Looking at the literature, I wonder if these cats are really delivered on their own bottom from S. Africa. Fuel capacity is 211 gallons, and range at 8.5 knots is given at 600 Nautical miles. Even if you dropped the speed down to 5 knots and got a range of 1200 miles, that would be a real stretch--to make it from S. Africa. As for lack of a lower station--you can always enclose the hard top "flying bridge"--heat would be easy to put up there with "waste engine" hot water. We cruised the PNW 6 months out of the year with a canvas enclosure on our Cal 46 and found it very pleasant. I also had a trawler which had a heated and air conditioned flying bridge,--very comfortable (with the hard top) year around. As for layout--I don't see a lot of advantage over the PDQ 34--two heads--but much less sitting and lounging area... Bob Austin

Bob, I see an advantage, and it appears to be more bridgedeck clearance, more bow flair, and finer bow sections. Looks to me like it should run offshore considerably better than a PDQ 34. ----- Original Message ----- From: bob Austin<mailto:thataway4@cox.net> To: power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com<mailto:power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:32 PM Subject: [PCW] Leopard 37 Looking at the literature, I wonder if these cats are really delivered on their own bottom from S. Africa. Fuel capacity is 211 gallons, and range at 8.5 knots is given at 600 Nautical miles. Even if you dropped the speed down to 5 knots and got a range of 1200 miles, that would be a real stretch--to make it from S. Africa. As for lack of a lower station--you can always enclose the hard top "flying bridge"--heat would be easy to put up there with "waste engine" hot water. We cruised the PNW 6 months out of the year with a canvas enclosure on our Cal 46 and found it very pleasant. I also had a trawler which had a heated and air conditioned flying bridge,--very comfortable (with the hard top) year around. As for layout--I don't see a lot of advantage over the PDQ 34--two heads--but much less sitting and lounging area... Bob Austin _______________________________________________ Power-Catamaran Mailing List

as a pdq 34 owner, i see the leopard as a great "2 week" boat. it has more flybridge space and a nice cockpit but it lacks interior room for long term living. john cummings mv duetto On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:32 PM, bob Austin<thataway4@cox.net> wrote: > Looking at the literature, I wonder if these cats are really delivered on > their own bottom from S. Africa. Fuel capacity is 211 gallons, and range at > 8.5 knots is given at 600 Nautical miles. Even if you dropped the speed down > to 5 knots and got a range of 1200 miles, that would be a real stretch--to > make it from S. Africa. > > As for lack of a lower station--you can always enclose the hard top "flying > bridge"--heat would be easy to put up there with "waste engine" hot water. We > cruised the PNW 6 months out of the year with a canvas enclosure on our Cal 46 > and found it very pleasant. I also had a trawler which had a heated and air > conditioned flying bridge,--very comfortable (with the hard top) year around. > > As for layout--I don't see a lot of advantage over the PDQ 34--two heads--but > much less sitting and lounging area... > > Bob Austin > _______________________________________________ > Power-Catamaran Mailing List

                                    Bert Harrott
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One major advantage that the Leopard appears to offer as a cruising boat has to be the engine access. Much like the late Mantas, day to day systems checks and adjustments are far more easily handled on a boat that doesn't have its engines buried under the mattrass. In respect to the hull shape design differences, I, for one ,would be very interested to see the results of a side by side test of the PDQ and the Leopard. On the matter of "living space", the cockpit of the Leopard, with its enclosable canopy presents a sizable area which is absent on the PDQ. I question the merit of the PDQ's helm area when calculating inside living space. Bert Harrott MV Twingo Original Message ----- From: "john cummings" <jndcummings@gmail.com> To: "Power Catamaran List" <power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [PCW] Leopard 37 > as a pdq 34 owner, i see the leopard as a great "2 week" boat. it has > more flybridge space and a nice cockpit but it lacks interior room for > long term living. > > john cummings > mv duetto > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:32 PM, bob Austin<thataway4@cox.net> wrote: >> Looking at the literature, I wonder if these cats are really delivered on >> their own bottom from S. Africa. Fuel capacity is 211 gallons, and range > at >> 8.5 knots is given at 600 Nautical miles. Even if you dropped the speed > down >> to 5 knots and got a range of 1200 miles, that would be a real >> stretch--to >> make it from S. Africa. >> >> As for lack of a lower station--you can always enclose the hard top >> "flying >> bridge"--heat would be easy to put up there with "waste engine" hot >> water. > We >> cruised the PNW 6 months out of the year with a canvas enclosure on our >> Cal > 46 >> and found it very pleasant. I also had a trawler which had a heated and > air >> conditioned flying bridge,--very comfortable (with the hard top) year > around. >> >> As for layout--I don't see a lot of advantage over the PDQ 34--two > heads--but >> much less sitting and lounging area... >> >> Bob Austin >> _______________________________________________ >> Power-Catamaran Mailing List > _______________________________________________ > Power-Catamaran Mailing List