Maverick 400

Maverick 400 - Maverick 400

After over 2 years of battling with the manufacturer the owner has “had enough “and offers Andando for sale in “as is where is” condition. 
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Background:
The owner ordered a Maverick 400 to charter and to comply with NZ certification.
Maverick did comply with some aspects ,but failed to build according to the design approved plans and NZ Maritime requirements. 
The owner is unable to use Andando for charter and as such has no use for this boat.
History 
Launched in June 2011 . Andando sailed via Panama to NZ .
Days after departing Cape town Andando started to crack up and among other failures the entire internal paint blistered !
Andando has been in various stages of repair since it’s arrival in NZ and as such has only been used for Approx 6 months by the owner.

Current State of Andando 
Some of the structural faults ( the main masthead bulkhead was found to be not attatched to the hull on one side ) have been repaired .
The waterbased house paint that was used has been completely stripped and re -done .
But over 100 internal /external cracks still exist and the owner has not accepted the warranty has been fulfilled and the parties remain in dispute .

Yachtfinders Global have been satisfying the needs of our customers for many years and as such full disclosure and survey reports are available.

 1. Following this inspection, it is my opinion that the sailing catamaran “Andando” was not constructed to a standard which would satisfy Maritime New Zealand’s safe ship management system obligations in terms of general operation in all conditions, furthermore it was noted by the design approver that the vessels global structure was only just acceptable for limited operation in term of wind speed and wave height.

 2. This opinion is based on discussions with persons associated with the approval and build process required for commercial vessel operation in New Zealand and the repairs required when the vessel arrived in New Zealand following its voyage from South Africa on its own bottom.

 3. It is reported that in some areas, repairs were required due to structural bonding which had been omitted during the vessels construction which would indicate that the quality assurance required during this sailing catamarans construction was not of a satisfactory standard for a MNZ compliant construction.

 4. Much of the gelcoat cracking appeared to be due to stress resulting from flexing rather than “an application of the gelcoat” or a moulding removal process problem at the time of construction or localised impact damage (in these instances there was no evidence of impact damage to the cracked gelcoat).

 5. Other workmanship issues including the base of the structural mast bulkhead in both hulls appearing to be poorly fitted and bonded with random holes cut through this bulkhead which allows the possibility of structural specification diminution in this area.

 6. To paraphrase a comment from the design approval Co, “given the calculations undertaken, the global structural design of this sailing catamaran barely complies with what is required for a sailing catamaran which is to be certified to operate commercially” and given the questions surrounding the as built construction, the sailing catamaran may in fact, not meet this standard.

 7. It is my considered opinion that this sailing catamaran would require a substantial stripping and rebuild to ensure compliance with Maritime New Zealand plan approval requirements and the validation of these requirements, which would include stripping the interior, assessing all laminates and effecting repairs where required.

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