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Discover the excitement and elegance of a Leopard Power Catamaran.

Engineered for peak performance and built to last. Our powercats offer unmatched efficiency, space, stability,  and maneuverability.

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Power CATAMARANS DNA

• World leader in power catamarans
• Built for comfortable blue water power cruising
• Spacious flybridge
• Stepped hulls allow performance and interior volume
• Easy to maneuver for single-handed operation
• Reliable and easy to use davit system
• Great water and fuel capacity
• Comfortable, robust, and easy to maintain
• Economical consumption

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The power cat range.

Introducing the Leopard 40 Powercat. Unveiled in Cape Town, South Africa, our newest addition to the fleet celebrated rave reviews from the press and media, earning the title “European Multihull of the Year”. Reinvented from bow to stern, the Leopard 40 Powercat delivers outstanding volume and comfort. And you can rest assured knowing this yacht meets the highest standards of seaworthiness, making it the epitome of blue water cruising excellence.

The Leopard 46 Powercat is the embodiment of elevated living on the water. As part of the new generation of Leopard Powercats, the Leopard 46 Powercat marries comfort and performance in a cruising catamaran designed to fit your every need. From ambient lighting to optimized spaces, the Leopard 46 functions like a home, with intuitive touchpoints and efficient functionality. Make no mistake, theLeopard 46 Powercat offers power and agility for those bold enough to seek it. Get ready todiscover the exhilarating promise of a Leopard Catamaran.

The Leopard 53 Powercat, flagship of the Leopard Catamaran Fleet and recipient of the Multihull of the Year Award, now boasts over 110 yachts in service worldwide. This, among other accolades, has solidified the vessel’s standing as a leader in its class. The Leopard 53 Powercat is easy to maintain and up to 50% more fuel efficient than any monohull motor yacht counterparts. A reincarnation of her predecessor, the Leopard 53 Powercat has been reimagined to provide greater speed, comfort, performance and luxury. Live your passion aboard the Leopard 53 Powercat and enjoy the journey ahead.

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Evolving from 50 years of customer feedback, Leopard Catamarans has pooled their expertise with builders Robertson and Caine to design today’s Leopard range: spacious, robust, performance-driven blue water cruising catamarans.

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SAILING RANGE

Power range, robertson and caine, world-class catamarans.

Robertson and Caine are South Africa's largest boat builder manufacturing for export, the largest builder of catamarans in the Southern Hemisphere and the third-largest globally. They also manufacture the most power catamarans, globally.

Robertson and Caine (Pty) Ltd is owned by Vox Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of PPF, a leading investment firm in Europe with its roots in the Czech Republic. PPF is active across a wide range of sectors with investments spanning financial services, telecommunications, media, biotechnology, real estate, mobility and e-commerce, across Europe, Asia and North America.

Robertson and Caine was founded by John Robertson and the late Jerry Caine in 1991. The founders have a proud 37-year history of boat building with more than 2816 boats launched.

Our Sailing (42ft, 45ft and 50ft) and Power (40ft, 46ft and 53ft) catamarans are destined for the world's exotic sailing grounds; including the US East Coast, the Caribbean, Seychelles, Mediterranean, Asia, South Pacific and South America.

Born out of a heritage of producing bespoke racing yachts and production cruisers, from basic 36ft fiberglass mono-hulls to state-of-the-art carbon-fibre racing boats up to 70ft. The Team of John Robertson and Jerry Caine produced an impressive list of racers, globally recognised and all hand-built by master craftsmen in the Cape-based boatyard.

Broomstick, the 70ft Simonis designed Maxi, won the Cape to Rio International Yacht Race in 1993 and Orion Express (Fast 42) impressed international racing enthusiasts on the world circuit.

International exposure drew the attention of The Moorings, which entered into an agreement with Robertson and Caine to manufacture superbly designed sailing catamarans for its global charter fleet.

To date, Robertson and Caine has evolved to a serious competitor in the international catamaran market and continues to enjoy a market leader position in the significant North American market.

In the 29-year relationship the South African yard has enjoyed with THL Marine - which encompasses the two largest yacht charter companies in the world, The Moorings and Sunsail - it has supplied more than 2816 catamarans. The advances in design of the different models have seen the catamarans winning numerous international awards.

Leopard Catamarans are also bought privately through THL Marine's Private Leopard Sales divisions, who have agents worldwide.

Robertson and Caine Inc, based in the Tampa Bay area in Florida, USA, is a subsidiary company of Robertson and Caine in South Africa. This USA office brings the company closer to its market in order to enhance sales and after-sales service.

Other functions of this office include a purchasing department for all components and equipment bought from suppliers in the USA and the facilitation of spare part purchases for boat owners. It also has an in-house technical and design department.

