Yacht Overview
2018 ROBERTSON AND CAINE LEOPARD 48 – Sweet Wheat II
BUILDERS REMARKS: The award-winning Leopard 48 offers blue water performance and comfortable living spaces; this catamaran is a popular member of the Leopard line.
The Leopard 48 features a large forward cockpit with direct access from the saloon and a stairway to the forward platform. Other exterior bonuses include a large and open aft cockpit with cockpit table. A raised helm station, providing excellent panoramic visibility, allows for excellent blue water manoeuvrability.
The galley of the Leopard 48 comes equipped with top-of-the-line appliances and ample prepping space. The expertly-designed interior makes sailing not only fun, but also incredibly comfortable. Her modern lines and open floor plan set a new standard for the modern cruising catamaran.
BROKERS REMARKS: Sweet Wheat II is a hurricane free L48 that has spent its entire life cruising between St Lucia and Grenada. Being a 2018 that is one youngest Leopard 48's that Robertson and Caine built, and so is the final spec from the factory. Like all of this model, it has the fwd cockpit, generator, air, con, electric dinghy lift, etc plus the light grey interior. Currently located in St Lucia and due to start refit early next year, so be sailed away late March 2024. NEW PRICE DROP!! now asking only $495k, which is best value 48 we have by far! Please updated pics taken and labelled Oct 2024, posted after the layout diagram.
AVAILABILITY: As of 3rd Oct 2024, this yacht is almost ready. Can close and sail away by end of Oct 2024.
Basic Details
- Boat Name: Sweet Wheat II
- Make: Leopard
- Model: 48
- Length: 48ft / 14.63m
- Year: 2018
- Location: Rodney Bay, LC
- Price: $495,000
- Fuel Type: diesel
- Hull Material: Fiberglass
- Hull Construction: Composite Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) Sandwich with Balsa core
- Deck Material: Textured GRP
- Rudder Type: Balanced spade rudder
- Keel Type: Multihull
- Designer: Simonis Voogd/ R&C
- Where Built: South Africa
- HIN: ZARACA8192J718
- Flag: US
- Layout (Cabins): 4
- Layout (Heads): 5
- LOA: 48 ft 5 in / 14.76 m
- LWL: 45 ft 5 in / 13.84 m
- Beam: 25 ft / 7.62 m
- Draft: 4 ft 10 in / 1.47 m
- Displacement: 37,480 lb / 17,001 kg
Engines and Controls
Engine 1
- Make: Yanmar
- Model: 4JH57
- Year: 2017
- Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: Sail
- Power: 57
- Prop Type: 3 Blade, Aluminum
- Engine Serviced: Every 3 months
- Engine Hours Run / Date: 2300 est - Oct 2023
Engine 2
- Make: Yanmar
- Model: 4JH57
- Year: 2017
- Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: Sail
- Power: 57
- Prop Type: 3 Blade, Aluminum
- Engine Serviced: Every 3 months
- Engine Hours Run / Date: 2300 est - Oct 2023
Controls
- Gearbox: Yanmar SD60
- Controls: Morse
- Cooling System: Heat Exchanger
Tanks
Fuel
- Count: 2
- Capacity: 348.26L / 92USgal
- Material: Aluminum
Water
- Count: 2
- Capacity: 389.9L / 103USgal
- Material: Plastic
Holding
- Count: 2
- Capacity: 87.06L / 23USgal
Accommodations
- Single Berths: 1
- Double Berths: 4
- Cabins: 4
- Heads: 5
Electronics and Navigation
- Depthsounder: Raymarine i70s tridata
- Log Speedometer: GPS speed
- Wind Speed and Direction: Raymarine i70s & windex
- Compass: Plastimo Horizon 135
- Plotter: Raymarine C Series 9 inch
- Autopilot: Raymarine p70s
- VHF: Raymarine Ray 60 with mic at helm
- Radio: Fusion MS UD 755 with remotes
- Cockpit Speakers: Yes
Sails
- Fully Battened Mainsail: Ullman with Antal System
- Furling Genoa: Ullman
- Lazy Bag: Ullman
Rigging
- Genoa Winches: 2 Lewmar 55ST, 2-speed, self-tailing, both electric
- Main Halyard Winch: Starboard side genoa winch used (electric)
- Mainsheet Winch: 1 Lewmar 55ST, 2-speed, manual
- Type of Rig: Sloop Rig
- Spar Maker / Material: Z Spars Diffusion/ Aluminium
- Standing Rigging Material: Stainless steel wire, original
- Running Rigging Material: Core braided line
- Mainsail Reefing: Slab reefing
- Headsail Roller Furling: Profurl Titanium
Inside Equipment
- Electric Bilge Pump: (4) with float switches and alarms
- Manual Bilge Pump: (2) Main bilges
- Air Conditioning: Cruisair 2 x 12000 Btu and 1 x 16000 Btu units
- Hot Water: 2 x hot water tanks 12 gal/ 46L total
- Cooker Type: Eno, 3 Burner
- Oven: Eno with grill
- Microwave Oven: Yes
- Sink: (1) Double basin in galley and dish drainer
- Electric Head: (4) Jabsco Electric flush
- Showers: 4 plus transom shower
- Handbasins: 4 plus crew
- Upholstery/Color Scheme: Grey naugahyde in saloon and grey cotton covers in cabins
- Interior Construction/Wood Type: Ash laminated marine ply with grey edging
- Refrigerator: Vitrifrigo DT Series 12v - 2 drawer 56gal/212L
- Deep Freezer: Yes
Electrical Equipment
- Shore Power: (2) 30amp 50ft cables
- Electrical Circuit: 110V
- Battery Charger: 60 Amp
- Generator: Northern Lights 9kW
- House Batteries: (3) 4D 630Ah
- Engine Batteries: (2) 100Ah
- Generator Batteries: (1) 100Ah
- Alternator: Hitachi 80Ah
Deck Equipment
- Steering Wheel: Edson
- Solar Panel: (2) Sunware 70w mounted on hardtop
- Swimming Ladder: Yes
- Cockpit Shower: Hot/Cold water
- Davits: Stainless steel with electric winch
- Warps: 4
- Fenders: 5
- Cockpit Table: Yes
- Anchor Windlass: Electric
- Primary Anchor: Delta
- Secondary Anchor: Danforth
- Spray Hood: Yes
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.