Back in early December, I joined a crew of my colleagues from Soundings and Passagemaker magazines in Cape Town, South Africa. There, we met the folks from Robertson & Caine Yachts and were given not only a spectacular tour of the country but a granular look at where and how Leopard/Moorings catamarans—among the most popular multihulls on earth—are built.
We also had ample opportunity to drive Leopard/Moorings 46 and 53 footers into ripping winds and confused, sizeable seas off this “Cape of Storms.” Not surprisingly, the boats are designed to handle the sort of conditions the southern oceans regularly deliver with aplomb, and the cats pounded through the chop with solid, quiet authority. But the one quarry that eluded us on that trip was R&C’s newest build, the Leopard 40PC. Also known as the
