Leopard 47 Buyer's Guide
The Leopard 47 is a Robertson and Caine catamaran designed by Morrelli & Melvin that became a popular charter model in the early 2000s, and ex-charter examples are common on today's brokerage market. It was also known as the 4700 in the Moorings fleet. A shopper will find both owner and charter layouts, with the three-cabin owner version more common but the four-cabin charter layout also available.
Layouts on the Used Market
The 47 shares its internal footprint with the Leopard 45, gaining only lengthened sterns, so the saloon, galley, and cockpit volumes are effectively identical between those two. The owner's version provides a master island berth and a more private three-cabin plan, while ex-charter boats keep the additional cabin for higher payload. Below, the sleeping platforms aft are raised high to clear the straight-shaft engines mounted underneath, and the cabins are athwartship — a layout that means climbing over a partner to exit. A U-shaped galley and V-shaped saloon table define the central space, with a step-down gangway leading forward and aft. Heads are slightly larger than on many cats and finished as wet rooms.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats on the market carry the commonly fitted basics: solar, autopilot, chartplotter, and inverter. Beyond those, it is normal to see a watermaker, electric winches, radar, AIS, a freezer, dinghy davits, and a life raft as often-seen equipment. A furling main appears only as a less common owner upgrade. One point buyers should note: the 47 came factory-standard with a soft top rather than a hard top, which limits solar mounting and makes mainsail handling harder — yet owners who added a hard top describe it as invaluable for safety, so a post-factory hard top is a meaningful upgrade to look for.
What to Inspect
The life-raft stowage is the headline concern. The raft sits in a locker under the cockpit floor, held by four bolts or wing nuts, and the common failure of those bolts from slamming can drop the raft without warning — a flaw often corrected by moving the raft and glassing the locker bottom. The 47 also has low bridgedeck clearance and tends to slap, so check hull and bridgedeck intersections for stress. Engine access is straightforward — each aft cabin island berth lifts on gas struts to reveal the machinery in a roomy tub — but confirm the straight-shaft installations under the berths for any water intrusion.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These cats turn up in the United States, Puerto Rico, Peru, Australia, the Bahamas, and Belize. For a shopper, the practical checklist is: confirm which layout (owner three-cabin vs charter four-cabin) fits your plans; verify the life-raft locker has been relocated or reinforced; look for a hard-top conversion over the original soft top; and expect manual winches with lines not led to the cockpit as standard. A sound 47 rewards the careful buyer with a sturdy, fast, and dry cruising cat.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Leopard 47. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 8 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25 | 1 | $295,000 | — |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $199,999 | -32.2% |
| Dec 25 | 2 | $199,995 | -0.0% |
| Jan 26 | 4 | $329,000 | +64.5% |
| Apr 26 | 7 | $210,000 | -36.2% |
| May 26 | 3 | $149,000 | -29.0% |
| Jun 26 | 1 | $290,000 | +94.6% |
| Aug 26 | 2 | $293,000 | +1.0% |
Where they're listed
Leopard 47 listings appear across 6 countries. United States has the most listings with 11 (61.1%), followed by Peru and Puerto Rico.
Country view
18 listings · 6 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $293,000 | 11 | 2 | 61.1% |
| Peru | $290,000 | 2 | 1 | 11.1% |
| Puerto Rico | $210,000 | 2 | 0 | 11.1% |
| Australia | $322,443 | 1 | 0 | 5.6% |
| Bahamas | $149,000 | 1 | 0 | 5.6% |
| Fiji | $295,000 | 1 | 0 | 5.6% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Voyage Mayotte 47 | 47' | $ 239,500 | 14 | 2 |
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| Lagoon 47 | 46.25' | $ 239,265 | 8 | 6 |
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