With the new 50, Leopard are aligning themselves slap bang in the target sector of cruising catamarans - the most competitive one! At the crossroads of charter use: luxury charter or to be sailed by connoisseur owners, the 15m catamaran is just about the critical size. Has the Cape Town-based shipyard hit the mark?
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The Woodstock yard was founded by John Robertson more than 30 years ago, with Jerry Caine joining him as partner in 1991. As early as 1995, close ties were forged with Moorings to supply the fledgling catamaran charter market (Moorings then merged with Sunsail into an international travel group and became the giant in the sector). Logistics control and customer knowledge (mainly Americans in the Caribbean to begin with, but now globalized) are driving the Leopard's design through a thorough rationalization…