What are some of the trends you’re seeing right now?
Catamarans are more and more “open.” They feature larger windows in the main salon and cabins, wider door assemblies, and multiple points of access in and out of the boat. Regarding equipment and OEM, batteries in general are changing the way boats are being used, either for the service batteries and minimizing or eradicating the use of a genset, or for propulsion of the boat itself. Leopard is fully involved in these new technologies, offering electric drives as an option and various lithium packages, along with advanced inverting and converting electrical systems. Solar energy technologies are also progressing fast, at a lower cost. We are also working on more efficient and economical systems, particularly the more energy-hungry ones, like air conditioning.
