Leopard 45
Sailboat specifications
The Leopard 45 is a 45’ (13.72m) cruising catamaran designed by Simonis Voogd Design (Netherlands). She is built since 2017 by Robertson and Caine (South Africa). She has been awarded "2017 - Cruising World - Boat of the Year: Charter Boat".
The Leopard 45 has also been marketed as Moorings 4500.
Find out more about the Leopard 45 on Boat-Spec's blog: European Yacht of the Year 2018 nominated sailboats.
The Leopard 45 has also been marketed as Moorings 4500.
Find out more about the Leopard 45 on Boat-Spec's blog: European Yacht of the Year 2018 nominated sailboats.
Leopard 45's main features
- Model
- Leopard 45
- Hull type
- Catamaran
- Category
- Offshore cruising catamaran
- Sailboat builder
- Sailboat designer
- Sailboat range
- Country
- South Africa
- Construction
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester):
- Hull: Sandwich balsa fiberglass polyester
- Deck: Sandwich balsa fiberglass polyester - First built hull
- 2017
- Last built hull
- Still in production
- Award(s)
- 2017: Cruising World - Boat of the Year: Charter Boat
- Appendages
- Skegs : skeg on each hull
- Helm
- Single helm wheel
- Rudder
- Twin spade rudders
- Unsinkable
- No
- Trailerable
- No
- EC design categoryiThe CE design category indicates the ability to cope with certain weather conditions (the sailboat is designed for these conditions)
A: Wind < force 9, Waves < 10m
B: Wind < force 8, Waves < 8m
C: Wind < force 6, Waves < 4m
D: Wind < force 4, Waves < 0,5m - A
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About469 000 €(2020)
Leopard 45's main dimensions
- Overall length
- 45’13.72 m
- Hull length
- 45’13.72 m
- Waterline length
- 42’ 11”13.07 m
- Beam (width)
- 24’ 1”7.36 m
- Draft
- 4’ 11”1.5 m
- Mast height from DWL
- 70’21.34 m
- Light displacement (MLC)
- 31967 lb14500 kg
- Capacity
- 10141 lb4600 kg
Leopard 45's rig and sails
- Upwind sail area
- 1328 ft²123.4 m²
- Mainsail area
- 786 ft²73 m²
- Genoa area
- 543 ft²50.4 m²
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi (square top mainsail) 9/10
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Rotating spars
- No
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back (diamond)
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire continuous
Leopard 45's performances
- Upwind sail area to displacementiThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.
The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.
Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat. - 223 ft²/T20.75 m²/T
- Displacement-length ratio (DLR)iThe Displacement Length Ratio (DLR) is a figure that points out the boat's weight compared to its waterline length. The DLR is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement in tons by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet).
The DLR can be used to compare the relative mass of different sailboats no matter what their length:
a DLR less than 180 is indicative of a really light sailboat (race boat made for planning), while a DLR greater than 300 is indicative of a heavy cruising sailboat. - 184
Leopard 45's auxiliary engine
- Engine(s)
- 2 inboard engines
- Engine(s) power
- 45 HP
- Fuel type
- Diesel
- Fuel tank capacity
- 184.9 gal700 liters
Leopard 45's accommodations and layout
- Cockpit
- Aft cockpit, front cockpit and flybridge
- Cabin(s) (min./max.)
- 3 / 5
- Berth(s) (min./max.)
- 6 / 11
- Head(s) (min./max.)
- 3 / 5
- Freshwater tank capacity
- 206.1 gal780 liters
- Holding tank capacity
- 44.9 gal170 liters
Leopard 45's saloon
- Maximum headroom
- 6’ 7”2 m
Leopard 45's fore cabin
- Maximum headroom
- 6’ 2”1.9 m
- Berth length
- 6’ 7”2.02 m
- Berth width
- 4’ 7”1.39 m
Leopard 45's aft cabin
- Maximum headroom
- 6’ 2”1.9 m
- Berth length
- 6’ 7”2.01 m
- Berth width
- 5’1.52 m
Robertson and Caine Leopard 45 - - 1/13
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Robertson and Caine Leopard 45 cockpit - - 7/13
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