmanship left on it 🤣 Unfortunately People will see you sailing this amazing boat when its complete and think WOW leopard boats are awesome builds when in actual fact we know different. I wish you guys a speedy resolution to the issues to come.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Trent said this as well, they offered him a new Northsails 3DI genoa sail as ours is questionable. He said put Travelopia or Moorings branding on it for free advertising as they funded the majority of the work to fix the boat. Unfortunately our videos didn't go over well with them so they cancelled the sail and had a sulk. Oh well can't help some people.

@jamesbuckingham8073 Ай бұрын

I would be suspecting more areas that are hidden. There's got to be some recourse legally. I wouldn't trust the hull until it was scanned by sound or something similar.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Sounds good full scan.

@talkshitko9234 Ай бұрын

DO leopard owners have a channel for posting their issues.They all seem to have the same problems. Is it possible to set up a youtube channel that all owners. Could post their issues. Sailing Sisu ( African couple😂)a leapord owner just popped up on my feed today with all the windows failing on a new boat.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

They have done a great job in the past of controlling information dissemination. The still do it in some online groups. This has contributed to the degradation of the product as a whole as there is little public accountability. Sisu speak positively of Robertson and Caine while not having their warranty fully covered while ours has been. Shows how they train customers to their own detriment. Clearly building junk has got them here. Maybe making the another hundred boats with windows peeling off isn't a good idea and consumers need to change approach like you say.

@davidpearson7817 Ай бұрын

I sincerely hope you make progress with this. It must be killing Leopard Cat sales - (it is only because I was interested in their product that I came across your story/vlog ) - I wouldn’t now buy a Leopard Cat. Ever. They will have to spend a lot of money to rebuild their brand. Good Luck.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Contact them and let them know. Thanks for the support They best start doing the right thing with the right attitude as we are tired of games.

@zr1pja 19 күн бұрын

I hope that the faults and the repairs do not jeopardise the entire integral strength of the boat.

@travelsketch 19 күн бұрын

So do we

@dianne.murielrobidoux9008 27 күн бұрын

How are you after thus hurricanes?

@travelsketch 27 күн бұрын

Thankfully Trinidad turned out to be a safe haven and we are all okay. There is a huge aid effort underway here - the first boats with disaster relief supplies left for Grenada today!

@GaryHerbert-g5g 21 күн бұрын

Further to my comment on your latest video. I'm slowly going back through your archive to get an idea of what's going on. Taking a critical look at the situation, my assessment is that the lack of quality control, is most likely due to the use of 'low skilled labour in South Africa. From what I hear and this is pure hearsay, although it is plausible, R and C have major problems with the trade unions. I've also heard that the wiring harnesses that are shipped in from the US have major issues as well.

@travelsketch 21 күн бұрын

We just ant them to settle with us as these issues shouldn't be the owners issues. There is a lot to the story and ultimately none of it is our fault. Even the purchase decision was made based on incorrect information given at POS.

@rob5896 25 күн бұрын

It'll make a good fishing mark or a mooring, on the bright side😬

@travelsketch 25 күн бұрын

savage xD

@brianmacadam4793 17 күн бұрын

Very unfortunate, I wonder if there should have been extensive core sampling of the hull to determine the extent of the damage. I would be very hesitant to go anywhere on that hull after seeing the extent of those voids. It really should go into a yard that can properly evaluate the damage and give a certified repair.

@travelsketch 17 күн бұрын

We have no idea how to do that, this has ruined years of our lives so far. We are sick of repairs. If they haven't fixed it properly it will appear on KZfaq so they best take it seriously...

@billiondollardan 22 күн бұрын

Was this a new boat? I've never seen the channel before so I don't know the history here. A year to fix a boat seems like a pretty long time!

@travelsketch 22 күн бұрын

Yes new, watch through the warranty history videos

@billiondollardan 22 күн бұрын

@@travelsketch wow that is unbelievable. It's just terrible craftsmanship for a very costly vessel

@travelsketch 22 күн бұрын

Very sad situation but thanks for watching :)

@petermccarthy5762 11 күн бұрын

How about you watch previous episodes that’ll give you a answer.

