Taswegian
You are mixing things that are not connected.
The US shipyard builds a fully licensed and proved product and has minimal or no connection with the designer nowadays. The only possible inconvenient for them is the indirect effect of the designer's bad business reputation.
Their boat remains great and speaks for itself. All people who sailed it told me that they loved everything and that it is remarkably fast, stable and seaworthy.
Still, I have not had the oportunity to sail the boat and yes, it is frustrating.
About help from Aegean, although they never shared technical information before, they offered help when they learned the nature and depth of the problems. The offer came a bit too late to generate any practical effect, though.
It is just too bad that they were not in business when I started my boat.
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