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

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offshoot of

Jeanneau Jeanneau is a French boatyard in Les Herbiers, in the Vendée département, which has produced yachts since 1957. It was founded by Henri Jeanneau, a hardware store owner, who began by producing power boats. Jeanneau specializes in monohulls, ...

, 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. Lagoon, the world's largest multihull builder with 5800 catamarans produced since 1984, specialises in modern sailing

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s that are suitable for both coastal and offshore sailing. Most models are available in a

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version and an owner's version. The designers,

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and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost at

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, claim to be very responsive to customer feedback, which enables the models to evolve over time. Lagoon catamarans have been well-received, and the Lagoon 380 has been their most successful model. Lagoon have also produced some power catamarans, including the Lagoon Power 43 and Lagoon Power 44. Lagoon boats smaller than are built at

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and launched at

Les Sables-d'Olonne Les Sables-d'Olonne (; French meaning: "The Sands of Olonne"; Poitevin: ''Lés Sablles d'Oloune'') is a seaside town in Western France, on the Atlantic Ocean. A subprefecture of the department of Vendée, Pays de la Loire, it has the administ ...

in Vendée. Boats over 50 feet long are built at the CNB shipyard in Bordeaux.

Models

Lagoon catamaran models include: *

Lagoon 37 The Lagoon 37 is a French catamaran sailboat that was designed by Van Peteghem/Lauriot-Prevost as a cruiser and first built in 1991. Production The design was initially built by Jeanneau in France, through a new division, Lagoon catamaran, wh ...

(1991) *

Lagoon 35 The Lagoon 35, also called the Lagoon 35CCC (Coastal Cruising Catamaran), is a French catamaran sailboat that was designed by Americans Morrelli and Melvin as a cruiser and first built in 1995. Production The design was built by Jeanneau's La ...

* Lagoon 380 (1999-2019) * Lagoon 39 (2013) * Lagoon 400 (2009) * Lagoon 40 *

Lagoon 410 The Lagoon 410 is a French sailboat that was designed by Van Peteghem/Lauriot-Prevost as a cruiser and first built in 1997. The boat replaced the 1994 Lagoon 42 in the company product line and the original 410 was replaced by an updated vers ...

(1997) * Lagoon 42 TPI * Lagoon 42 (2016) * 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) *

Lagoon 470 The Lagoon 470 is a French catamaran sailboat that was designed by Van Peteghem/Lauriot-Prevost as a cruiser and yacht charter boat and first built in 1998. The boat replaced the Lagoon 47 in the company product line. Production The design ...

(1998) * Lagoon 500 (2005) * Lagoon 50 * Lagoon 51 (2022) * Lagoon 52F - Flybridge (2012) * Lagoon 52S - Sport (2012) * Lagoon 55 (1987) * Lagoon 55 (2021) * Lagoon 560 (2010) * Lagoon 57 * 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 2023 are highlighted in bold.) Since the Lagoon 39 and 52 in 2012, the

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of all Lagoon catamarans does not rest on the partition wall but is located further

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, in order to increase the size and ease-of-use of the self-tacking jib hence improving the mainsail/headsail arrangement and overall performance.Multihull Designer - Vincent Lauriot-Prévost
/ref> Lagoon boats are made of balsa wood core sandwiched between fiberglass layers which are vacuum infusion molded. Cabinetry is made of

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External links

Lagoon website

Lagoon history

References

{{Jeanneau Lagoon Catamaran

Models

See also

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