Sunday, July 22, 2012


Leopard 39

source: http://www.leopardcatamarans.com/LeopardCatamarans/YachtsForSale/Leopard39.aspx


Building on the success of the multiple award winning Leopard 38 (2010 Boat of the Year, 2010 Best Boat, and 2010 Best Production Multihull), Leopard Catamarans is proud to introduce the new Leopard 39.
With the hulls and deck coming out of the same molds as the Leopard 38, the major modifications on the Leopard 39 are a new continuous hardtop as well as a raised helm station covered by a hard bimini. A design feature first found on the popular Leopard 46.

Like her predecessor Leopard 38, the Leopard 39 features 2 guest cabins to port with the starboard hull entirely dedicated to the owners as a luxurious and spacious owners’ suite. She is focused on performance, comfort and offers an abundance of outdoor space. With her generous sail plan and hull design the Leopard 39 offers high performance yet is highly practical and easy-to-use. Her large extended cockpit hardtop provides excellent shade and weather protection and a powerboat-style stepped transom enables easier boarding. The vertical front windscreens give superb panoramic visibility, more effective use of interior volume as well as sun protection. Environmental considerations were also central to the design, with solar panels installed as standard on the helm hardtop to charge the onboard batteries.

Cabins3 or 4
Heads2
L.O.A.37 Ft. 6 In.
L.W.L.36 Ft.
Beam19 Ft. 9 In.
Draft3 Ft. 5 In.
2 x Diesel2 x 21 HP each
Fuel92 Gal.
Water206 Gal.
Berths6 + 2
Heads 2
Showers3  

Friday, May 4, 2012

Watching Youtube

Have you ever watched  videos on Youtube? Well, there are a ton of sailing videos. You can watch all sorts of stuff on Youtube, there's something for everyone. We started watching sailing videos, some with music looped in, some with really bad weather, and some with people you don't really want to see in a swimsuit. It really gives you a good idea of what it could be like out there. I imagine pretty waters, gorgeous beaches and a an endless sunset. But I am sure you take the good with the bad too. Modern day pirates, sharks, shipwrecking storms and being stranded in your life raft. Scary stuff right? You just have to plan it out better I say. Avoid the bad ports, watch the weather like a hawk, and be careful not to swim where there is really scary stuff. Easy enough? Right???

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Introduction

It all began with “Hey I think we can retire in 5 years by moving to a 3rd world country” says my husband Brad of a little over three years. You see Brad is a numbers guy, he always has been. He continues on with “If I can stay in the oil field and save up, I think we can do it. Not lavishly, but we could do it and with the rental income from the duplex.” I said great! Lets do it! I will need to pay off my student loans and save up as well.  As we further researched and discused, we determined that we could retire even beter by living on a boat.  You see, Brad and I prefer not to work. Who really wants to work? You are working to live, not living to work. Unless you are one of the lucky few that love their job and love to work.. good for you! All your life you told to go get a good job and you have to have certain of things in your life; marry somebody, have a nice car, a nice house and kids. What if you don't want some of that? What do you do then? Find a way to escape the rat race and so that is what we seek. However, I am thirty-one and Brad is thirty-four. Right at the age when everyone has kids. We were at a crossroads, getting older, set in our ways and most importantly seeking freedom from everything. Everywhere you go there are screaming kids. This is not very appealing to us. I guess we prefer to take our chances with the ocean then with a screaming kid. And so our journey begins.