Trintellas are real boats, not like Catalinas or a Precision Marine product, so I have a feeling, though I don't know it for sure, that this may have been a sort of shake down delivery.
I do agree with everyone that having critical systems dependent upon electrical or other highly complex systems presents a real risk. I will say this though, the two systems that have been referenced here (heads and
furling boom) are not critical systems for a passage. I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty sure a broken electrical head will not preclude a three-guy crew from doing what they need to do. It may not be the most pleasant, but a bucket with salt water will work just fine.
As to the
furling boom, you still can use the mainsail, it just becomes like a regular main (a problem with an in-mast system is a different story).
Anyway, the thing I found most interesting is that a $1 million boat with highly experienced crew can have the same exact order of magnitude types of troubles as a $400,000 production boat can have with a schmuck like me at the helm.
