There are lot of modifications planned for the Leisure 17 before it sets off across the Atlantic. Some of these include:

• New mast and boom (Sponsored by Z-Spar)

• Standing rigging upgraded to 4mm all around (sponsored by STA-LOK)

• Baby Stay
• Twin luffed headsail furler - Proful C260

• A Lewmar 70 Ocean Hatch to replace the companionway

• Fibreglass filled in the forward window

• Fibreglass filled in the four side windows

• LED Navigation Lights 

• Windvane self-steering

• A new skeg, rudder, and tiller

• Extra watertight internal bulkheads between storage compartments and quarterberths

• Lockable locker lids

• Install two cockpit lockers

• New running rigging

• New sail suite (sponsored by Kemp Sails)

• Antifouling (sponsored by Coppercoat​)

• Upgraded bow-eye

• Jacklines on deck

• Harnesss points in the cockpit

• Dorade box ventilation

• SOLAS reflective tape on the topsides

• SOLAS reflective tape on the top of the mast

• Upgrade cockpit drain size and install isolation valves

• Glass up instrument throughull (sponsored by Smooth Finish GRP​)  and move the instruments to a sealed locker

• Install a desalinator watermaker (sponsored by Mactra Marine)