15m Leopard 48 for Sale | 2013 | SO1504

SO1504 is a Leopard 48 for sale, asking EUR 550,000 and lying in Turkey. Built in 2013, she measures 14.75m LOA on a 7.68m beam with 4 large double cabins. She has been a private family boat since delivery and has never been chartered, which on a 13 year old catamaran is the single most important line in the listing.

The Leopard 48 is the model that fixed the compromises of the generation before it. The forward cockpit with its own door off the saloon is the signature feature and the one owners use most, the flybridge carries the helm and a proper lounge, and the bridgedeck clearance is high enough that she does not slam in a short Aegean chop.

A Leopard 48 for Sale That Has Never Chartered

History is the first thing to check on any Leopard 48 for sale, because most of them worked for a living.

Charter catamarans of this age are everywhere and they are all the same: 4 or 5 cabins, 10 seasons of hard weeks, tired interiors and a maintenance record that starts and stops with whatever the base yard had time for. This boat is the other thing. 1 family, private use, and the kind of running maintenance an owner does because they are the next person to sleep aboard.

Recent work backs that up. The hull, gelcoat and bilges have been renewed, the toilets are new and the upholstery has been replaced. That is the list that usually turns up as a EUR 40,000 to 60,000 job on a boat of this age, and here it is already done.

Systems and Equipment

Systems are where a private Leopard 48 for sale pulls away from an ex-charter hull.

She is equipped for long periods away from a marina. There is a 180 litre per hour watermaker, a separate drinking water system, 2 water heaters, a dishwasher and a washing machine, and air conditioning in 3 cabins. On a Turkish or Greek summer that specification is the difference between planning a route around shore power and planning it around where you want to be.

Layout and Accommodation

This Leopard 48 for sale is the 4-cabin layout, which suits family use and resale alike.

Accommodation is 4 large double cabins for 8 guests, with heads in each hull. The saloon sits on the bridgedeck with panoramic glazing and the galley up rather than down, so whoever is cooking is still part of the room. The aft cockpit runs flush into the saloon through a full-width door, and the forward cockpit gives a second, quieter outdoor space that most catamarans of this size do not have.

Sailing and Handling

Under sail a Leopard 48 for sale is forgiving enough for a couple to run without crew.

She is a cruising catamaran, not a racer, and she is set up to be sailed by a couple. All the lines come back to the flybridge helm, the visibility from up there is complete in both directions, and the sail plan is sized so that reefing is a decision rather than an emergency. In the Aegean meltemi that is the specification that keeps a family cruising instead of sitting in harbour.

Under power she handles on her 2 engines alone, which makes Mediterranean stern-to berthing straightforward without a bow thruster and without a shouting match on the foredeck. For anyone stepping across from a monohull, this is the part that sells the boat on the first sea trial.

Where She Sits and Where She Can Go

Lying in Turkey puts this Leopard 48 for sale inside the best cruising ground in the eastern Mediterranean.

She is lying in Turkey, which puts her inside the best cruising ground in the eastern Mediterranean before she moves at all. Göcek, Fethiye and the Gulf of Hisarönü are a day away, the Dodecanese are a short hop across, and the Greek islands open up from there. For a buyer who wants to use a boat rather than deliver one, that matters more than it looks on paper.

Aquinox Yachting can arrange survey and sea trial in Turkey, handle the flag and tax position, and coordinate any yard work through UCT Agency before handover. Owners who want the boat to earn part of the year can place her into our Turkish charter programme, where a 4 cabin catamaran of this size books consistently through the season.

Specifications

Key figures for this Leopard 48 for sale, taken from the seller listing. We verify every Leopard 48 for sale against the builder record before a viewing:

• Type: Sailing catamaran
• Base: Turkey
• Length overall: 14.75 m
• Beam: 7.68 m
• Hull: Fibreglass
• Built: 2013
• Cabins: 4
• Guests: 8
• Water maker: 180 litres per hour, with a separate drinking-water system
• Climate: air conditioning in 3 cabins, 2 water heaters
• Galley and laundry: dishwasher and washing machine
• Asking price: EUR 550,000 — fleet code SO1504

Viewing and Next Steps

The photographs on this page show a Leopard 48 of the same model and layout. Images of this specific hull, together with her full inventory and survey history, are available on request.

We can arrange a viewing of this Leopard 48 for sale and a lift-out survey in a Turkish yard.

Viewing can be arranged at short notice. We also list a Leopard 43 PowerCat for sale in Florida for buyers who want power rather than sail, and a Fountaine Pajot Samana 59 for sale at the larger end. Our charter fleet shows what comparable catamarans earn in Turkey and Greece. Model background is published by Leopard Catamarans.

For the full inventory, maintenance record and current offer position on SO1504, contact Aquinox Yachting at info@aquinoxyachting.com or +90 549 507 19 93.