These award-winning catamarans are highly sought-after and enjoyed by the world's discerning sailing community due to the combination of the lifestyle experiences of the charter industry, the functional design by renowned naval architects and the hand craftsmanship of Robertson and Caine boat building.

It has some remarkable credits to its name: "Best Overall Import Boat in the USA 2005", "Best Multihull 40 feet and Under", Sail Magazine's "Best Boats 2005" and Cruising World magazine's "Charter Yacht of the Year 1998" for the Leopard 45 Catamaran. The Leopard 39 was named the "Best Multihull Cruiser" as well as the "Import of the Year" in the 2010 Boat of the Year awards. The Leopard 39 / Sunsail 384 won the "Sail Best Boats 2010" Cruising Multihull award.

More recently, the Leopard 50 was awarded “2019 Cruising World Boat of the Year Award: Best Charter Boat”. The Leopard 45, “2017 Cruising World Boat of the Year Award: Best Charter Boat” and the Leopard 43 Powercat was nominated for the European Power Boat of the Year.

In 2017 the new Leopard 45 won the Cruising World Boat of the Year Award for Best Charter Boat. 2019 the Leopard 50 awarded Cruising World Boat of the Year Award: Best Charter Boat. The Leopard 53 Power Cat awarded 2020 Multihull of the Year Award and in 2021 the Reader's Choice Award. 2022 The Leopard 42 was recognised by Boat of the Year Award as 2022 Best Cruising Catamaran Under 50' ∓ a winner of 2022 Multihull of the Year.

We, at Robertson and Caine, pride ourselves on being a global leader in the manufacturing of exceptional quality sailing and power catamarans.

To our clients and customers.

We commit to:

• Providing uncompromising quality and service.
• Attaining excellent standards in safety, through design and manufacture.

Within our company

• Promoting the well-being of our fellow staff members and their families.
• Offering each employee performance recognition.
• A program of personal and skills development.
• Providing a safe and clean working environment.
• Dependability
• Accountability
• Exceed Expectations

Our Commitment to our Values supports Our Vision and Purpose

Our Mission is to offer private and charter catamaran customers in the world a unique, fully customer-focused and branded product in the sailing and power, medium to large size catamarans, that offer the optimal balance in:

Space / Comfort

Performance / seaworthiness, economics / affordability.

Hand-crafted by a highly valued, motivated, skilled, appreciated, healthy and safe workforce, in a sustained environment that adds value to all business partners.

Our customers

Our shareholders, to be the benchmark for ocean cruising catamarans.

We have self-respect, we act respectfully towards others and we value other people’s respect in turn.

RESPONSIBLE AND RELIABLE

We act in a responsible manner in everything that we do and we are always reliable.

We are determined to serve our clients through innovation and continuous improvement.

Teamwork is working together as one team for a common purpose to achieve the Company goals.

Excellence is our benchmark.

“We build the world's most loved ocean cruising catamarans”

Employing a global workforce, of diverse cultures, who are passionate about building boats, we embrace the Ethos.

“we build people, that build award-winning catamarans, safely, in a sustainable, low environmental impact methodology.”.

Robertson and Caine is a Learning Organisation, that innovates in design and build, our Team are men and women, who take pride in their craft and are peer-evaluated.

A strong community spirit, resonates the core values of more than one hundred and fifty employees who have been with the yard since the beginning over 20 years ago. The belief in and pride of building globally recognised products on the southern tip of Africa.

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SAILING RANGE

Power range, leopard 42 catamaran, the new leopard 42 has the unmistakable dna of the brand.

Proof that you can have it all. The Leopard 42 is the organic evolution into the new generation of our award-winning line of yachts.

Built by Robertson & Caine and designed by Naval Architects, Simonis & Voogd, together we have created a revolutionary design that has exceed expectations by offering far more than anticipated.

This was accomplished all while maintaining our signature balance of comfort and uncompromised performance.

The exterior styling has adapted to the modern appearance of the award-winning Leopard 50, which features continuous hull side windows, a continuous hardtop, and what has quickly become our signature, an upper-lounge area.

Available in 3 cabin / 3 heads and 4 cabin / 4 heads, all cabins include their own private en-suite heads. All heads include their own designated shower area; a feature not currently found on catamarans in this size range.

The Leopard 42 has the unmistakable DNA of a Leopard Catamaran with plenty of new technology and building techniques used to make it a magnificent ocean-going yacht with a feel of space, comfort and performance only previously found in significantly larger models.

In the saloon, we have added a generous skylight, as well and an additional window in the aft starboard corner facing the helm seat. The forward-facing L-shaped galley is sure to entice any chef!

All bunks are now island berths that allow access from both sides. With windows everywhere space permitted, the natural light is amplified.

The progressive generation

LEOPARD CATAMARANS

Functional elegance and performance sailing

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