''ICAP Leopard 3'' is a 30-metre

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owned and skippered by

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plc CEO Michael Slade, who has owned maxi yachts for over 22 years. She features a canting keel, water ballast and twin daggerboards amidships. ''ICAP Leopard 3'' holds several records for powered sailing monohulls (WSSRC rule 21c), including the transatlantic passage from Ambrose Light to Lizard Point in 2008 and

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in 2013 (all surpassed by records for manual power monohulls set by other vessels in compliance with WSSRC rule 21b). She won

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in the

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in 2009 and the

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in 2009 and 2011. The yacht's

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is Southampton, and she is available for charter for races, cruises and corporate events, mainly in the English Channel.

Technical specifications

Source: *Year of launch: 2007 *Yacht designer:

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*Builder: McConaghy Boats, Australia *Port of registry: London, UK *Length overall: 30.00 m *Load waterline length: 29.75 m *Beam: 6.80 m *Draught: 5.50 m *

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: 42 T *Hull construction: aramid foam core/prepreg carbonfiber sandwich *Spars: carbonfiber by Southern Spars *Ballast: 45° canting bulb with Central Coast Hydraulics ram and 6,000 L aft water ballast tank *

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: Doyle Sails inventory *Upwind sail area: 843 m² *Downwind sail area: 1,604 m² *Propulsion: 230 hp

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References

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