@algiecompositeaircraft5629 Ай бұрын

Pontoon boat junk. Resin infusion is a good method to lay up simple shapes, but no good on complex shapes like that hull. Plus I'm sure the vacuum bag had leaks, and that is a no no to get void free parts.

@fxpthl Ай бұрын

Absolutely uncalled for delays! Almost a entire year? Come on Lagoon, step up and take care of these fine clients OR get ready for some huge law suits!

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Yep, Lagoon should help as well. Not like they have anything better to do.

@matjam8305 25 күн бұрын

You need to assume that much hull/structural issue means over time it will continue to delaminate. You need to write it off. And cats by their nature have a shelf life due to the nature of their structure and fatigue over time. My advice is to buy an older monohull if you want to cross oceans, or another older cat if you want to hang around shore. This will be an issue with many boat builders all trying to make bank while the market is hot much like every hot housing market wherein the homes are made so poorly.

@travelsketch 25 күн бұрын

We agree, more reinforcement is needed but much is already rebuilt.

@harrykreia5371 Ай бұрын

Unfortunatly many production cars are build cheaply and not dven structionally sound. Need a good specialized surveyor bofore you buy even a new catamaran.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

ya, absolutely

@usefulcommunication4516 22 күн бұрын

At this stage I'd be tempted to have an 'accidental' fire. But it looks like it would put itself out.

@travelsketch 22 күн бұрын

😂👍

@JohnLee-im7iu Ай бұрын

Not sure that boat will ever be right. Unbelievable ordeal…….

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

It will be good

@nathanchalecki4842 Ай бұрын

.... Is this boat new?

@Alan-R1971 Ай бұрын

Binge watch the whole saga its bloody insane, Yes it was new and my heart goes out to these guys and other leopard owners who are suffering through these issues.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Yes, well its still not fixed from new.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Thanks for the support Alan

@t-hex6876 29 күн бұрын

RIP Leopard Catamaran!

@travelsketch 2 күн бұрын

Imagine if they just fixed it and didn't mess us around.

@steveridge5207 Ай бұрын

I would be checking every joint and seam, even going to the extent of retabing. (Just remembering your generator plinth)

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

They were meant to be and then the contractor they sent just stopped and lost interest. Too many problems to fix.

@carlospereira9838 Ай бұрын

What a mess you have a lemon for a boat..... This is a disgrace !

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Its was super crappy 😆🤦‍♀

@carlospereira9838 Ай бұрын

@@travelsketch I feel so sorry for everything you guys went through NOBODY should go through what you guys went through. I could understand if the boat is 20 years old and you are doing a complete refit but for a so called NEW boat this is not acceptable not one bit. Good luck and I hope you guys get compensated for all your time lost and money not earned. If it were me and I had sunk 1 million for this lemon I would have not accepted anything but a FULL REFUND and all my money not earned. They need to reserve a special place in HELL for Leopard and Robinson & Cain where they fix boats for eternity.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

@@carlospereira9838 Thanks for the support, we agree, they screwed our lives up with this so compensate us.

@electricbeaver854 Ай бұрын

Please tell me you have a lawyer.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Not yet, we are hoping we don't need one. They best hope we won't or I will vlog the entire journey.

@peteturner8493 Ай бұрын

Just one question why is it still your boat?

@MistaEmPe Ай бұрын

Kinda ovious isnt it? They sunk all their money in it and no one would by it for a reasonable compensation. So they are stuck having to fix it wile triying to get some compensation/help from the manufacturer.. Only a fixed boat can be sold for a reasonable price.

@peteturner8493 Ай бұрын

@@MistaEmPe Can't say it is otherwise I would not have asked, I'm unsure of the timeline / exactly how long this has been going on. Regardless the question still remains on at least 2 levels not something you appear to have thought about...kinda obvious isn't it?

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

@@MistaEmPe Well you're wrong. We kept the boat because we have done so much work to it and issues revealed in layers. Trent does not believe it is right to sell it while unsafe and once repaired, why sell it?

@MistaEmPe Ай бұрын

@@travelsketch ah - the good ol sunk-cost fallacy

@peteturner8493 26 күн бұрын

@@travelsketch No...my thoughts were not to sell but to return it back to Leopard from whence it came - due to the extreme circumstance of not being fit for purpose & no doubt legal action to bring this to a final conclusion? Maybe hindsight is a wonderful thing I don't know but I'm sure you do. As said before just my 2 pennies worth!

