Leopard 50 Buyer's Guide
Shopping a used Leopard 50 on the brokerage market means looking at a 2019-onward Robertson & Caine catamaran built to replace the Leopard 48, with naval architecture by Simonis Voogd. New boats went both to private owners and into the Moorings and Sunsail charter programs badged as the Moorings 5000, so ex-charter examples are common. Two variants exist: the 50P performance model with a raised helm and solid Bimini, and the 50L lounge model with a flybridge. Knowing which version and layout a given boat carries matters more than any single option list.
Layouts on the Used Market
Charter four-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available. The standard four-cabin boat puts a large master suite aft in the starboard hull with its own companionway, a VIP forward in that hull, and two cabins with private heads in the port hull; a forward port cabin can be a workshop with stacked washer/dryer. Buyers will also see three-cabin-plus-utility and five-cabin versions, the latter dropping the owner's dressing area and adding a midships berth. The flybridge 50L gives a U-shaped couch, table, and tanning beds atop the cockpit Bimini reached from the starboard side deck, while the 50P keeps a lower profile. The forward cockpit with watertight door and the wide-opening saloon sliding doors are consistent across versions.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most used Leopard 50s will already carry air conditioning, electric winches, an inverter, cockpit shower, solar, and a chartplotter as commonly fitted gear. Often seen are watermakers, a hardtop, autopilot, bimini, and freezer. For buyer consequence, the power and energy cluster — air conditioning, inverter, solar, and a watermaker — determines off-grid range and summer comfort; a hardtop or bimini plus autopilot speaks to helm ergonomics on passage. Less common owner upgrades include lithium batteries, a furling main, and AIS, which together suggest a boat set up for silent anchoring and simpler short-handed sailing. A hydraulic swim platform or traditional davits were exterior options from new.
What to Inspect
The one documented handling caveat is helm visibility: from the wheel, sightlines are good forward and to starboard but iffy to port, so check the port-quarter sight picture and any added rear-view camera or lookout aids. Otherwise the structure itself — vacuum-bagged E-glass hulls with balsa core, carbon ring frames, and closed-cell foam-filled keels — should be surveyed for the usual catamaran concerns, with engine access via the twin cockpit hatches making routine checks straightforward.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats turn up across the Virgin Islands (British), United States, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Seychelles, and the Bahamas. For a shopper, the short checklist is: confirm 50P versus 50L and the cabin count you need; verify the genset and Yanmar saildrives through the cockpit hatches; test the port-side helm visibility in person; and decide whether the common air-con, inverter, and solar suite meets your cruising plans or whether a lithium and furling-main upgrade boat is worth the premium.
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 · 18 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 | $1,048,628 | -12.5% |
| May 25 | 2 | $1,430,353 | +36.4% |
| Jun 25 | 7 | $725,000 | -49.3% |
| Jul 25 | 4 | $1,107,249 | +52.7% |
| Sep 25 | 45 | $749,000 | -32.4% |
| Oct 25 | 9 | $729,000 | -2.7% |
| Nov 25 | 1 | $659,000 | -9.6% |
| Jan 26 | 8 | $629,000 | -4.6% |
| Feb 26 | 17 | $698,038 | +11.0% |
| Mar 26 | 11 | $629,000 | -9.9% |
| Apr 26 | 84 | $649,000 | +3.2% |
| May 26 | 44 | $649,000 | 0.0% |
| Jun 26 | 26 | $649,000 | 0.0% |
| Jul 26 | 6 | $674,731 | +4.0% |
| Aug 26 | 12 | $685,000 | +1.5% |
Where they're listed
Leopard 50 listings appear across 19 countries. British Virgin Islands has the most listings with 66 (29.2%), followed by Saint Lucia and United States.
Country view
226 listings · 19 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Virgin Islands | $649,000 | 66 | 3 | 29.2% |
| Saint Lucia | $629,000 | 43 | 7 | 19.0% |
| United States | $899,000 | 40 | 5 | 17.7% |
| Saint Martin | $629,000 | 19 | 1 | 8.4% |
| Seychelles | $698,038 | 14 | 3 | 6.2% |
| Bahamas | $649,000 | 11 | 1 | 4.9% |
| Greece | $980,220 | 9 | 6 | 4.0% |
| French Polynesia | $649,000 | 5 | 5 | 2.2% |
| China | $1,190,000 | 3 | 3 | 1.3% |
| Croatia | $798,257 | 3 | 0 | 1.3% |
| Belize | $817,000 | 2 | 0 | 0.9% |
| Spain | $875,000 | 2 | 0 | 0.9% |
Comparable models
Similar length, displacement, and era. Open a row to compare that model's market page.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertson and Caine 50You are here | — | $ 659,000 | 263 | 45 |
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| Performance Oceanis 50 | 49.54' | $ 181,032 | 147 | 27 |
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| FP Saba 50 | 49.15' | $ 795,000 | 123 | 37 |
| Lagoon 500 | 51' | $ 525,000 | 87 | 16 |
| Elan Impression 50 | 49.87' | $ 244,721 | 42 | 4 |
| Catana Catamarans 50 | 49.87' | $ 1,204,494 | 21 | 7 |
| St. Francis 50 | 50.03' | $ 767,000 | 14 | 7 |
| Dufour Atoll 50 | 50.03' | $ 135,931 | 6 | 5 |