Review of Léopard 42

Basic specs.

The Léopard 42 also known as Moorings 4200 is a large catamaran designed by the Dutch maritime architect bureau Simonis Voogd Design in the early twenties.

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Hull

The hull is made of carbon fibre.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 660 liters (174 US gallons, 145 imperial gallons) fresh water capacity and 166 liters (43 US gallons, 36 imperial gallons) waste water capacity.

Rig

The Léopard 42 is built with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.

Keel

Unknown keel type

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.18 - 2.28 meter (7.15 - 7.45 ft) dependent on the load.

Engine

The fuel tank has a capacity of 600 liters (158 US gallons, 131 imperial gallons).

Léopard 42 may be equipped with dual inboard Yanmar diesel engines at 45 hp (33 kW). Cruise speed is 8.0 knots.

The transmission is a saildrive.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

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Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Léopard 42 is 1.80.

Compared with other similar sail catamarans it is more spacy than 76% of all other designs.

D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Léopard 42 is 198 which categorizes this boat among 'moderate racers'.

10% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A heavy displacement combined with smaller water plane area has lower acceleration and is more comfortable.

Maintenance

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.