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Leopard Power Catamarans Yachts For Sale

When choosing the perfect yacht, if stability, space, and quality are among your needs, consider a pre-owned Leopard Power Catamaran. Known for being seaworthy and very stable thanks for the mutli-hull design, the layout also affords owners an incredible platform for entertaining or even living on board. Leopard Power Cats hold a a strong global reputation in both sailing catamarans and power. Leopard's can even be purchased and used for charter, allowing you to offset the cost of owning your own floating island.

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With a global record for being top-notch, ocean going sailing cats, Leopard Catamarans also builds fabulous, modern and cost-friendly power catamarans. We invite you to contact a United Yacht broker today and allow us to help you find the perfect power catamaran or sailing catamaran .

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Taking a tour of their production line up, a trip through the new Leopard 43 Powercat, is first on the agenda. Robertson & Caine built with a Simonis Voogd Design interior, this stunning Leopard 43 Powercat takes over the place of the Leopard 39 Powercat.

A true winner of hearts, the Leopard 51 Powercat’s new and improved elder, the Leopard 53 Powercat, is actually a 4th generation version and features all the popular 51 features and many more making it all a powercat dreams to be for its owner. This efficient, spacious, magnificent specimen embodies the lavishness of a motor yacht. Pure style and superb performance, she will be launched in 2020 in Miami, La Grande Motte, & Sydney.

The Leopard 50 was a huge success, winning awards, for their lounge version leading up to their Leopard 45 sweetie— being made available with a lounge in Fall 2020 which will include a seating area and sunbed.

Leopard 50 was made as a versatile replacement for the award-winning Leopard 48 (Boat of the Year 2012), the new Leopard 50 is an exciting new cruising, sailing catamaran available, now, with 2 exterior layout plans. The Leopard 50 boasts a spacious flybridge— unusually sweet for a boat in the 50 range.

Built by Robertson & Caine, the Leopard line’s flagship, the Leopard 58, is built to the highest standards. Offering various layouts, she is a favorite amongst the most discerning of center console buyers where amenities never seen before are aplenty!

40 years of customer recommendations led Leopard to contract Robertson and Caine to design the Leopards of today ensuring they cover all the customer ‘must haves’ such as being roomy, powerful and performance-based ocean going cruising catamarans. Being the only catamaran brand certified both in Europe and the Americas (NMMA Certified – ABYC Standards & CE Certified – CE Standards), all will be rest assured of safety. Over 1,800 Leopard cats have been delivered worldwide thanks to the fine standard that’s made owners decide they fit the bill.

Many will want to know where these fine products of exceptional quality were born, So we take a trip in time back to 1994, when South African builder, Robertson and Caine, decided to collaborate with one of the premier charter companies in the world at that time, The Moorings. They were enlisted to build special designed catamarans for their charter fleet. In just less than 4 years, the 100th catamaran was received by Robertson and Caine to The Moorings. Each one of the 100 vessels arrived on their own bottom proving their sea worthiness in every which way.

Hence, with the market demand, the launch of Leopard Catamarans happened in the year 2000. Customers flocked to purchase these wonderful sea going lovelies for their own private use and were pleased with the customization that could be had in every order placed.

In 2007 the power catamaran emerged with Leopard’s 47 power catamaran. Boasting of stellar fuel efficiency, the Leopard 47PC was all the rage. Next came the Leopard 37PC for those desiring a smaller powercat. Then in 2011 it was replaced by the Leopard 39PC. As we fall upon 2015, the Leopard 43PC took the main seat and finally, the Leopard 51PC replaced the Leopard 47PC encompassing lots of exciting features such as a forward cockpit.

Leopard Catamaran hit their 1000th vessel in 2012 proving they are quite a leader in the quality catamaran sector for private and charter fleets across the globe. Their dealership network includes 6 continents and 20 countries and growing. Rest assured— parts and expert advice is always close at hand! Don’t hesitate when dreaming of a Leopard Catamaran as this fine build will be sure to please and make those dreams come true!