@juergenzenner4219 Ай бұрын

How can anyone buy a Leopard right now? Where are the CEO’s to step in, to end your saga??? So slowly I have to think that only clowns sit at Leopard management?! Would be nice to proof that I’m wrong and apologize to the management to call them clowns!!

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Trent wouldn't be bought for the small amount offered and the T&Cs of getting it at the time. They haven't answered his latest negotiation submission from the start of the year but they will.

@jasonmckenzie3840 Ай бұрын

This whole situation has been so stressful and painful for me to watch. Can’t even begin to imagine how shit 💩 you guys must be really feeling 😢.. leopard catamarans should so be holding their hands 🙌 over their heads in shame…. And most of all they should just give you guys a brand new boat. And really pick up their game

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Many have said they should just refund us for costing us years of our life and let us keep the boat we have had to watch them repair for years, we agree.

@judy8301 Ай бұрын

This why I will only go for a steel boat...

@carlospereira9838 Ай бұрын

For a cat you cannot go steel it’s too heavy only aluminum for cats.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Trent wanted aluminum as a first choice but lock down prevented those purchase options.

@daveraeburn 20 күн бұрын

Designer, builder and surveyor for 50 years of all small craft in all materials. My best advice is....Strip the gear and burn the junk hull and deck. Sue for a new moulding and have your insurance pay for an independent surveyor to supervise the process from start to finish. Any professional would condemn this moulding and to entertain 'repairs' is utter madness. The stresses on a heavy built GRP cat at sea are enormous and bad moulding cannot be trusted with human life, especially yours. Good Luck folks.

@travelsketch 20 күн бұрын

Thanks for the support but we don't know how to do all that without being taken advantage of and just want to go sailing :(

@daveraeburn 20 күн бұрын

@@travelsketch I think you already have been taken advantage of and the way this is going, with luck, you may never sail this boat again. Second best advice....This is not a warranty claim but negligence in design and construction making the product unfit and unsafe for the intended use. Get a good legal team and sue the builders. If this was me, I would insure, launch and try to return to the builders. If, on the way you hit a shipping container or have a fire on board and the vessel sinks or burns....result. Make sure your liferaft and safety gear is good.

@user-df5zq9up3t Ай бұрын

To say the least leopard are dragging their feet. Either that or they like your videos. If I was owner of leopard yachts this would be so embarrassing. I would look at giving you a new boat just to stop the damage to leopard yachts reputation.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

A new boat comes with a NDA, inability to litigate and back to square one. No thanks

@user-df5zq9up3t Ай бұрын

@@travelsketch well at least buy the boat back

@mloret6745 11 күн бұрын

I want the company to respond!

@travelsketch 11 күн бұрын

What like, we did our best and it just didn't work out?

@fastinradfordable 25 күн бұрын

1:00 No safety glasses Not workin on my boat

@travelsketch 25 күн бұрын

He's had about 20 job offers since the video went up.

@mazdarx7887 28 күн бұрын

Those Leopards are money pits, never ending battle with poor workmanship. Should have bought a PDQ Antares 44. I bought a 2006 PDQ Antares 44 in 2008, had her for 8 years, no problems worth talking about. The guy I got her from said the only problem from the time he picked her up from the factory till he sold her to me was a bad starter battery Bet to try and get as much for your boat as you can and get an Antares 44

@travelsketch 27 күн бұрын

We had to buy a new boat during lockdown for a list of reasons. If not for government policy we probably would have a better boat and brand.

@mazdarx7887 27 күн бұрын

@@travelsketch That sucks, have get rid of that boat as soon as you can. The things you are repairing are only what you have found YET. There is absolutely no reason for a new boat to be that bad, especially since they have been building cat for 30+ years. I could understand if someone bought molds and it was the first boat they ever seen and build. I am partial to the PDQ (now Antares) because I owned one for 8 years without issue, just normal maintenance and even that was very little. The guy I got it from had galvanized rigging which lasts far longer than stainless. I just finished a PDQ36, converted it from sail to power with two 20hp Yamahas(extended the sugar scoops two feet) and 1K of solar and 3K of battery, works well, shes not a speed demon buy go along nice at 8 knots If you wanted an Antares 44i they are hard to find, only 2 or 3 a year come up for sale, some years none. Most are long term owners(5 years+)

@charlescraig3892 21 күн бұрын

To be honest buying a new boat doesn't seem like a good idea. Seams like after all the work and frustration would have been better to just buy a hurricane damaged boat for a fraction of the price and a similar amount of work.

