Beneteau
Spear it animal reports having to drill out galvanized nails on a 2007
Hanse and Beneteau glue in the stringers. Not sure just how extensive this defect is in the fleet.
Expedition Evans
Sailing Aurora goes over the
repair and the background in detail
Laminated woodwork “ high quality made in Italy”
Jeanneau 55
The agent sent me the stringer set up for the
Jeanneau 55. Still working on that one, for general purposes which is out due to laminated woodwork as reported by the agent.
I haven’t been in them but a Jeanneau 55 and a Kraken 50 do have a two person shower.
Refuse to get the laminated woodwork on the Jeanneau
Can’t get the Kraken 50 until 2027 or later. It has been a few months since I checked. Plus the guy has not called with an earlier date or a used Kraken.
No defects on the Kraken which is overbuilt for most purposes but carries a large sail inventory and so reportedly
sails quite well.
The newer Amels appear to have a large shower and have zero defects. A used 2022 Amel 50 appears to be the target at the moment. An Amel 64 also appears to be on target 2012 model is the same
price.
My search has probably revealed more data.
I am sure there are more I have not yet seen
By coincidence the H/R 69 agent just got into the shower. It looks a little tight in addition to being too much
boat. The shower looks fine for one, which is a reasonable fallback but not optimal. Too much
boat there. Great boat with a Kraken + level sized mechanical room.
Owners
head in the H/R 69 has a two person rain shower!
Being new, I come with
references. You can watch the videos noted which was my first step in doing the
research. I skipped through looking for details on the boats. The spear it animal Beneteau was found in the kitchen remodel video. And so on.
Another goal is to catalog the defective sailboats by defect in general.
For now I am looking for more two person showers. ( the Amel 50 is probably a 1.5 person shower.) not totally sure on that one. While at the same
price an Amel 2012 64 is prob too much boat.
So we will watch what happens.