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Horizon Yacht Sales is pleased to present ‘Jet Stream’, a 1999 Leopard 45 currently located in the British Virgin Islands.
Jet Stream started life in the Moorings fleet as a fully crewed yacht (never a bareboat) which allowed the maintenance to be kept at a high standard from the start. The current owner has owned Jet Stream since 2004 and it has been a successful owner-operated crewed yacht in the Caribbean from 2005 to the present.
The Leopard 45 was designed by Simonis Voogd and built by Robertson & Caine and was available in two different models; the crewed version and the bareboat version. Jet Stream is the crewed version with many additional features onboard catering to a crewed yacht option. The crewed yacht version came with a higher standard of finishing’s, additional water and fuel capacity, and more refrigeration/storage areas, than the bareboat version. Over the years the current owner has added many improvements including solar power, upgraded anchors, batteries, water maker, and added longer swim platforms to the stern which not only resulted in slightly more speed and smoother ride but made it a much more useful platform for swimming and snorkeling from.
Like all the original Leopards, Jet Stream has straight shaft drives, skeg-protected rudders, and sacrificial keels that can even be removed whilst in the water. These boats are pretty bulletproof. They were designed to sail well, be sailed by novices (though much better by good crew), and easily maintained to minimize charter down-time. Maintenance is a dream…. none of those afternoons spent trying to get at the back of things. Everything comes out easily, including tanks and engines….a real revelation and a dream to maintain. The Leopard 45 tacks easily, sails well under main alone, heaves to, sails wing on wing and is easily reefed, and is fast, and maneuverable.
This layout is a 4 cabin/4 head ensuite configuration, with electric heads, very practical living areas and the galley offers ample countertop work areas and storage. Unlike the bareboat versions, there are 3 refrigeration systems instead of 2 and a 4 burner stove instead of 3. In the main salon, 6 large new windows were fitted allowing lots of natural lighting into the common areas.
Moving on to the deck, the cockpit area offers nice alfresco dining space, plenty of seating around the table, newly upholstered seat cushions, and really brings the indoor living outdoors. In 2018 Jet Stream received a new suit of sails, all new standing and running rigging, a brand new dinghy and outboard, and a new Northern Lights Generator
Jet Stream would be a great boat to continue its crewed yacht legacy or a fantastic liveaboard with all of the ocean-ready features available:
Additional Details
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
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