2019 Leopard 43 Powercat — Owner’s Version

First Look, En-Route to Fort Lauderdale, Never Chartered, No Major Repairs or Hurricane History, US Import Duty Paid

She is a highly upgraded 2019 Leopard 43 Power catamaran Owner’s Version configured for extended cruising, liveaboard comfort, remote work, and quiet, energy-independent operation. Her extensive electrical conversion, lithium battery capacity, solar generation, high-output alternators, upgraded navigation electronics, advanced communications network, security-camera system, and low-hour machinery distinguish her from a conventionally equipped Leopard 43PC.

Vessel Overview

• Builder: Robertson & Caine

• Model: Leopard 43 Powercat

• Model Year: 2019

• Configuration: Three-cabin Owner’s Version

• Length Overall: Approximately 42 feet 8 inches

• Beam: Approximately 22 feet 1 inch

• Draft: Approximately 3 feet 1 inch

• Propulsion: Twin Yanmar 8LV 320-horsepower diesel engines

• Generator: Northern Lights 9.9-kilowat diesel generator

Designed by Simonis Voogd and built by Robertson & Caine, the Leopard 43PC combines stability, interior volume, shallow draft, and efficiency of a power catamaran with the comfort and practical layout required for extended cruising. Its wide beam, elevated flybridge, solid foredeck, direct saloon-to-foredeck access, and generous outdoor living spaces make it particularly well suited for coastal cruising, island cruising, the Great Loop, and extended stays aboard.

Owner’s Version Layout

She features the desirable three-cabin Owner’s Version arrangement. The starboard hull is primarily dedicated to the owner’s suite, providing substantially more privacy, storage, and living space than the four-cabin charter configuration.

The owner’s accommodations include:

• Spacious a master berth

• Private entrance from the saloon

• Dedicated storage and hanging lockers

• Desk or vanity area

• Large private head

• Separate enclosed shower

• Custom bedding

The port hull provides two additional private guest cabins and a guest head, making the vessel equally suitable for cruising couples, family use, or extended visits from guests.

Saloon, Galley, and Interior Comfort

The Leopard 43PC is known for its open, nearly connuous indoor-outdoor living arrangement. Large saloon windows provide excellent natural light and panoramic visibility, while the a sliding doors connect the saloon directly to the covered cockpit.

Interior and galley equipment include:

• Spacious main saloon with panoramic visibility

• Large dining and lounge area

• Convenience electrical outlet installed at the dining table

• Custom bedding

• Combinaon washer and dryer

• Watermaker

• Electronic vessel switching system

• Upgraded galley refrigerator

• Electric galley oven

• Gas galley range

• Generous storage throughout the vessel

• Direct watertight access from the saloon to the foredeck

• Large covered a cockpit

• Broad solid foredeck suitable for lounging, line handling, and mooring operations

The forward saloon door is one of the Leopard 43PC’s most practical design features. It allows direct access to the foredeck without requiring occupants to walk around the exterior side decks and can provide excellent cross-ventilation through the saloon.

Flybridge and Exterior

The elevated flybridge provides excellent visibility underway and serves as a second major entertaining and relaxation area.

The flybridge and exterior equipment includes:

• Full custom flybridge enclosure with clear Eisen glass panels 2025

• Protected all-weather helm staon

• Spacious flybridge seang and lounging area

• Forward flybridge sun pad

• Flybridge wet-bar area

• Large covered a cockpit

• LED remote searchlight

• Wide, stable side decks

• Large solid foredeck

• Integrated swim plaorms

• Easy engine-room and machinery access

• Upgraded ground tackle

Upgraded Ground Tackle

This 43PC is equipped for serious cruising and secure anchoring:

• 88-pound Rocna 2 anchor

• Approximately 270 feet of galvanized anchor chain

• Dedicated 12-volt windlass batery system

The oversized primary anchor and extensive chain inventory provide a substantial improvement over a typical factory ground-tackle package and are appropriate for extended anchoring in changing bottoms, deeper water, and unsettled conditions.

Navigation, Electronics, and Situational Awareness

Her helm has received significant navigaon, radar, sonar, and autopilot upgrades.

Primary Navigation Displays

• Two Garmin GPSMAP 8610 mulfuncon displays

• Addional Raymarine mulfuncon display

• Garmin Marine Network integration

• Wi-Fi-enabled Garmin software and chart updates

• Garmin Digital Marine Radio with AIS and remote speaker

• Garmin Navionics charng with seamless route transfer.

• Integrated route planning and navigaon data

Upgraded Autopilot

The upgraded autopilot supports advanced route navigaon, including automac waypoint-to-waypoint sequencing. Properly configured routes can be followed with substantially less manual intervention than with a basic factory autopilot installation.

The operator remains responsible for maintaining a proper lookout and monitoring vessel position, traffic, weather, depth, and navigation hazards at all times.

Real-Time Sonar

She is equipped with real-me Garmin sonar that provides underwater imaging and depth information. The system can assist in identifying bottom contours, submerged structure, and underwater obstacles that may not be visible from the surface.

