Leopard 50 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Leopard 50 means choosing among a catamaran built by Robertson & Caine as a 2019-launched replacement for the Leopard 48, offered in both a flybridge "lounge" (50L) and a performance (50P) variant. Most used examples are ex-charter, and the boat's bareboat-charter construction shows in easy-access hatches rather than custom trim. The 50 is 50ft 6in overall, 26ft 5in beam, 5ft 3in draft, 45,415lb displacement, with twin 57hp Yanmar saildrives standard.
Layouts on the Used Market
Charter four-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available; ex-charter examples are common. The four-cabin version places a master suite taking nearly two-thirds of the starboard hull with its own companionway, plus an athwartships forward berth and head in that hull's forepeak, and two cabins in the port hull. The builder also offered three-, four-, and five-cabin arrangements from new, with a mini-cabin or workshop possible far forward in the port hull, and up to six cabins and six heads. A forward cockpit with watertight saloon door and an overhead skylight saloon are present across versions; the 50L adds the flybridge lounge via stairs from the aft cockpit.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Commonly fitted items on the used market include air conditioning, electric winches, inverter, cockpit shower, solar, and a chartplotter. Often-seen additions are a hardtop, watermaker, autopilot, bimini, and freezer. Less commonly seen, typically as owner upgrades, are lithium batteries, a furling main, swim platform, dinghy davits, hot water, washing machine, AIS, and life raft. From the reviewed boat, the equipment included a square-top main from Ullman Sails, a short bowsprit for Code 0 and asymmetric spinnaker, a Kenyon grill in the aft cockpit console, a Northern Lights 9kW genset, and a hydraulic transom platform carrying a 10ft tender. Exterior options included the lifting platform or traditional davits.
What to Inspect
The one documented operational caveat is helm visibility: good forward and to starboard but iffy to port, so verify sightlines and any added mirrors or lookout positions. Otherwise the known construction details are reassuring — keels are filled with closed-cell poly foam to prevent water ingress, hatches are flush with deep gutters for runoff, and engines are reached through twin cockpit hatches without lifting a berth. Check those hatches and the balsa-cored hull for charter wear, but no systemic defects are recorded in the source material.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets for used Leopard 50s are the Virgin Islands, British; United States; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Seychelles; and Bahamas. For a buyer, the practical checklist is short: confirm the variant (50L lounge vs 50P performance), verify port-side helm visibility, inspect keel foam and hatch gutters, and confirm engine access via cockpit hatches. Expect ex-charter four-cabins to dominate, with flybridge and up-to-six-cabin versions rarer.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Leopard 50. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 17 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25 | 4 | $ 1,049,500 | — |
| Feb 25 | 4 | $ 1,024,000 | -2.4% |
| Mar 25 | 1 | $ 1,199,000 | +17.1% |
| Apr 25 | 2 | $ 1,040,802 | -13.2% |
| May 25 | 2 | $ 1,417,796 | +36.2% |
| Jun 25 | 7 | $ 725,000 | -48.9% |
| Jul 25 | 4 | $ 1,097,194 | +51.3% |
| Sep 25 | 45 | $ 749,000 | -31.7% |
| Oct 25 | 9 | $ 729,000 | -2.7% |
| Nov 25 | 1 | $ 659,000 | -9.6% |
| Jan 26 | 9 | $ 629,000 | -4.6% |
| Feb 26 | 17 | $ 684,349 | +8.8% |
| Mar 26 | 11 | $ 629,000 | -8.1% |
| Apr 26 | 86 | $ 649,000 | +3.2% |
| May 26 | 44 | $ 649,000 | 0.0% |
| Jun 26 | 26 | $ 649,000 | 0.0% |
| Jul 26 | 3 | $ 971,113 | +49.6% |
Where they're listed
Leopard 50 listings appear across 20 countries. British Virgin Islands has the most listings with 64 (29.6%), followed by Saint Lucia and United States.
Country view
216 listings · 20 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Virgin Islands | $ 649,000 | 64 | 13 | 29.6% |
| Saint Lucia | $ 629,000 | 40 | 15 | 18.5% |
| United States | $ 899,000 | 37 | 21 | 17.1% |
| Saint Martin | $ 629,000 | 19 | 5 | 8.8% |
| Seychelles | $ 684,349 | 14 | 5 | 6.5% |
| Bahamas | $ 649,000 | 11 | 6 | 5.1% |
| Greece | $ 1,089,733 | 5 | 3 | 2.3% |
| French Polynesia | $ 649,000 | 5 | 5 | 2.3% |
| China | $ 1,190,000 | 3 | 3 | 1.4% |
| Croatia | $ 782,603 | 3 | 0 | 1.4% |
| Thailand | $ 1,600,000 | 3 | 1 | 1.4% |
| Belize | $ 817,000 | 2 | 0 | 0.9% |
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