2007 ROBERTSON AND CAINE LEOPARD 46 OWNERS VERSION
BUILDERS REMARKS: The Leopard 46’ is the latest design by Morelli and Melvin. Highest bridge deck clearance of any mid 40’ production catamaran. Reduced underwater surface for increased speed. This is a true performance oriented cruising cat with emphasis on ease of maintenance and strong construction.
2007 ROBERTSON AND CAINE LEOPARD 46 OWNERS VERSION
BUILDERS REMARKS: The Leopard 46’ is the latest design by Morelli and Melvin. Highest bridge deck clearance of any mid 40’ production catamaran. Reduced underwater surface for increased speed. This is a true performance oriented cruising cat with emphasis on ease of maintenance and strong construction.
BROKERS REMARKS: This is the best equipped, best maintained, and most solid mid sized catamaran in 'owners version' available on today's market. BELLA VITA is a desirable 3 cabin / Owner's Version. BELLA VITA has almost all the factory options and many custom features to make her ready for safe & comfortable world cruising. Her Morelli & Melvin lines ensure fast passage making in which 200M days are common.
AVAILABILITY: Immediately
Dimensions
Length Overall: 46'4 / 14m13
Length at Waterline: 44'7 / 13m6
Beam: 24'10 / 7m57
Max Draft: 4'5 / 1m35
Ballast: none
Displacement: 24,206 Lbs/ 11 tonns
Engines
Total Power: 2 x 55
Tanks
Fuel: 185 Gl / 700L
Fresh Water: 206 Gl / 780L
Holding: 2 x 20Gl
Description
- BOAT NAME: Bella Vita
- IS THE NAME TO BE RETAINED: No
- FORMER NAME: None
- MAKE/MODEL:Leopard 46 owners version
- DESIGNER: Morelli and Melvin
- BUILDER: Robertson and Caine
- WHERE BUILT: South Africa
- MODEL YEAR: 2007
- YEAR BUILT: 2006
- YEAR/MONTH COMMISSIONED: Oct 2006
- HULL NO (HIN): XXXXX
- REGISTRATION NUMBER: 858744
- FLAG: Australia
- LOA 14.13m / 46’4”
- LWL 13.60m / 44’7”
- BEAM 7.57m / 24’10”
- DRAFT 1.45m / 4’5”
- DISPLACEMENT: 24,206 lbs./ 10,980 kg
- KEEL BALLAST: Multihull
Construction
- HULL: Composite Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) Sandwich with end grain balsa core
- DECK MATERIAL: Textured G.R.P.
- STEERING SYSTEM: Wheel, direct cable
- RUDDER TYPE: Balanced spade rudder
- KEEL TYPE: Multihull. Sacrificial keels desiged as replacement units to ensure structural hull integrity is not compromised in event of keel damage.
Engine
- NO OF ENGINES: 2
- MAKE/AGE: Volvo
- MODEL: D2-55
- HP: (2) x 55 HP
- FUEL: Diesel
- NO. OF CYLINDERS: 4 each
- COOLING SYSTEM: Heat exchange
- LAST SERVICED: every 500 hrs
- HOURS RUN/DATE: 2100
- TYPE OF GEAR BOX(S): Volvo
- TYPE OF CONTROLS: Morse
- DRIVE TO PROP: (2) Sail drives
- TYPE OF PROP: Varifold folding props and 3 blade fixed props as spares
- 12V Shurflo engine oil change pump / bucket
- Assorted spare parts for engines
Electrics
- VOLTAGE: 12V /110V
- NO OF BATTERIES: 4 x 210 Amp house & 2 engine batteries. Gelcel
- Spare starter battery
- CAPACITY: DF4D house/DF27D each engine
- MAKE: Lifeline
- YEAR: 2006
