Lagoon

LAGOON, BUILDING TO EXACTING STANDARDS

The shipyards in France’s Vendée Region and in Bordeaux hold ISO 9001 quality standard certification. With proven production methods, managed costs, and certified quality, Lagoon’s expertise marries attention to detail, creativity, and rigorous industrial precision.

This quality is the result of a healthy competition and a culture of sharing, where innovative ideas rebound between the women and men who design and build Lagoon catamarans. “We have the same understanding of what we want to obtain,” states Marc Van Peteghem. “We start from an overall plan, which will be reinterpreted in a different way, and together, the shipyard and the designers at Nauta, we debate, we have fun!” At Lagoon, it is dialogue that contributes to improving the construction process and stimulates innovation.

Because of these exchanges, the nacelle features a “seagull’s wing” profile, for smoother passage through the water, the hulls are created using infusion technology, allowing for an adjusted amount of resin and facilitating the use of balsa sandwich construction, windows in the hull are generalized, etc. As Marc van Peteghem has reminded us, on a boat, each element is tied to the next by an invisible thread, a logic that unifies the whole.

To describe handling a Lagoon, just two words come to mind: simplicity and reliability. Beneath each hull, there is no centerboard – too fragile and complicated to use – but instead, a robust fin keel, efficient under sail and useful for protecting the hulls and rudders. The helm station (from which the mainsail is also adjusted), is offset from the wide cockpit, which is dedicated to relaxing and entertaining, while remaining accessible. The dynamic among the Lagoon crew leads to bold evolutions, such as the creation of a true forward cockpit. In short, each day is an adventure, and we promise even more wonderful surprises.