Horizon Yacht Sales is pleased to present ‘Jet Stream’, a 1999 Leopard 45 currently located in the British Virgin Islands.
Jet Stream started life in the Moorings fleet as a fully crewed yacht (never a bareboat) which allowed the maintenance to be kept at a high standard from the start. The current owner has owned Jet Stream since 2004 and it has been a successful owner-operated crewed yacht in the Caribbean from 2005 to the present.
The Leopard 45 was designed by Simonis Voogd and built by Robertson & Caine and was available in two different models; the crewed version and the bareboat version. Jet Stream is the crewed version with many additional features onboard catering to a crewed yacht option. The crewed yacht version came with a higher standard of finishing’s, additional water and fuel capacity, and more refrigeration/storage areas, than the bareboat version. Over the years the current owner has added many improvements including solar power, upgraded anchors, batteries, water maker, and added longer swim platforms to the stern which not only resulted in slightly more speed and smoother ride but made it a much more useful platform for swimming and snorkeling from.
Like all the original Leopards, Jet Stream has straight shaft drives, skeg-protected rudders, and sacrificial keels that can even be removed whilst in the water. These boats are pretty bulletproof. They were designed to sail well, be sailed by novices (though much better by good crew), and easily maintained to minimize charter down-time. Maintenance is a dream.... none of those afternoons spent trying to get at the back of things. Everything comes out easily, including tanks and engines....a real revelation and a dream to maintain. The Leopard 45 tacks easily, sails well under main alone, heaves to, sails wing on wing and is easily reefed, and is fast, and maneuverable.
This layout is a 4 cabin/4 head ensuite configuration, with electric heads, very practical living areas and the galley offers ample countertop work areas and storage. Unlike the bareboat versions, there are 3 refrigeration systems instead of 2 and a 4 burner stove instead of 3. In the main salon, 6 large new windows were fitted allowing lots of natural lighting into the common areas.
Moving on to the deck, the cockpit area offers nice alfresco dining space, plenty of seating around the table, newly upholstered seat cushions, and really brings the indoor living outdoors. In 2018 Jet Stream received a new suit of sails, all new standing and running rigging, a brand new dinghy and outboard, and a new Northern Lights Generator
Jet Stream would be a great boat to continue its crewed yacht legacy or a fantastic liveaboard with all of the ocean-ready features available:
- Cruising spinnaker (2014 – very little use)
- Full batten mainsail, Dolye Sailmakers (2017)
- Furling jib, Dolye Sailmakers (2018)
- Flex-o-fold propellers
- Spectra 400 GPD Water maker
- Northern Lights 6KVA generator (2018)
- Air conditioning 11,100 BTU
- Sea Frost 12v fridge unit, very large fridge/freezer.
- Firefly AGM house batteries, 696 amp hours
- Victron charger/inverter 3000 watts (2018)
- 6 Solar panels 910 watts total, Morning Star MPPT controller
- Upgraded 99lbs Spade anchor (2020)
- 4 Lavac electric heads
- Force 10 four-burner stove with oven
- Microwave
- New settee and cockpit cushions (2018/19)
- B&G Zeus 7 GPS display
- B&G 4G Radar
- New trampolines, Quantum (2019)
- New Standing & running rigging (2017/18)
- 12ft Aluminum AB ridged inflatable dinghy (2018)
- 18hp Tohatsu two-stroke outboard, less than 6 hours run time (2019)