Garmin Digital Radar

• Garmin four-foot digital open-array radar

• Long-range target detection

• Improved weather and traffic awareness

• Enhanced close- quarters situational awareness

• Integration with the Garmin multifunction displays

Additional Helm Capability

• Integrated engine and vessel-system information

• Mul-display redundancy

• LED searchlight control

• Electronic vessel switching and monitoring

• Modernized navigaon workflow

• On Board Digital Weather Staon

• Upgraded Horns

Ubiqui Networking, Communications, and Security

This 43PC is equipped with an advanced Ubiqui UniFi networking and video-security system designed to support secure communications, remote monitoring, entertainment, and mobile-office operations.

Starlink Connecvity

• Starlink high-performance satellite dish

• High-speed Internet connecvity in supported coverage areas

• Internet service available while dockside, cruising, or anchored, subject to the selected Starlink service plan and satellite coverage

• Integrated connecon to the vessel’s UniFi network

Ubiqui UniFi Network

The vessel uses a Ubiqui UniFi Dream Wall as its primary router, network controller, firewall, and digital video-recording platform.

The system provides:

• Managed wired and wireless vessel networking

• Secure Wi-Fi coverage throughout the vessel

• Wired network connecons to televisions and vessel-monitoring equipment

• Centralized device and network management

• Firewall protecon

• Network segmentaon capability

• Remote network administraon

• Site-to-site virtual private network connecvity

• Secure access to home, office, or other authorized remote networks

The site-to-site VPN capability allows this 43PC to function as a secure remote office from almost anywhere reliable Internet service is available. Computers, communications equipment, televisions, and monitoring systems can operate through the vessel’s managed network rather than relying on disconnected consumer Wi-Fi devices.

Video Surveillance and Recording

The UniFi Protect security system supports four high-resolution color cameras with artificial-intelligence-assisted moon and person detection.

The system includes:

• Two high-resoluon color cameras

• Two high-resoluon color remotely controllable pan-lt-zoom cameras

• Connuous or event-based digital video recording

• AI-assisted person and moon detecon

• Remote live camera viewing

• Recorded-video playback

• Event noficaons and alerts

• Secure monitoring from compable mobile devices or computers

Owners can remotely monitor the vessel, review recorded events, receive person-detection alerts, and reposition the two PTZ cameras when Internet connectivity is available. This integrated security capability provides added awareness while the vessel is docked, anchored, stored, or unattended.

Maintenance and Recent Upgrades

• New botom paint applied in 2024

• So-start air-condioning systems in 2024

• New engine-start batteries installed in 2025

• Yanmar 1k engine service completed in 2024

Propulsion

Powered by:

• Twin Yanmar 8LV 320-horsepower diesel engines

• Engine hours approximately 1,000 hours

• Independent port and starboard propulsion systems

• New engine-start bateries installed in 2025

• Excellent close-quarters maneuverability inherent to the twin-engine powercat configuration

The twin-engine installation provides propulsion redundancy, precise low-speed handling, and the ability to maneuver effecvely without relying solely on a bow thruster.

Generator

• Northern Lights 9.9-kilowat diesel generator

• Fewer than approximately 170 operang hours

• Automac integraon with the vessel’s inverter and charging system

• No routine manual transfer-switch or breaker reconfiguration required when bringing the generator online

Once started, generator power is automatically routed through the inverter system, where it can simultaneously support vessel loads and recharge the battery bank.

Advanced Electrical and Energy System

Upgraded electrical system is one of her defining features. Unlike a conventional yacht electrical arrangement, shore power, generator power, engine-generated power, solar power, batteries, and onboard AC loads are managed through an integrated inverter-based architecture.

48-Volt Lithium Batery Bank

• Approximately 21 kilowat-hours of 48-volt lithium-iron-phosphate batery capacity

• Capable of operang normal vessel systems overnight without generator operaon

• Supports air-condioning and other substanal AC loads

• Provides quiet, emission-free operaon at anchor

• Reduces generator operang hours and maintenance

• Can support vessel systems for up to approximately 18 hours, depending on air-conditioning demand, weather, batery state of charge, and other electrical loads. Overnight air-condioner operaon is possible on fully charged batteries without operating the generator.

Main Inverter System

• Approximately 10-kilowat main inverter capacity

• Provides AC power from the lithium batery bank

• Powers major vessel systems without connuous generator or shore-power operaon

• Automacally manages available generator and shore-power input

• Allows batery power to supplement limited shore-power capacity when required

Solar Generation

• Approximately 2.4 kilowats of installed solar capacity

• Supports both the 48-volt and 12-volt electrical systems

• Replenishes batery capacity during daylight hours

• Reduces generator use while cruising or at anchor

• Supports refrigeraon, electronics, networking, security cameras, hotel loads, and other continuous electrical demand

High-Output Engine Charging

She has been retrofitted with:

• Two 48-volt high-output alternators

• WakeSpeed alternator regulators

• Approximately 9 kilowats of combined engine-driven charging capability

The upgraded alternators can recharge the lithium bank while the vessel is underway and can provide enough power to operate substantial vessel loads without running the generator. The WakeSpeed regulators provide programmable, battery-aware charging control suitable for

high-capacity lithium batery systems. They manage alternator output based on battery requirements, operating conditions, and configured temperature or current limits.