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Leopard, aluminium motor yacht, Waterman, built in 1981 by Lange am Oberrhein, dim.: loa 19.60 x 5.10 x 1.10m., teak deck, hardened glass windows in aluminium framing, deep-V hull, blue hull, fuel tank: 4.500 litres (alu), fresh water tank: 1.800 litres (alu), sump tank (grey): 500 litres (alu - toilet/shower), electric hydraulic steering system

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Modern teak interior, saloon with big sofa and dining table, six berths in three cabins, owners cabin with bathroom, two guest cabins with joint bathroom, Vacuum toilets, head room: saloon 1.85m. , head room: kitchen and dinette 2.02m., Kabola B17 hot water radiator heating, hot water through Viessman boiler (160 litres), Triton hydr. water pressure system, galley with double sink (s.s.), Norcold EV 560 refrigerator, Imperial four burner ceramic cooker with oven, Gaggenau extractor, Siemens S4 MIS dish washer. Extra Engel refrigerator in the table of the saloon

Twin Iveco 8281 SRM 70 Marine diesel engines 700 hp each - 1994, engine room rebuilt and installed in 1995, gear box: ZF IRM 250 DL, inter cooling system, max. speed approx.: 21 knots, cruising speed: 18 knots by 1.800 rpm., two four bladed propellers, propeller shafts stainless steel - water greased, Mannesman Rexroth engine control, Separ 2000 filter system, electronic hydraulic bowthruster, deck wash, bilge system with automatic guard, 24v/220v/380v, Varta batteries: 12x 230 amp. and 1x 230 amp. for generator, Zeise MPW5 generator with Faryman 1 cyl. diesel engine and Zeise MPW 30 generator with Lister Petter 4 cyl. diesel engine, Victron Shylla battery charger 23v 75 amp.

Engel Meyer EM 1010 Fluxgate compass + VDO elect. compass, C-Plath Mercur compass, VDO logic echosounder + log, Sailor RT2048 VHF - 2x (1x Atis), Raytheon Raystar 390 GPS, Philips APN 3 AP navigator, Debeg 2800 SSB transmitter, Raytheon R41 48 miles radar, JRC JMA607 river radar, Sar plotter with 14'' color screen, EM 410 auto pilot, Lokata Navtex 2, Sony ICF 6800w multi band receiver, GSM telephone, Klakophon loudhailer, Kenwood radio with CD-player.

sun awning (aft deck + top deck), two elect. search lights, elect. windlass - 2x, two anchors, bathingladder, bathingplatform, sea railing s.s., three elect. wipers, fresh water spray on windows, clock and barometer, safe, working bench

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Lagoon 65 'Sixty 5' - Horizon Yacht Sales

Sleek, intrepid, thirsty for wind & waves, embodying precision and finesse..

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Lagoon 65 Sixty 5 features

With improved ergonomics and maximum comfort.

Sleek, intrepid, thirsty for wind & waves, embodying precision and finesse, the Lagoon 65 Sixty 5  is made to navigate the known and the unknown, to share adventures with your loved ones, and above all, to be at one with your yacht.

OUTDOOR: UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS YACHT CATEGORY

“With its slender hulls, all in sculptural curves, the Sixty 5 displays its belonging to the world of luxury sailing yachts. The secret of its beauty lies in the sensual lines, an alliance of both tradition and modernity, which orchestrate its generous proportions.” – Patrick le Quément – Exterior design

INTERIOR: LUXURY AND COMFORT COME WITH SPACE AND LIGHT

“Aboard the Lagoon Sixty 5, you can look straight through fore to aft and out over the surroundings with commanding 360° views. The main saloon is comfortable and luxurious with open spaces and natural light. The same design concept is applied to cabins, which enjoy good overhead height and excellent natural light and views. The level of finishing repeats the luxury of the saloon while the owner’s cabin picks up and improves concepts from the successful Lagoon 620: a private water access aft like a terrace on the sea. Of course the master cabin is my favourite place on board, where luxury, comfort and style are best combined.” – Massimo Gino – Nauta Design

