Hi,
I'm on a 2023 samana 59. We have our
Galley down. Whilst being lifted onto a transport ship, the
hull deck separated from the port midships cleat, aft past the stays, to a point about halfway through the aft
cabin. This damaged
interior furniture in the same area. Cracked a stringer below the stays.
On inspecting the hull/deck join from the
interior, we discovered that in all areas we could access, including the same area on the starboard side, the hull/deck join had been glued and then taped over with fibreglass. All the
boat apart from exactly our area of damage.
We reported this to
Fountaine Pajot. They claimed this is as designed. I had a friend who has a
galley up version check; his joint was taped in this area. We reported this to
Fountaine Pajot and they informed us that only galley down
boats have this non-taped design in the exact area of damage which extends beyond the galley...plus the
boats are type rated to the same CE Cert number...
Putting the story out for
advice (beyond "get a lawyer") and comments. Here's some pictures.
Exterior Damage
Port Cleat at Joint
Area above galley window
Aft Cabin Area, note fibreglass restarting
Stbd cleat, for comparison