Is it Donal that owns a Benetau? If so how many years
and is he having any problems? Why wouldn't Benetau recall these boats and
try to prevent the blistering with a barrier coat?

As I posted earlier, Beneteau's suffer from a variety of quailty issues. Donal
had admitted to them, but in the interest of trolling retracted his statements.
As I see it this does not serve Beneteau or the buying public.
Blisters are a Beneteau staple, but other builders have also endured "blister
eras" including Valiant, Catalina and jeanaeu (pre Beneteau).
Other items...ill fitting floor boards, wood dust spotted beneath furiniture
after daysails indicating flex, poorly finished interior work, bad cracking gel
coat.
All trolls aside, these are real problems with Beneteau regardless of Donal's
defense. You only need to speak to surveyors to gather an honest sounding on
Beneteai quality. They are almost at the bottom these days. Hunter makes ugly
boats, but they've improved quality as has Catalina.
Of course when you build as many cookie cutter boats as Beneteau, you'll have a
percentage of happy owners to "claim good quality." It's possible to have
speed, comfort and quality. The C&C 34XL and 37XL built in the 90's does it all
better and you can sell them for more when you move up.

RB