MAJOR STRUCTURAL FAILURE on Leopard catamaran! [RED SEAS]

We have been sailing our Leopard catamaran for six years, crossing oceans and really putting down the miles on our boat. We spent a long time choosing this model and there are a number of reasons why we are super happy with our choice, but after 6 years of hard sailing, and a recent rough ocean passage from New Zealand to Fiji, we had a major failure while we were offshore. We were forced to drop anchor at a submerged reef so that we could temporarily make our boat safe to continue sailing a further 500 miles to reach land where we could begin the repairs. In this video, we tackle our first bot job since arriving in Fiji, and we're just hoping that the damage isn't too severe - with this structural failure we could lost thousands of dollars in broken or lost items, before we even began the repairs themselves. But we have a plan (kinda!) so let's see how this goes. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 Our boat is broken 01:41 Here's the challenge 02:25 This is our plan 07:06 Moving onto the dock for repairs 10:38 Repair details 13:14 First test for our repairs 16:23 Welcomed into Fiji (in style) 21:08 First time drinking kava (in Fiji) 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours