– All New Leopard 53 Powercat –
This dream catcher takes cutting edge design and performance to dizzy new heights.
– All New Leopard 53 Powercat –
This dream catcher takes cutting edge design and performance to dizzy new heights.
– Leopard 45 and 51PC –
Australian sailors have always embraced new design innovations, especially when they lead to better performance, and more liveable accommodation spaces. The award-winning line of Leopard Catamarans achieves a totally new level of performance, comfort and style. Built in South Africa by well respected boat builders Robertson & Caine and designed by Naval Architects Simonis-Voogd, Leopard have set a new standard for contemporary cruising catamarans.
Motor catamarans are a strongly growing sector for some very good reasons such as space and economy, as can be seen by the Fountaine Pajot MY 37, writes KEVIN GREEN.
– After 10 Years Cruising –
What equipment really works
Melissa and I took delivery of our brand-new Lagoon 440 (#203) Sonrisa in La Rochelle, France in March 2007 and after some 15,000 miles it seems an appropriate time to look back at what equipment has really worked well and continues to do so.
– The Lion Roars –
Don and Anja Richards depart Africa for the Caribbean in a
Leopard 53 Power Catamaran
Kekada at Cape Town.
... Yes, having spent some time at Kruger National Park, we do agree that they roar, but luckily for us the Leopard purrs nicely, or in this case our new Leopard 53 Powercat, and what a boat she is.
– Outremer 4X –
Light Wind Assassin
In 2018 the Outremer 4X became the first production catamaran to race in the famous singlehanded Route du Rhum from France to Guadeloupe in the Caribbean and it placed a very respectable fifth, just behind the world famous multihull racer Loick Pyeron who in fact helped develop the 4X.
As we got closer to the boat we saw the croc tracks going to the boat but not away from the boat. With oars on the ready we knew the croc had to be either in the boat or under it.
– The Dalmatian Coast Aboard Our Bali 4.1 –
Choosing which yacht to buy is not easy and catamarans are no exception to the rule. That’s why my wife and I decided to go to the La Grande Motte show in April 2017, as a first step, to see and compare the available models between 39’ and 42’ likely to suit us.
Outremer’s flagship 5x cruised into Sydney Harbour recently, the first of these 59-footers to reach here, so I jumped aboard for a sail, reports KEVIN GREEN.
The fourth annual Multihull Solutions Whitsunday Rendezvous wrapped up on September 13 and was resolutely declared Australia’s best social regatta by its participants.
“Am I going to die Dad, am I going to die?” This is what my partner’s 10-year-old daughter kept asking him as he carried her on his back as fast as he could over the rocks to the nearby dinghy. She had just been attacked by a two and a half metre salt water crocodile and he was trying to get her back to our cat Hard Yakka which was anchored two kilometres down the Sale river. This near disaster happened in October 2005 in the remote Kimberley area of Doubtful Bay. I had got off the boat in Broome and flew home to Ireland for my sister’s wedding. Ric, my partner, and his two kids Simon and Chantal, along with a friend Peter from Switzerland were sailing from Broome to Port Douglas hoping to be there by December 25. (I was flying back on Christmas Day).
– Reef Hopping - The Stuff of Dreams –
For many yachties, one of the most appealing aspects of the cruising lifestyle is sitting at anchor in a very beautiful and secluded spot, with nothing but the ocean surrounding you. A coral reef anchorage is the stuff of dreams and Christine Danger takes us to four of her favourites.
The excellent new Leopard
Power Catamaran
now available in 40 feet
2023 will herald the arrival in Australasia of the very first new model in the Leopard Powercat line The success of the Leopard 53PC and Leopard 46PC has reinforced Leopard Catamarans’ world leadership in the cruising power catamaran market. The arrival in 2023 of the Leopard 40PC completes a modern range, entirely reinvented, and specifically designed to meet the highest requirements of comfort and seaworthiness.
– Fountaine Pajot - Astrea 42 –
Family Comfort
The Berret Racoupeau design has cruising comforts firmly in mind, as we found out during our test sail of the first production hull from the leading French builder, reports KEVIN GREEN.
– Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines –
Flying across Sydney Harbour at speeds approaching 40kts, the SailGP F50 foiling catamarans showcased the potential of this new regatta format, reports KEVIN GREEN.
– Heavy Weather - How A Catamaran Survives –
Alex Stone provides pointers to storm seamanship in a catamaran after a difficult Tasman crossing.
The Tasman can throw it at you. And it did. On an eastbound crossing from Bundaberg to New Zealand we survived two gales and one intense storm. We sailed nearly 400nm without rudders. We sat at sea anchor for a total of eight nights. A weather window that should have been open – no less than six prediction systems assured us of it, two weeks of westerlies, none more than 25kts – well, that weather window had slammed shut. Decisively.
Tasman: (synonym) unpredictable, challenging, arduous.
A revolution in design from the industry leaders. Lagoon Catamarans have begun to reveal to the public some initial teasers of this long awaited development. TMG Managing Director John Cowpe commented “the project has been under wraps for a long time with thousands of development hours invested, as always Lagoon has had the best designers and interior experts on board throughout. This new 42 is seen to be leading the way in comfortable, ergonomically smart and easy sailing and we are excited to be showcasing a 42 at the 2016 Sydney International Boat Show.”
– Stay Calm –
Stay Calm coming back into Rainbow Beach.
Twenty-twenty has been a year of change for most. A year of highs and lows, doubt and stress amongst extraordinary moments, both personal to each and shared by all. We went into the year with our first baby on the way. A beautiful girl. Little did we anticipate that she wouldn’t be the only lady to join our family that year. Having always talked of buying a boat to sail, a few months after our daughter’s birth we found ourselves looking at boats. We had little experience but a great desire for adventure, buckets of enthusiasm, a great deal of foolishness, a willingness to learn and just enough confidence to think we could buy a boat and just learn to sail.
– Onboard a Longreach Power Catamaran –
Reach Further, Stay Longer
Introducing the new range of power catamarans designed and built for cruising Australia and beyond.
– Leopard Catamarans - Fast Flagship –
With 100 vessels launched since 2015, the Leopard 51PC is a well-proven model, already popular with Australian owners. Along with her smaller sibling the Leopard 43PC these boats represent the very best in South African boat building quality knowledge and experience.