Maple Leaf 45 Buyer's Guide
The Maple Leaf 45 is a Stan Huntingford-designed Canadian cruiser built by Cooper Enterprises of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia from 1985 until the yard closed in 1990. On the brokerage market she appears as a 45-foot monohull with a mid-cockpit wheel, a masthead sloop rig, and a three-cabin interior — a boat conceived for living aboard and coastal or offshore passage-making rather than weekend racing.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every example shares the same core accommodation: sleeping space for seven in a bow "V"-berth, a main cabin with straight settee and drop-down dinette, and an aft double. The U-shaped galley to port just forward of the companionway faces a starboard navigation station, and two heads — one aft of the bow cabin, one in the aft cabin — serve the layout. With 175 gallons of water and 125 gallons of fuel, the systems envelope supports distance cruising. The 52 hp diesel is an auxiliary for docking and manoeuvring, not a primary propulsion source.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats offered will already carry the kit expected of a modern voyager. Power and energy systems commonly include solar, lithium batteries, an inverter, and a bow thruster, with electric winches frequent on the deck. Navigation and safety are usually covered by a chartplotter, autopilot, AIS, radar, EPIRB, and life raft. Comfort and sail-handling clusters bring a bimini, dodger, hardtop, furling main, watermaker, hot water, and freezer, while dinghy davits, swim platform, and cockpit shower round out the stern. A buyer need not budget for a baseline refit but should verify the age and condition of lithium and inverter installations.
What to Inspect
The deck is balsa-cored and the hull foam-cored, so any sandwich integrity on the deck deserves close survey attention for soft spots or ingress. The 52 hp diesel is fitted for docking and manoeuvring, and its service history should be reviewed as an auxiliary rather than a continuous-duty unit.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Maple Leaf 45 is typically found in Mexico. For a shopper, the practical checklist is brief: confirm balsa-cored deck condition, review the diesel's auxiliary-use history, and verify that the commonly fitted lithium and inverter suite is sound. She is a roomy, purpose-built cruiser whose principal limitation is a closed builder and a cored deck that rewards careful inspection.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Maple Leaf 45. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 2 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26 | 2 | $135,000 | — |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $135,000 | 0.0% |
Where they're listed
Maple Leaf 45 listings appear across 1 country. Mexico has the most listings with 2.
Country view
2 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | $135,000 | 2 | 1 | 100.0% |
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| Maple Leaf 45You are here | — | $ 135,000 | 3 | 1 |