“The simplest thing is simplicity itself. A beautiful boat is defined by the generosity of its dimensions; her length and width perfectly accommodate quality rigging and powerful sails, which open up voyages and adventures. Everything is there, everything can be seen without required explanation, the Sixty 5 is a beautiful boat that exudes discretion and is a rite of passage. Her design expresses herself naturally, seamlessly integrating expertise and creativity into the finished product.” – Patrick le Quément –  Exterior design

Lagoon 65 Sixty 5 AFT RIG, PERFORMANCE AND EASY MANOEUVRING

“The Sixty 5 is a yacht on a human scale. I’m a sailor at heart, and there was no way the Sixty 5 wasn’t going to be really easy-to-use yacht that you could cruise far and wide under sail in comfort and with seakeeping qualities inherited from her big sister. I dream of going long-term cruising on this boat. Her long legs allow you to eat up the miles, and then you can enjoy her comfort at stopovers.” – Marc Van Peteghem – VPLP design

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Tug boat crew died after things went 'dreadfully wrong' within seconds

Ian Catterson, 73, and George Taft, 65, were killed after the Biter capsized on the Clyde.

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More on this story, divers recover two bodies from firth of clyde after tugboat capsized.

Two tug boat crew members died after things went “dreadfully wrong” within seconds in waters off Greenock, an investigation has found.

The Biter capsized and sank on February 24, 2023, while assisting the passenger vessel Hebridean Princess as it approached James Watt Dock.

The two crew members aboard the tug died in the incident after the boat capsized “within ten seconds”.

The bodies of George Taft, 65, from Greenock, and Ian Catterson, 73, from Millport, were removed from the water on February 25, 2023, almost 24 hours after the boat sank in the Firth of Clyde.

An investigation by the Marine Accidents Investigation Branch (MAIB) found that the incident happened after a “breakdown of systems” that should have kept Mr Catterson and Mr Taft safe.

Fourteen issues were found to have contributed to the accident, including the speed of the cruise ship, which almost certainly caused an “essential” safety rope to break.

The report on the incident that found an open hatch on the tug boat “compromised” its watertight integrity and “limited the crew’s chance of survival”.

“Tug Biter’s accident was another cruel lesson of how rapidly things can go dreadfully wrong” Andrew Moll OBE, chief inspector of marine accidents

MAIB added that the crew members’ training had not properly prepared them to work with conventional tugboats like the Biter.

It was found that the passenger vessel’s speed placed a “significant load” on the tug’s lines and almost certainly caused the gob rope – the rigging that keeps a tugboat from capsizing – to render.

Additionally, the report found there was a lack of planning and communication between the passenger vessel’s master and the tug masters.

The MAIB added that the tug’s rapid capsize meant the crew had insufficient time to release its towlines.

Andrew Moll OBE, chief inspector of marine accidents, said the incident was a “cruel lesson” in how quickly things can go wrong.

“In less than ten seconds, the tug capsized, and two experienced seafarers lost their lives because of a breakdown of the systems that should have kept them safe,” he said.

Mr Moll added that small tugboats are an “essential” part of UK port operations but said the vulnerabilities of the vessels “must be understood by those that operate and control them”.

“Harbour authorities, ship and tug masters, and pilots should collectively own this risk,” he said.

“Pilots and tug crews must be suitably trained and experienced for their roles, and they must share a detailed understanding of the towage plan before they start the job.”

He continued: “Speed, which has an exponential effect on towing forces, must be carefully controlled and the lines correctly set.

“Everyone involved must then monitor the execution of the plan and, if needed, act to keep everyone safe.”

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46 ft 4 in / 14.13 m

3 ft 1 in / 0.94 m

24 ft 1 in / 7.34 m

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Cruising speed, load carrying capacity.

10679 lbs / 4844 kg

Holding Tank Capacity

42 gal / 160 L

All Leopard Catamarans are NMMA and CE Certified.

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Explore the leopard 46 powercat.

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Boat Reviews

Multihulls world feature – leopard 46 powercat

April 22, 2024.

Leopard 46 powercat – nautilus marine magazine

Leopard catamarans feature – passagemaker

February 8, 2024, in the same range.

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