Jeanneau Leader 12.5 WA
Performance is at the heart of the Leader 12.5 WA, the flagship of the range, but it’s the innovative comfort and smart layout that truly set it apart. Featuring a sleek full windscreen for enhanced protection and style, this versatile day cruiser adapts effortlessly to your lifestyle with customizable options inside and out. From spacious sundecks and clever interior cabins to advanced stabilization, the Leader 12.5 offers a luxurious, all-around boating experience for both lively outings and relaxing family getaways.
Jeff Brown Yachts proudly represents Jeanneau from our offices in Wrightsville Beach and Charleston.
Enhanced Comfort with the Full Windscreen Design
Jeanneau introduces the newest Leader 12.5 WA featuring a full windscreen, designed to combine high-speed cruising with exceptional protection from wind and harsh weather. This model delivers enhanced comfort on board along with a sleek, sporty look. The tinted glass windscreen, framed with stylish black trim, adds a bold and distinctive touch to its design.
A Luxurious Adaptable Day Cruiser
Spacious and thoughtfully designed, the Leader 12.5 seamlessly adapts to your lifestyle with versatile interior and exterior features, including a configurable galley, air conditioning, and sun protection options like a remote-controlled SureShade awning. Its clever layout maximizes every inch, offering comfortable overnight accommodations with flexible berths, a forward sundeck that doubles as a saloon, and an electric drop-down terrace for easy water access. Equipped with modern amenities and an optional gyroscopic stabilizer, this boat delivers exceptional comfort and functionality for both lively outings with friends and relaxing family vacations.
To explore the Jeanneau Leader 12.5 WA, contact Jeff Brown Yachts for a private viewing.
Features
The Leader 12.5 WA offers a seamless blend of luxury, comfort and performance.
New Windscreen Version
New for 2025, the Leader 12.5 WA now offers a full tinted-glass windscreen with black trim, delivering sleek style, sporty looks, and enhanced protection for comfortable high-speed cruising.
Ergonomic Helm Station
The raised helm provides 360° views behind a protective windscreen, with three high-back chairs and joystick-assisted hydraulic steering. The dash accommodates dual 16" Garmin displays for precise control at any speed.
Versatile Cockpit
A roomy L-shaped lounge with an aft seatback that folds aft to form a comfortable sun pad, and with a GRP table with removable legs.
Three-Person Loungers
The forward cockpit offers raised triple chaise lounge seating facing forward with additional bench seating in the bow. Options like a moveable table and filler cushion reimagine the forward cockpit as a private sun pad.
Owner's Cabin
Amidships owner’s cabin has a filler cushion to create a full-sized king bed. Overnights are made possible with a standard Panda diesel generator and air conditioning.
Galley & Convertible Salon
Forward the salon seating transforms to a king size bed with an optional divider curtain while the fully equipped galley is complete with a ceramic cooktop, fridge, optional microwave, plus storage.
Spacious Head
To starboard there is a spacious enclosed head and shower with port hole for ventilation.
Fold-Down Terrace
Engage a switch to reveal the electric drop-down terrace to port, increasing the entertaining space. There is also an optional removable swim ladder and lifelines for the terrace.
Shade for Days
An optional remote-controlled SureShade sun-awning is available along with a sunshade for the front cockpit giving you total protection from the sun.
Entertainment Island
Here you have a full cockpit galley with room for outdoor food prep including a working countertop with an electric grill, two sinks (optional or livewell), a 13-gallon fridge, and loads of storage for kitchenware. To adapt to your boating needs, there are options for a second 13-gallon fridge or an icemaker.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Standard Equipment
- SEANAPPS connected boat
- Self-draining cockpit
- Stainless steel stem fitting
- Self-draining anchor locker
- Electric windlass
- 2 Forward stainless steel mooring cleats
- 2 Aft stainless steel mooring cleats
- 2 Midship stainless steel mooring cleats
- Stainless steel pulpits
- Stainless steel handrails
- Hydraulic steering
- Power steering
- Navigation lights
- Manual and electrical bilge pumps
- Shore power + battery charger + plug in the cabin
- 12V Electrical domestic system & electrical engines system
- Fresh water system
- Cockpit shower
- Hot water deck shower
- Water heater
- Remote electric battery breakers in companion way
- Permanent bench on starboard side with XXL multipurpose storage locker with drain
- Aft bench folding backrest for sunpad
- Additional swimming platforms
- Folding swim ladder
- Electric lateral terrace
- Removable lifelines for lateral terrace
- Cockpit deck locker
- Cup holders
- Backrest for pilot and copilot
- Dashboard
- Tilt on steering wheel
- Leaning Post in Polyester with Cockpit Galley
- Sink
- Countertop
- Storage
- Leaning Post in Polyester with Cockpit Galley
- Fridge 80 L
- Stainless steel sink
- Gas burner
- Hull window with opening porthole and curtain
- Storage
- Saloon table
- 2 Single berths
- Privacy curtain between the front cabin and the galley
- Hull windows with opening portholes and curtains
- Opening deck hatch
- Storage
- Hangroom
- Bar
- Overhead lights
- Separation door for privacy
- Double bed
- Sofa
- Bedside table
- Reading lamps
- Closet
- Storage
- Vanity desk with mirror
- 2 Hull windows
- Opening portholes
- Hull window
- Opening porthole and curtain
- Sink and countertop
- Separated shower with seat
- Electric fresh water toilet with holding tank
- Storage with mirror
Our Proven Success
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