@travelsketch 21 күн бұрын

Buy a decent brand with customer support is the takeaway.

@clarrie5273 Ай бұрын

HI GUYS I BELIEVE THEY SH O U LL D GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY BACK PLUS TAKE THE BOAT BACK TO WHER I T WAS BUILT AND RECTIFY THE WHOLE BOAT ABD FULLY COMPENSATE YOU GUYS GET A GOOD LAWYER GRAHAM FROM AUSTRALIA KEEP FIGHTING GOOD LUCK

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Cheers Graham, we won't be going back to South Africa though, Robertson and Caine probably has a hit out on Trent

@jackdbur Ай бұрын

Realistically it belongs in a land fill. That fibreglassing was so poorly done .

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

@@jackdbur Yeah the repair cost exceeded the hull value.

@bubbleobill267 Ай бұрын

Don’t go chasing discrepancies toward, you’ll have no boat left……

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

He was grinding out small cracks developing in the gelcoat and when they have faulty layup they have to chase it to good layup to glass to.

@ducatiparts966 Ай бұрын

i know you have a lot of time, money and emotion invested in this boat but i would drop everything and run. Get your money back, this boat and all of their boats are GARBAGE. You have proved this over and over. Once you finish this 2 year work period and then have more warranty issues will they stand behind their product???? You will have many more problems, you have likey only found 60-70% of them and in my opinion there are some major structural issues that you found and more exist.

@desertchild3550 Ай бұрын

Fully agree,I am afraid that the next bad link might give way at around 02hoo hours at night,where there will be no boat yard to assist. Sadly Way past the time to walk away. Specially with all the publicity.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

@@desertchild3550 Midnight is when all issues happen. 🤣

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

@@desertchild3550 They should give us an extra 5 year support warranty 🥰

@ducatiparts966 Ай бұрын

@@travelsketch exactly but they won’t. The second your warranty is up the poor service you are currently getting will end immediately. You will have 0 support.

@dgrant2467 26 күн бұрын

I've been unable, for several days, to post a comment; on your site, or many others. No reason given; posts are immediately deleted...

@travelsketch 26 күн бұрын

I have no idea but this one came through! There's nothing in our held comments and as a rule we don't delete comments either. Sometimes KZfaq automatically deletes if it has a link or the algorithm detects swearing or thinks it's inappropriate.

@dgrant2467 26 күн бұрын

@@travelsketch It is very odd. My comments were stopped after I attempted to post a link to your channel on other YT channels. It has been a number of days, so I will try again.

@travelsketch 26 күн бұрын

Ahhhh okay it was probably because of the link then, but thank you for sharing the videos - we appreciate the support!

@traceysmallwood7489 Ай бұрын

Never buy a leopard after this

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Let them know

@sv.alannah Ай бұрын

WOW. So sad and not a budget boat by any means. Can you imagen if you took that boat far north and that water froze and expanded inside the glass. There is just no excuse for that shotty layup work on a boat that expensive. What are they thinking.... O this boat is just going to go into charter no one will care?

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Why Robertson and Caine probably rush them together, so the charter base can rebuild them.

@kpodbot Ай бұрын

Have you not asked for a complete refund on that disaster of a boat ??

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

Yes Trent did. We believe after years rebuilding and upgraded it we should be able to keep the hull.

@marydavis9989 27 күн бұрын

Toyota can produce 10.3 million vehicles a year with very few issues. Why can't Leopard build 200 boats a year and get it right?!?!?! ANSWER: Leopard doesn't CARE about their product or their customers. Once they've got the customers' money, they don't want to hear from them again because they're on to the next sucker. (Yes, I'm speaking from experience. BEFORE the sale, my salesman said "Leopard is the best boat built in the world." After the sale, he told me "if I wanted no problems, I should've purchased a more expensive boat." SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!)

