This has been an interesting side project, enlightening how the mass-construction boat yard would do their best to reduce their production cost, with no regard for the future maintenance life of the boat. But who are we to judge …
On this 450F, the main task was to take down the Yanmar Sail Drive as we needed to bring it to our workshop for a complete overhaul, together with the seal change.
So after taking the catamaran out of the water and on the hard, we had to access the sail drive locker space, beneath this original Lagoon panel.
And there came this really bad surprise. Not only wasn’t this panel screwed one way or another, allowing for the necessary future maintenance, but it was glued in such a way that we could only break it to access the Sail Drive space. Of course we asked the owner, but it was quite a rhetorical question as we could see no alternative.
Plus, we came up with a solution: break down the original panels and use them to make new fiber ones, which we would fit with screws, allowing for future maintenance.
Here we show the finished job, with the serviced Sail Drive and the hull and propeller prepared for the sailing season.
boatservicelicata.com 