The delivery trip of the Lagoon 380 S2 went well. We arrived in Rushcutters Bay on Monday at 0800 after an uneventful trip down the coast. We were welcomed by a pod(?) of whales as we were coming into Sydney Harbour, but I failed to capture them with my camera.
It was terrific to sail with a couple of very experienced sailors, Caju Barbosa (arrived in Australia on a Lagoon 410, sailed single-handed from Brazil) and David Fourie (who is having a stopover in Australia on his way around the world in SV Thula Mama). Not only were they good sailors, but also good company - thanks guys.
So.... what do I think about the new 380? It's basically still the same boat but they've made lots of detailed changes which look to be in response to 380 owners.
My favourites are:
- The bench seat at the helm station.
- Moving the winch from the mast to the helm station, making it easier to control both main and jib sheets from there.
- The bow seats.
- The extra instrument space at the wheel (but why have two intrument panels there?).
- The even roomier shower.
Enough to be just a little jealous!
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The seats are sometimes a PITA, if you use a spinnaker for example. otherwise they are great.
I changed the instruments at the helm, so it is more "useful" :-)
Michael
Michael,
Good to hear from you! Did you change the instruments' position since delivery or did you mean that you changed them from the "standard factory set up". On our "S1" model the compass gets a lot of interference from the other instruments and is therefore pretty unreliable. That certainly looks to have been solved with the new panel. Pity it is so ugly... Where Linocat now? In the Med or still in Holland?