@travelsketch 27 күн бұрын

Well Trent was even more specific, he asked if certain production issue were solved at point of sale and was told they were resolved, to find out on delivery that they were not. They sell you a premium product then as soon as the payment clears, start telling you that all the faults are normal and to be expected on a "production boat". Infuriating

@richardrose7382 23 күн бұрын

I was of the opinion that this company had one of the better reputations….very disappointed

@travelsketch 23 күн бұрын

What we said 😅

@julienpubert2699 27 күн бұрын

you need an other boat?

@travelsketch 2 күн бұрын

One is enough thanks

@sempertalis1230 20 күн бұрын

What a horror. That Leopard has not taken the boat back and reimbursed you is a clear sign that this is a company nobody should do business with.

@j-1159 29 күн бұрын

Million $ nightmare

@travelsketch 29 күн бұрын

yes

@markwilson8632 24 күн бұрын

I suppose it’s very lucky they don’t build aeroplanes to the same standards . Why don’t aeroplanes have the same lack of professional build? It all comes down to they couldn’t give a flying Fk, Just get them out the door. Where is the quality control? And why isn’t there a lemon clause? Hang in there guys after 2 1/2 year battle with an Insurance company, I finally won and hopefully you will too, all factory maintenance repairs done and complete.

@travelsketch 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment and support.

@leavizzone3454 Ай бұрын

These issues would be found in any boat that was scrutinized by you guys. I’m amazed that you would rip in to this boat in the way you have. Good luck getting reimbursed

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

The gelcoat was externally cracked. If you watched other videos in the series you would see that this repair team was sent to conduct warranty repairs from "Leopard Catamarans"/MIT/Travelopia. The contractor found the voids and water, not us. The boys have checked many catamarans now and remain objective. Repeat gelcoat cracks and voids full of water are unacceptable on any new catamaran and I doubt many would agree that this is OK or normal.

@user-lr4zk1to8u Ай бұрын

Leopard needs to shut down or simply replace your boat. End of the story. What a simply appalling company. Thank heavens I never bought one.

@albertofourie3294 27 күн бұрын

Why are you even doing this to yourselves?? I would've drawn the line way back and sued R&C into the ground!

@travelsketch 26 күн бұрын

How and where do you do that?

@albertofourie3294 26 күн бұрын

@@travelsketch Get yourself a maritime lawyer. Start a class action together with other disgruntled Leopard owners (a plenty).

@user-be2md6kr1h 23 күн бұрын

A boat is a hole in the water in which you pour money.

@normanboyes4983 24 күн бұрын

I have followed this absolute horror story from the beginning and each episode just induces more seething and anger. I have some really good advice for you but dare not print it - I would have the security services waking me up in the small hours for a no coffee interview.🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

@travelsketch 23 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@MrJackwork 24 күн бұрын

So basically, Leopard builds worthless boats.

@travelsketch 23 күн бұрын

Ours would have been if they didn't partly fix it all.

@desertchild3550 Ай бұрын

No matter what one do,a lemon will never ever be a orange. You guys life in denial.

@travelsketch Ай бұрын

It is more complicated than that. Too hard to explain in a comment. The bridge deck was the primary production failure and the window frames. All the rest were mistakes in joining sections. If you completely remove these sections and rebuild them you have a better hull than original.

@desertchild3550 Ай бұрын

@@travelsketch I hear you. Been following this saga from the beginning.Sadly,your boat is not the only one with lots of issues. Now combine all these issues and one would come to a conclusion that if one repair what is wrong, there will be other issues which will start to show later. Everytime costing time and money. Is it really worth putting yourself through this hell just for the sake to "sail" Anyway, you guys are so deep into this,best option is like you said, bite the bullet and carry on repairing. Hope this nightmare end soon for you all.

@ficelles652 7 күн бұрын

You need to return this POS to the manufacturer and get a full refund plus compensations.

@travelsketch 7 күн бұрын

We are so desperate to go sailing and the process to set a boat up takes a long long time.

@ficelles652 6 күн бұрын

@@travelsketch I know what you mean, for our little Van de Stadt 34 my partner and I though our refit would be a six month affair that was nearly two years ago! And we are not liveaboard just sailors. Good luck.