- METHOD OF CHARGING: Alternator / Wind generator / generator
- ALTERNATOR: 75A amp
- GENERATOR MAKE: Northern Lights
- HOURS RUN: 1800
- SHORE POWER: 2x 30 Amp
- CABLES: 2 x 80’
- AIRCON: Cruise air 2 x 12000 Btu 1 x 16000
- Xantrax inverter 200W / 110V / 100 Amp
- KISS Windgenerator
- 12V /110V portable power station
Tankage
- NO OF FUEL TANKS: 2
- MATERIAL: Aluminium
- CAPACITY OF FUEL TANKS: 700L /185 Gl
- NO OF WATER TANKS: 2
- MATERIAL: Roto-molded Plastic
- CAPACITY:780L / 206 gl
- HOLDING TANKS: 2 x 23 Gl / 170 L
- WASHDOWN: Fresh and salt water wash down on foredeck
Water Systems
- MANUAL: Fresh water
- PRESSURISED: Fresh water Jabsco Parmax 3.5 Gl / minute with accumulator tank
- WATERMAKER: Offshore Marine Lab Seaquencher 12V - 8Gph @ 13 Amps (2008)
- SEA WATER: None
- WATER HEATING SYSTEM: engine / shore / gen
- BILGE PUMPS: 4 x automatic with float switches and alarms and 2 x manual
Rig
- TYPE: Sloop Rig
- SPAR MAKER: Sparcraft
- SPAR MATERIAL: Aluminum
- STANDING RIGGING MATERIAL: Stainless steel wire
- LAST REPLACED: Original
- RUNNING RIGGING MATERIAL: Cored braided line
- MAINSAIL REEFING: Slab reefing
- HEADSAIL ROLLER FURLING: Profurl Titanium
- Bow traveller for genaker & 2nd headsail adjustment
Sails
- TYPE: Main with Antal system 3 reefs
- MAKER: Quantum
- YEAR: 2006
- TYPE: Genoa 130 %
- MAKER: Quantum
- YEAR: 2006
- TYPE: Cradle Bag
- MAKER: Quantum
- YEAR: 2006
- TYPE: Genaker and sock
- MAKER: Quantum
- YEAR: 2006
- TYPE: Second head sail:
- YEAR:
- MAKER:
Winches
- GENOA WINCHES: (2)
- MAKE: Lewmar 54ECST (electric x 2 at helm)
- HALYARD WINCHES: (2) at mast
- MAKE: Lewmar 46 CST
- Mainsheet Traveler: Antal driver on hardtop
- Centralized sail control at helm station allows for single handed operation (yet can seat 3-4 people), with the genoa and mainsail sheets and traveler lines all led aft to the helm. Huge rope storage compartment keeps the deck clear of rope clutter.
Accommodation
- LAY OUT VERSION: OWNERS version 3 cabin
- NO OF BERTHS: 6 + 2 in Saloon
- DOUBLES: 3 + Saloon
- SINGLES: 1 (in port bow)
- NO. OF CABINS: 3 plus saloon converts
- AFT CABIN: 2
- COOKER TYPE: Force 10
- NO OF BURNERS: 4
- OVEN: Yes
- GRILL: Yes
- FUEL: Propane
- MICROWAVE: Yes
- FRIDGE: Seafrost 12V front opening fridge and freezer 60 Gl / 220 L
- ICEBOX: Additional freezer
- ICEMAKER: 110V in cockpit
- SINK: (1) Double basin in galley
- NO. HEADS: (3)
- MAKE: Jabsco, (1 x electric in owners head, 2 x manual for port side)
- HANDBASIN: (3)
- SHOWER: (3) stall showers plus transom shower
- CABIN HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING: Throughout vessel
- UPHOLSTERY/COLOUR SCHEME: beige leatherette in salon, black corian countertops, cherrywood panels
- INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION/WOOD TYPE: Laminated marine ply
- HEADROOM: 6’3
- WASHER-DRYER: Frontloading & vented unit.
- GALLEY: Complete kitchen utensils including cutlery, crockery,pots & pans, dishes, glasses and more.
