2025Leopard
Accommodations
Yacht specifications
Amenities & water toys
- VCR/DVD
- Salon Stereo
- iPod/MP3
- CDs
- Board Games
- Sun Awning
- Bimini
- Hatches
- BBQ
- Deck Shower
- Hair Dryer
- Ice Maker
- Generator
- Inverter
- Smoking Allowed: Yes, on the sugar scoops
- Dining
- Internet/WiFi: Onboard WIFI
- Air conditioning: Full
- Watermaker
- Dinghy: size: 13', paxes: 10, engine: 25hp
- Tube
- Floating Mats
- Stand-up Paddle Boards (2)
- Snorkel Gear
- Sea Scooters
- Swim Platform
- Boarding Ladder
- Fishing Gear: type: Trolling Rods, rods: 2, permit: Yes
- Captain is not a certified sailing instructor but is happy to teach guests the basics of sailing. Tube Floating mat 2 Stand-Up Paddle boards Selection of snorkeling gear for all guests 2 Sea scooters 2 Fishing rods, basic lures and tackle Noodles Board Games
Crew information
Captain: Gino Barale Crew: Nikita Du preez MEET YOUR CREW CAPTAIN: Gino Barale CHEF/FIRST MATE: Nikita Du Preez Gino grew up in the bush, travelling across Southern Africa with his parents. Any chance they got they were out camping in remote locations, which is where his great sense of adventure came about. Gino was introduced to sailing through his father, which is where he began to compete in multiple races, working his way up from crew to skippering his own boat. After 3 years of racing keelboats, Gino found himself in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean enroute to Rio De Janeiro competing in the Cape 2 Rio Ocean race. This ended up being a 3-month journey, sailing from island to island in Brazil once they got there before starting the passage back home to Cape Town, South Africa. Nikita found her love for cooking at a young age in the kitchen with her dad where he taught her all the tips and tricks to cooking a delicious meal. With time, this slowly ended up becoming weekly competitions in the house in who created the better dish. Nikita decided from the get-go she would not be spending her life in an office but rather exploring the world. After discovering the beauty of sailing and life on the water, Nikita quickly booked her course to become a stewardess and culinary courses to increase her culinary skills, which led her to working as a sole chef/stew in Cape Town, South Africa on a super yacht. This is where both her passion for the sea and cooking aligned and she knew her career choice was right. Gino and Nikita, being friends since high school and having created endless adventures, memories, and stories together, decided to join forces and run sailing charters out of Cape Town. Realizing how well they work together they made their way to the Virgin Islands 2 years ago for another adventure together. Captain: Gino Barale Chef/first Mate: Nikita Du preez
Available destinations
Summer: Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)
Summary
CHANGES IN LATITUDES is listed as a 2025 Leopard sailing catamaran, 50 feet overall. It is offered as a crewed charter in the Caribbean Virgin Islands, giving the listing a regional focus that includes the BVI and U.S. Virgin Islands.
The listing accommodates eight guests in four queen cabins, each with an en-suite bath, electric toilet, and stall shower. It separately lists a two-person crew, identified as a captain and chef/first mate.
The salon has a lounge, galley, navigation station, and formal dining area, with doors opening to the front cockpit and aft deck. Full air conditioning, onboard Wi-Fi, and a flybridge with seating, table, sunbed, and sun awning add indoor and outdoor living spaces; the crew roster includes a chef/first mate with a culinary role.
Water access includes a swim platform, boarding ladder, and 13-foot dinghy with a 25-horsepower engine and listed capacity for 10. Toys include a tube, floating mats, two stand-up paddleboards, snorkel gear, two sea scooters, and two trolling rods; summer operations are listed in the BVI and U.S. Virgin Islands.
