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Introducing: The Lagoon Mailing List

on July 22, 2006 3:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBacks (0)

Over the four years that I've kept this weblog about Te Moana, our Lagoon 380, one of the most satisfying aspects has been the contact with other owners and sailors of Lagoon Catamarans. And occasionally, I have been asked for contacts with others.

So we're setting up a mailing list to allow a convenient exchange of ideas,tips and tricks between Lagooners and perhaps even facilitate meeting up in person or by boat. It will be a "by invitation only" list to stop spammers, but if you have a legitimate interest in Lagoons, simply let us know and I'll subscribe you to the list.

For those in Australia, Joy and I are hoping to meet some of you in person during the Sydney Boat Show (August 3-8 2006).

So if you'd like to join the list or are interested in meeting up during the Sydney Boat Show, drop me a line, leave a comment below or even give me a call!

Marius Coomans
marius at coomans dot net
+61 411 248 617

8 Comments

By Henry Meilman on July 24, 2006 11:49 AM

Please add me to your list. We have ordered hull #419 and are expecting delivery in t0he spring. Prior boats include a Seawind 100 and F-27. Thanks. Henry

By alan glover on August 15, 2006 8:58 AM

Manaia Moana is happy to join the list,
Regards, Alan Glover.

By alan glover on August 15, 2006 9:01 AM

Hi,
Please add us to the list.
Regards, Alan

By Mike and Carol Glover on August 25, 2006 9:57 AM

Please add us to your mailing list. Our 380, Lucy is due to be completed in December. Then she will be delivered to the BVI for the winter. After that, who knows. We don't have a web site/blog yet, but we are working on it.

Mike and Carol

By Keith Harris on November 2, 2006 6:43 AM

I've just purchased a Lagoon 380 this week. Please add me to your list.

Thanks

By Angela Hayashi on November 14, 2006 10:49 PM

Just crewed for 3 months on a Lagoon from Cook Islands-Niue-Tonga-NZ. Best skipper, best voyage, BEST vessel! Please add me to list.

By Erno and Frieda Straatmann on November 29, 2006 8:55 PM

Please add us to your list.
We purchased a Lagoon 440 hull 122 name TARA in juni 2006 in the Netherlands, and are planning for leaving in juli 2007.
A few years in de mediteranee en later for a round world trip.

Best Regards

Erno Straatmann

By mike golan

on May 16, 2009 3:28 PM

Hello
I am thinking of purchasing a 2002 Lagoon 380 soooooooon. Please add me to your list

All the best
Mike Golan

Impressed

Marius Coomans

on July 4, 2006 4:59 PM

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!

3 Comments

By yvonne Kooij on July 4, 2006 6:38 PM

oh oh

By Michael on July 19, 2006 3:53 AM

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

By Marius

on July 19, 2006 10:50 AM

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?

Southport to Sydney in a Lagoon 380 S2