58 - Bequia

[@seanrhone5306]

I was in Bequia a month ago, loved it!

[@jerryrogers3310]

Oh waw I like your video of bequia beautiful yes

[@svhappysees]

Great place! Thanks for watching!

[@HannaStephenson-q8y]

Nice with the family.

[@svhappysees]

Yes, thank you

[@tunnelengineer9706]

Hello, we follow your happy family and your travels and we enjoy watching you. I also wanted to buy Leopard 45. I did research for this and watched the videos where the Travel Sketch family explained the big problems they were experiencing, it was scary. I wonder if your Leopard 45 catamaran has problems or is it safe? Would you recommend it for purchase? What are your thoughts about this catamaran? Have you watched the Travel Sketch KZbin channel?

[@svhappysees]

Great questions! I'm going to do a video on these questions one of these days. In the mean time, I would say in general the L45 is good and safe. After having cruised for a year and a half and spoken with a lot of owners of different brands of boats new and used, I would say if you want to enjoy the cruising lifestyle, then boat maintenance and repairs is going to be a part of it. Doesn't matter if you're spending $40k or $4million. For what we are doing, we quite like the L45 and would probably buy the same in this price range if doing it over again. I like Travel Sketch and have talked with Trent many times. Good for them holding R&C to account for manufacturing issues. I've had some eye-rollering quality issues on Happy SEES as well, but fortunately minor issues as I've put in our videos. I know many Leopard owners and I think the vast majority are quite happy, but also realistic in their expectations. I think Travel Sketch really got a lemon but it sounds like they are getting things sorted out. Thank you for the comment and following along!

[@tunnelengineer9706]

Thank you for the information. I will follow you with interest.@@svhappysees

[@nia4863]

I don't like the rocking either, and I'm from St.Vincent.