- FANS: 7 electric fans throughout vessel
- BLINDS: OceanAir custom interior blinds
- SUNSCREENS: External sunshades for salon windows
- COCKPIT CUSHIONS: Custom made water proof
- Teak in cockpit
Ground Tackle
- PRIMARY ANCHOR: Rocna 73Lbs on 150' of 10mm chain
- SECONDARY ANCHOR: 60Lbs CQR on 25' of chain and 100' of rode
- WINDLASS: Electric with remote
- MAKE: Quick Hector 1000W
- OTHER GROUND TACKLE: Drogue
- PARASAIL sea anchor + bridle +rode
Navigation Aids
- COMPASS: Plastimo
- ECHOSOUNDER: Raymarine tridata ST 60
- SPEED: Raymarine tridata ST 60
- WIND: Raymarine ST 60
- VHF: Ray 240 base station with units at helm and nav station
- AUTO PILOT: Raytheon ST6002 with wireless remote at nav station inside
- RADAR: Pathfinder 2kW, 24M
- CHARTPLOTTER: E80 at nav station
- CHARTPLOTTER: E120 at helmstation
- RAYMARINE: AIS receiver (2008)
- RAYMARINE Life tag system 6x
- GARMIN Handheld GPS
- GARMIN Handheld VHF
- SSE: Icom 802 SSB / HF radio (2008)
- SAT Phone: Iridium with external antenna for email and downloading weahter info.
- CHARTS: Electronic charts for Caribbean
- INTERNET: Wifi amplifier with external antenna
General Equipment
- GAS DETECTOR:
- SEARCHLIGHT:
- HORN:
- FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT: Yes
- BILGE PUMPS: Electric x 4, manual x 2
- SAFETY EQUIPMENT: MOB inflatable life sling, MOB life ring with strobe light, 4 x inflatable life jackets, 4 x tethers, 8 x coastal life jackets, waterproof ditch bag with parachute and smoke flares, 2 jacklines
- EPIRB: 406 Gps
- NAVIGATION LIGHTS: Yes
- GUARDWIRES/PULPIT/PUSHPIT: Yes
- RADIO/ CD: Clarion CDMD with 2 loudspeakers in salon, 2 x in cockpit and 2 x on foredeck
- DAVITS: On aft transom
- SWIMMING LADDER: On port stern
- BIMINI: Hardtop with removable side screens and shade curtains
- DINGHY: 10'3 Carib RIB with all extras
- OUTBOARD: Yamaha 15HP
- DAVITS: GRP davits on stern
- WARPS: (4) Yes
- FENDERS: (4) Yes
- BOATHOOK: (1) Yes
- ENGINE SPARES: No
- CUTLERY/CROCKERY/UTENSILS: Yes
- LIFERAFT: Plastimo 4 pax
- LAST SERVICED: 2008
- CLOCK/BAROMETER: Weems & plath in salon
- TV: Flatscreen 12" in salon with shore cable.
- Dive tank rack in starboard bow compartment
- BBQ: Stainless grill on stern
- Fishing rod holder and outboard holder on stern rail
- Folding gangplank
- Folding swing down swim platform
- Boat hook / gaff / deck brush
- DIVE BOTTLES x 3
Owners Comments
What a great decision we made to buy this boat! She is solid like a tank. But a fast tank! Like an M-1. She has taken everything that the Atlantic, the Mediteranean and Caribbean have thrown at her and just shrugged it off and kept on hauling. Bella Vitta is amazingly comfortable and we are the envy of almost everyone that has been aboard, especially the wives... "Wait, you have an ice maker... air conditioning... you have a WASHER/DRYER!!! Honey, I want a new boat and make it a cat like this one". The big genset is almost silent and as near as I can tell, makes enough electricity to power a Vegas casino light show. I mean you just can't overload this thing. Fire it up and start running stuff, 100 amp battery charger, no problem, add the watermaker (8 GPH), no problem, turn on the ice maker and do a load of laundry, no problem, make hot water, no problem, hell let's fire up the air conditioning (3 water-cooled heat pumps) and see if we can at least get the thing to complain a little bit, nope, the generator just keeps purring along and burning about a half gallon an hour under full load. For back up, we have a wind generator installed on the davits. The bottom line is that we love this boat, she has sailed our family of 4 safely across the Atlantic in both directions. Our sons have to finish school. When we go back cruising in 5 years time we will likely buy the same model catamaran: she is easily sailed by a couple, has a decent turn of speed and is the most comfortable and well ventilated catamaran we have been on. We've been in dozens of anchorages, some packed with boats. We've seen a big amount of cruising vessels of all types and the simple truth is that I have not seen one boat that we would rather be sailing We hope the new owners will enjoy Bella Vita like we did. Pete & Shaz
