CATAMARAN DESIGN FLAW REVEALED – Cracked bulkhead repair series – Part 9 (Episode 114)

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Colin finally gives his opinion on the Lagoon 450 design flaw involving the weak bulkhead. Too many Lagoon 450’s have contacted him with exactly the same failure, for him to rule out there being a design flaw anymore, as the count is over 20 boats, and counting. Boats that have never been through a hurricane, never run aground, never had their rigs over tensioned, are falling victim to the failure, which costs tens of thousands of dollars to repair, so it must be time for Lagoon to step up to the plate and do something about this now…

This series will show never before seen footage of how we straightened and strengthened a 45ft production catamaran, in order to be able to complete a circumnavigation. Located in Linton bay, in Panama, we meet our fair share of challenges trying to rebuild this boat from the bulkheads up…

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Edited by Colin

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