Lagoon catamaran

Lagoon catamaran is a brand of twin-hulled boats that are designed and produced in Bordeaux, France. The company began in 1984 as a specialist multihull offshoot of Jeanneau, a volume monohull constructor. Jeanneau was subsequently purchased in 1995 by Beneteau, another French manufacturer whose output is one of the highest in the world.^[1]

Lagoon, the world's largest multihull builder with 5800 catamarans produced since 1984,^[2] specialises in modern sailing catamarans that are suitable for both coastal and offshore sailing. Most models are available in a charter version and an owner's version.^[3] The designers, Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost at VPLP design, claim to be very responsive to customer feedback, which enables the models to evolve over time.

Lagoon catamarans have been well-received,^[4][5][6][7] and the Lagoon 380 has been their most successful model. Lagoon have also produce some power catamarans, including the Lagoon Power 43 and Lagoon Power 44.

Lagoon boats smaller than 50 feet are built at Belleville-sur-Vie and launched at Les Sables-d'Olonne in Vendée. Boats over 50 feet long are built at the CNB shipyard in Bordeaux.

Models

Lagoon 560

Lagoon 77

Lagoon catamaran models include:

• Lagoon 37 (1991)^[8]
• Lagoon 380 (1999-2019)^[9][10]
• Lagoon 39 (2013)
• Lagoon 400 (2009)
• Lagoon 40
• Lagoon 410 (1997)^[11]
• Lagoon 42 TPI
• Lagoon 42 (2016)^[12]
• Lagoon 420 (2006)
• Lagoon Power 43
• Lagoon Power 44
• Lagoon 440 (2004)
• Lagoon 450F - Flybridge (2010)
• Lagoon 450S - Sport (2010)
• Lagoon 46 (2018)
• Lagoon 47 (1992)^[13]
• Lagoon 470 (1998)^[14]
• Lagoon 500 (2005)
• Lagoon 50
• Lagoon 52F - Flybridge (2012)
• Lagoon 52S - Sport (2012)
• Lagoon 55 (1987)
• Lagoon 55 (2021)
• Lagoon 560 (2010)
• Lagoon 57^[15]
• Lagoon 570 (2000)
• Lagoon 620 (2009)
• Lagoon 630 MY (2014) (motor yacht)
• Lagoon 65 (2020)
• Lagoon 67 (motor yacht)
• Lagoon 77 (2017)
• Lagoon 78 (motor yacht)

(Models in production in 2021 are highlighted in bold.)

Since the Lagoon 39 and 52 in 2012, the mast of all Lagoon catamarans does not rest on the partition wall but is located further aft, in order to increase the size and ease-of-use of the self-tacking jib hence improving the mainsail/headsail arrangement and overall performance.^[16]

Lagoon boats are made of balsa wood core sandwiched between fiberglass layers which are vacuum infusion molded. Cabinetry is made of plywood.

See also

• List of multihulls
• Boat building
• Multihull terminology

External links

• Lagoon website
• Lagoon history

References

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