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Bobby charters a 2022 Leopard 50 through Moorings out of Marigot on the French side of St. Martin, sailing with a four-person crew including Bob, a Dominican Republic–born real estate broker, and Amber, who flew in from London at minus-two degrees Celsius after quitting her job.Watch The first leg is a short downwind sail of under four miles to anchor at Grand Case.3:12 Bobby gives a detailed walkthrough of the Leopard 50: he praises the walk-through forward cockpit door, powered winches with foot controls, and the flybridge helm, but criticizes the Raymarine chartplotter (preferring B&G), the boom height at the flybridge, and the 120-gallon freshwater capacity split across two 60-gallon tanks — a constraint when running the watermaker and air conditioning simultaneously is not possible.5:45 He notes the Moorings–Leopard ownership connection traces to post-2017 hurricane fleet replacement.5:20 The crew dinghies ashore at Grand Case to the Rainbow Cafe beach club, then finds dinner among the French restaurants.11:16 Bobby flags dinghy theft risk on the French side of St. Martin as notably higher than on the Dutch side.12:36 A 9-hp motor on a 12-foot dinghy makes getting around slow.11:07

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