Gone with the Wynns' Leopard catamaran

[billnz]

Originally Posted by nolakennedys

I agree with this assessment and think you are on to something. To me the design is crap and it should be stowed in cubby type arrangement at the stern like many cats have, but i digress. It looked and sounded to me like maybe part of the hatch came loose up front and the wave caught it and pulled it down which would rip it off and redirect the wave up. Seas are bad that time of the year and both the wife and I thought it was foolish to leave Tonga during this time, but it's their lives. Both of us have decided that if we ever get a Cat, it will be for coastal sailing and island hopping only. If we go to the pacific, we will have a monohull at least 50' and preferably a Morgan 51.

.. I mentioned that fact to them (winter trip) & mentioned Minerva reef as a good bolt hole to wait for a weather gap In the end they had what id call a good trip.

[Sand crab]

You can see the new liferaft which is the one they lost and the locker pretty clearly in this vid about 10:30 in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x949Omno014

[BlueH2Obound]

Being as how the incident happened in the South Pacific, the OP should have titled this thread


The Bottom fell off!