Joy and I were at the Sanctuary Cove boat show yesterday. We've been meaning to come here for quite a few years but there always seemed to be a reason why we couldn't make it. Anyway, we made it this year and Vicsail/Beneteau had a surprise for us, they had a brand spanking new Lagoon 380 S2 on the marina. Drool...
Some think the Lagoons are not the prettiest catamarans around. A good friend of ours (hi Doug) compared it to a Russian Submarine. I think he's only partially right. Its vertical windows make it look less streamlined than most other cats, but they are wonderfully practical and it is a great boat either for just a weekend with friends or to live aboard for an extended period. Anyway, the new series two Lagoon 380 has been fine-tuned to make it even better. For example the large hull windows make it lighter inside the hulls.
The extra winch and more instrument space at the helm station were needed. They look like an afterthought, but prove a practical solution. Overall we were greatly impressed by the boat. Joy and I love our Lagoon 380. It suits our lifestyle and our kind of leisurely cruising (and my 1.94m height). Perhaps we should ask Brendan for a trade-in price on the S2...
Dat is nou precies waarom je niet naar een beurs moet gaan, of het nu om boten, auto's, motoren, camera's of wat dan ook gaat.
Je komt er altijd kwijlend vandaan en hebt ook altijd alle argumenten klaar, waarom je die eigenlijk echt die nieuwe moet hebben.
Succes!
Een van de bekendste argumenten, wat ik nu heb is al verouderd en de ander is veel veiliger, sneller, leuker en noem maar op.
We kunnen daar dan ook wat langer plezier van hebben.
Oh, mannen met hun speeltjes, soms lukt het en soms niet.
`hoe ouder de man, hoe duurder zijn speeltjes`
For those handicapped in the art of the language of the lowlands, the preceding comments from those who think they know me, are daring me to trade-in the good ship Te Moana on a newer model. Clearly they think it is as easy to swap a boat as a "stink bike" or BMW motor carriage. Little do they know of the relationship between a boat and those who sail in her. Landlubbers...
here is a landlubber, you forgot to say the Opel. But I must also say that we both have a license to sail. In Holland it's necessary. So we are not realy landlubbers. And it's not only easy to swap a boat but for me also de BMW, because it's a kind of rollator. I think we have told you the story, so...
Hi there, i like the Big Windows of the 380S2, but i would rather have a 380in OZ, than an 380S2 in the Ijsselmeer Holland :-)
By the way, great website !
Check out our 380S2 Pics at
www.linocat.de
Michael!!
What a great series of photographs. I am jealous of everything but the frost on deck. I hope you'll keep up the site and let us know how you go. Will you keep her in "het ijselmeer"? I was born in Holland but never sailed there...