Lagoon 51 Review & Ideas

New Lagoon 51 Participate in the Dave Score: https://forms.office.com/r/Q9vPnqC6d0 Welcome back to Naval Gazing at Camp David, the channel where men who want to do a post retirement circumnavigation try to convince their beautiful, but sceptical, wives that this is a fantastic idea. This week’s guest yacht is from the most popular catamaran brand in the world and delivers a level of space, luxury and usability that Sylvia will certainly appreciate. The New Lagoon 51! Today we are going to 1. Review its specifications, pricing and layout against three similar new vessels 2. Do a full tour asking, “What would Sylvia say?” 3. Naval Gaze at an innovation and/or adjustment that might make life aboard easier (Hint...privacy at the touch of a button, some things shouldn’t change and some things should) 4. Have a look at the used market for 3-5 year old comparables (This is a BIG field) 5. And finally give it a “Dave Score” and compare the result with all our previously reviewed yachts. (This gets harder as I am assimilated into sailing culture) As always, we have a wine pairing with our yacht of choice and this week we head across to the west coast of France and Lagoon’s HQ, Bordeaux, where we find Chateau Le Puy Emilien Bordeaux: Le Puy has a family legacy of wine-growing since 1610. Fifteen Amoreau generations have cultivated the land without ever using an artificial product. This non-filtered wine is produced from vines planted with 85% merlot, 7% cabernet sauvignon, 6% cabernet franc, 1% malbec and 1% carmenere. Emilien is obtained by a 2-year decantation in foudres and used barrels. A Foudre is a generic French wine term used to describe a large wooden vat, which is between 20-120 hectolitres in size (e.g. 1 hectolitre = 100 litres). Since we have sailing, wine, and creative naval gazing, I felt it only appropriate to add a glimpse into the art of the region from which our guest yachts come, so stay with me to the end for a cultural cherry on top of our adventure today. Innovation Corner • Lagoon 51 Web page: https://www.cata-lagoon.com/en/51 • Athwartship with walk around: • Front cockpit access: • controlling blinds https://www.dometic.com/en-gb/outdoor/uk/products/climate/blinds/electric-blinds-guide Comparison: https://1drv.ms/p/s!Aj8F6UDGbsSkmdxVzbfPLuPZGJ-R8g?e=fD5SpH Wine: https://www.chateau-le-puy.com/en/nos-vins/emilien/ Sail away Lagoon 51 ~ $1,100,000 USD https://www.odilon-redon.org/?ps=96 BERTRAND-JEAN REDON (April 20, 1840 - July 6, 1916) Bertrand-Jean Redon better known as Odilon Redon (April 20, 1840 - July 6, 1916) was a Symbolist painter and printmaker, born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Odilon was a nickname derived from his mother, Odile. Redon started drawing as a young child, and at the age of 10 he was awarded a drawing prize at school. At age 15, he began formal study in drawing but on the insistence of his father he switched to architecture. His failure to pass the entrance exams at Paris' Ecole des Beaux-Arts ended any plans for a career as an architect, although he would later study there under Jean-Leon Gerome. https://www.wikiart.org/en/odilon-redon/flower-clouds-1903 Flower Clouds Odilon Redon Date: 1903 Style: Symbolism Genre: cloudscape Media: pastel, paper Location: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US Another opinion: https://youtu.be/jPrxaPueQhU