Separate 12-Volt Batery Systems

• Dedicated 12-volt house batery system

• Separate 12-volt windlass batery system

• Independent engine-start bateries

• New engine-start bateries installed in 2025

• Separation of starting, house, windlass, and 48-volt hotel loads improves redundancy and operaonal reliability

Flexible Worldwide Shore-Power Capability

The vessel’s inverter-based electrical architecture provides unusually flexible shore-power operation.

She can operate from:

• A single 30-amp shore-power connection

• A single 50-amp shore-power connection

• Input voltages generally ranging from 100 to 240 volts

• Either 50 Hz or 60 Hz shore-power sources, and appropriate shore-power adapters

This 43PC is equipped with a 30/50 Amp Smart Plug interface for high reliability operation. She has one 40 foot 50 amp cable and two 40 foot 30 Amp cables. She can operate normally on a 30 amp shore power connection. Because incoming shore power only goes to the 5KW 48 Volt battery charging system rather than being supplied directly to all onboard appliances, she can operate at a wide range of marinas without many of the limitations associated with fixed-voltage yacht equipment. This arrangement also allows batery power to supplement shore power when onboard demand temporarily exceeds the capacity of the available dockside service.

Air-Conditioning

• Mulple marine air-condioning systems

• New So-start AC equipment installed in 2024

• Air-conditioning is operated from the Lithium batery and inverter system allowing full AC without operaon of the generator or shore power.

• Underway engine alternators charge the bateries and provide full AC operaon.

• So-start technology reduces compressor-starng surge and extends batery life.

• Improved compatibility with inverter power, generator power, and limited shore-power services

Comfort and Cruising Equipment

• Watermaker

• Combinaon washer and dryer

• Custom bedding

• Electronic switching system

• Dining-table convenience outlet

• Upgraded galley refrigerator

• Electric galley oven

• Gas galley range

• Full flybridge enclosure

• Air-condioned interior

• Large galley and refrigeraon capacity

• Mulple private cabins

• Owner’s Version arrangement

• Separate enclosed owner’s shower

• Spacious saloon, cockpit, foredeck, and flybridge entertaining areas

Remote-Office and Extended-Cruising Capability

She has been specifically equipped to support extended me away from conventional marina infrastructure.

Her remote-work and liveaboard capabilies include:

• Starlink high-performance satellite Internet

• Managed Ubiqui UniFi network

• Site-to-site VPN connecvity

• Wired connecons for televisions and monitoring systems

• High-resoluon security cameras

• Remote vessel monitoring and alerts

• 21-kilowat-hour lithium batery bank

• 2.4-kilowat solar array

• Approximately 9 kilowats of engine-driven charging

• Generator-independent air-condioning capability

• Watermaker

• Washer and dryer

• Full galley

• Flexible worldwide shore-power compability

These systems allow the vessel to serve as a comfortable cruising home and a secure mobile office while reducing dependence on marina power, generator operation, and shore-based Internet infrastructure.

Operational Advantages

Her systems provide several praccal benefits over a convenonally equipped Leopard 43PC:

• Quiet overnight operaon without generator use

• Air-condioning operaon from bateries

• Rapid batery charging while underway

• Significant solar replenishment at anchor

• Reduced generator hours

• Worldwide shore-power flexibility

• Ability to operate from a single shore-power connecon

• Seamless transion among shore, generator, alternator, solar, and batery power

• Separate batery systems for greater redundancy

• Secure Starlink-based Internet connecvity

• Enterprise-grade managed vessel networking

• Site-to-site VPN capability

• Remote video monitoring and AI-assisted security alerts

• Upgraded navigaon, sonar, radar, and collision-awareness capability

• Oversized anchoring system

• Comfortable long-term liveaboard accommodaons

• Low-hour engines and exceponally low-hour generator

Summary

Nau Girl II combines the proven layout, stability, shallow dra, visibility, and cruising versality of the Leopard 43 Powercat with an electrical, navigaon, communicaons, and security package far beyond the typical factory configuraon. Her 21-kilowat-hour lithium battery bank, 10-kilowat inverter, 2.4-kilowat solar array, twin 48-volt alternators, WakeSpeed charging controls, flexible shore-power architecture, upgraded Garmin navigation suite, Starlink high-performance satellite system, Ubiqui UniFi network, four-camera security system, oversized ground tackle, full flybridge enclosure, watermaker, washer and dryer, upgraded galley, and low-hour machinery make her particularly well suited for extended cruising, remote work, comfortable liveaboard use, and quiet operation away from the dock