One of our clients for many years decided to sell their catamaran in Licata this February. And as we knew the boat inside out, Massimo, her new owner, entrusted us with quite an extensive refit project here in Licata, together with some of our longstanding partners.
All the jobs has to be completed rapidly, as the initial owner had only booked 4 weeks on the hard, and our work plan was quite packed for February and March. So we started this project two weeks ago, and we plan to finish it by mid-March.
Electronics and electricity
Our partner Giuseppe Vedda was called for all the electronic and electric work. Giuseppe had installed a new i70 Raymarine autopilot controller on this boat three years ago, and a Clipper BM-2 battery monitor two years ago. This time he will update all the legacy Raymarine systems. As you can see here, he has already started to pull apart the old system.
The new owners have decided to change the legacy chart display for a new Axiom system from Raymarine, and to upgrade all the instruments displays for the Raymarine i70 range.
This is an on-going project, and we’ll share the final installation soon.
Upholstery
After 10 years, the very large number of outside cushions needed to be changed, This included fly bridge and roof cushions, and both front and back cockpit cushions. On such a catamaran, that’s a large surface of cushion! This is where Emanuele Corbo came in. Emanuele had already done some work on this boat over the years, including repairing the main sail easy bag, and he accepted to pospone on-going project to deal with this urgent one.
New galley
The initial owners have sailed over 27.000 nautical miles since the boat delivery, mainly in the Mediterranean, and the galley was showing some tear and wear due to this quite intensive use. This is why the new owner asked us to change the counter-top, the gaz appliances as well as the sinks and water taps.
This is an on-going project, and we’ll share the result soon.
Teak renovation
The teak was in decent shape despite being 11 years old. So we gave it a light sanding, and planned to change some of the black seals.
Sails
The sails are original since boat delivery, in 2011. Needless to says, after 11 years and 27.000 miles, despite some regular repairs by the initial owners, they needed to be changed. The owners decided to bring them down, send them to a Palermo Sail Maker to have an exact Dacron copy made within 4 weeks.
Tank operations (water & fuel)
Two out of three original 175 l. water tanks suffered topside leak within the next quarter in 2020. As they were strongly fixed along the infamous front bulkhead, we think it could have something to do with this. Otherwise, there are no explanation for these simultaneous failure in both hulls.
While the Port side one was quite straightforward to replace, the Starboard tank, just next to the owner’s bathroom (see photo below), needed some furniture dismounting (the left ones when facing the bathroom). With a little online help, this was a 2 hours work for 2 persons.
Additionally, we plan on cleaning both fuel tanks, a good precautionary decision for the new owners, as it had never been done since the boat was delivered in 2011.
Hull & deck
Because of the Covid situation, the first owner couldn’t take the boat out of the water last Spring, so the hull needed quite a deep treatment. And on top of this, we discovered that some small surface repairs needed to be done on one of the rudders.
On top of doing the hull, we plan on also polishing the deck.
Gelcoat
Last September, the initial owner encountered a very strong hailstorm, and some gelcoat damage was done in quite a few places, on top of older ones. We plan on making all of these invisible to the new owners.
There are many other work planned for this boat, including changing a couple of deck hatches, some deckware, a global revision and the engines and the genset etc. The idea of this refit project is for the new owners to step on-board a truly personalized Lagoon 450F by mid-march, so that they can have their maiden journey from Licata to their booked slip in Trapani by mid March.
It is an ambitious project for us, and we are under a lot of pressure to deliver on time with our usual standard of quality. We’ll keep you posted with the most significant jobs.
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