Leopard 45 or 40?

[sailjumanji]

Originally Posted by Factor

You need to try a cat with motors ahead of rudders, you have the ability to walk the vessel directly sideways.

I've never driven a cat with that setup. But on our Seawind, with outboards located onboard of each rudder, we do docking turns only using the motors and with wheel fixed to center. Excellent maneuverability.

[sailjumanji]

Originally Posted by sailjumanji

I've never driven a cat with that setup. But on our Seawind, with outboards located onboard of each rudder, we do docking turns only using the motors and with wheel fixed to center. Excellent maneuverability.

Oops that should have read "inboard" of each rudder.

[smj]

Originally Posted by Factor

You need to try a cat with motors ahead of rudders, you have the ability to walk the vessel directly sideways.

You also get the weight out of the ass end. I know I don't need to tell you that, just good general practice.

[svlamorocha]

Originally Posted by Jim Woodall

. Another issue, only South African captains can now deliver from SA to foreign ports.(snip). An owner (regardless of citizenship) is allowed to sail his or her Leopard away, of course.

AFAIK the restriction only applies to boats that have not yet been registered (documented in US dialect), which leave SA under a temporary SA registration and are required to have a SA-licensed skipper. If you want to have a Yank or Brite deliver the boat then you only need to get the boat registered outside SA before leaving..

[JohnT]

Originally Posted by svlamorocha

AFAIK the restriction only applies to boats that have not yet been registered (documented in US dialect), which leave SA under a temporary SA registration and are required to have a SA-licensed skipper. If you want to have a Yank or Brite deliver the boat then you only need to get the boat registered outside SA before leaving..

100% correct - only applicable to boars leaving on a temporary pass.