Review of Lagoon 380

Basic specs.

The Lagoon 380 is a catamaran designed by the French maritime architect bureau VPLP Design in the early 2000. Several hundred boats have been built. The Lagoon 380 is built by Lagoon.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. A hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 8 berths and 300 liters (79 US gallons, 65 imperial gallons) fresh water capacity.

Rig

Rig of Lagoon 380 anno 2007. Der er 6 stk af disse i DK, dybgangen er 1,15 m

The Lagoon 380 is built with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.

Keel

The Lagoon 380 has been built with different keel alternatives.

Unknown keel type

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.06 - 2.16 meter (6.76 - 7.06 ft) dependent on the load.

Bilge keel

The Lagoon 380 is built with a bilge keel. A bilge keel is a twin keel, which allows the boat to be beached. Bilge keels are the most popular keel for tidal waters.

Lagoon 380 can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.14 - 1.24 meter (3.74 - 4.04 ft) dependent on the load.

Engine

The fuel tank has a capacity of 200 liters (52 US gallons, 43 imperial gallons).

The boat may be equipped with dual inboard Yanmar diesel engines

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

EU classification

Lagoon 380 holds a CE certification:

The boat is by European Union certified as Class A. OCEAN:

Designed for extended voyages where conditions may exceed wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights of 4 m and above but excluding abnormal conditions, and vessels largely self-sufficient.

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Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Lagoon 380 is 1.77.

Compared with other similar sail catamarans it is more spacy than 82% of all other designs.

D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Lagoon 380 is 152 which categorizes this boat among 'light racers'.

34% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A heavy displacement combined with smaller water plane area has lower acceleration and is more comfortable.

Maintenance

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.