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Anyone sailed Leopard 38 ft sail cats?

Posted By: sailn

Anyone sailed Leopard 38 ft sail cats? - 06/16/2013 04:47 PM

We rented one recently and it was our first cat rental experience, after some monohulls. We liked the room, and big refrigerator etc but wonder about the sailing- Is this boats sailing ability typical of cats? It seemed bumpy to us, although where we were, the "christmas winds" and big swells existed so a monohull might have been worse. Hulls seemd like they pounded thru the waves not slice thru them.
Whats the "word" on this boat style?
Thanks
Posted By: sail2wind

Re: Anyone sailed Leopard 38 ft sail cats? - 06/16/2013 05:00 PM

You said it perfectly, monos cut through the water, cats run on top.
Posted By: Twanger

Re: Anyone sailed Leopard 38 ft sail cats? - 06/17/2013 03:42 PM

We rent a mono if we want something to sail.

We rent a cat if we need lots of living space.

Comes down to the number of crew aboard.

Four or less and a mono gets the nod.
Posted By: BEERMAN

Re: Anyone sailed Leopard 38 ft sail cats? - 06/17/2013 04:50 PM

We chartered the 384 last summer and the Leopard 4300 the year before. The only bumpyness that we felt was when I decided to sail from Jost to Scrub on the North side of Tortola woohoooo <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" /> we had 8 crew on each cat and I liked the 384 layout better. I'm going out on a new Leopard39/Moorings3900 this weekend, let you know how it compares. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Cheers.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: maytrix

Re: Anyone sailed Leopard 38 ft sail cats? - 06/17/2013 06:34 PM

39 will be no different beerman - its the same boat with some minor changes. Owners version, genset and hard top bimini for the helm. Completely the same otherwise.
Posted By: sailn

Re: Anyone sailed Leopard 38 ft sail cats? - 06/17/2013 09:14 PM

we sailed the 384 in st martin last week - windy still - they say the christmas winds have not left, and big swells.
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