Lagoon 46 Catamaran Review
Welcome back to Naval Gazing at Camp David.
This week's guest yacht is arguably the most popular model of the builders line, and, over the years, perhapse the most popular unit in this size segent of all time.
The Lagoon 46!
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
4. Have a look at the used market for 3-5 year old comparables
5. And finally give it a "Dave Score" and compare the result with all our previously reviewed yachts.
All this fun will be sandwiched between a wine pairing from the same region as the guest yacht and a look at a favorite sample of art from the same region. Yachts, waves, ideas, wine and art…what a civilized way to spend 30 minutes, so let's get going…
Starting high above Vancouver Canada, we fly West across the Atlantic to France's western shore and the home of our last tour, the Fountaine Pajot Astrea 42, near La Rochell
From here we head South to the yards of Lagoon catamarans and the Lagoon 46.
Finally we fly just a little inland to this weeks wine pairing at Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, just five kilometers away from the historic village of Saint-Emilion.
Our wine is Vieux Chateau Des Combes, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Red Blend 2017.
Perched on one of the many hills that make up the Bordeaux winegrowing landscape, this medieval town needs no introduction. Its winegrowing landscapes were the first in the world to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its prestigious appellation areas cover 7,500 hectares (18,530 acres) of very different soil types and terroirs.
The diversity and abundance of its wines make up an infinitely nuanced picture that is one of the main masterpieces of a region that has so many great vineyards.
Saint-Émilion, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, Lussac Saint-Émilion and Puisseguin Saint-Émilion. Four AOCs and so many words that describe the delight of the senses, unique circumstances and the sharing that are unforgettable memories for so many people.
Vieux Chateaux des Combes is located in Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, just five kilometers away from the historic village of Saint-Emilion. Its name suggests some wine was produced here in the 17th century when the Benedictine abbey was built and vines were planted, scattered around the buildings, growing on little hills and valleys, known as combes.
Wine: vins-saint-emilion.com/en/our...
Innovation Corner
• Lagoon 46 Catamaran Web page: www.cata-lagoon.com/en/46
• Invisible solar systems with pigmented front sheet - customizable.
The iSP series uses a patented technology to pigment the panel's frontsheet.
With little power loss, this allows to hide the cells and create solar systems looking like teak decks, company logos or textile surfaces.
Surface Mounting
For an invisible electrical connection, two silicon-insulated cables and a plastic cable gland are placed on the rear of the panel, clearly showing the electrical polarity and ensuring good contact. An alternative to the Junction Box, particularly suitable for the structural integration with adhesive.
Sail away Lagoon 46 ~ $1,256,514 USD
Art Stop: Albert Marquet : LE HAVRE, THE OUTER HARBOR AT SUNSET.
1882 Media : Oil On Canvas
Style: Post-Impressionism
Eugène Louis Boudin (French: [budɛ̃]; 12 July 1824 - 8 August 1898) was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors. Boudin was a marine painter, and expert in the rendering of all that goes upon the sea and along its shores.
Born at Honfleur, Boudin was the son of a harbor pilot, and at age 10 the young boy worked on a steamboat that ran between Le Havre and Honfleur. In 1835 the family moved to Le Havre, where Boudin's father opened a store for stationery and picture frames. Here the young Eugene worked, later opening his own small shop. Boudin's father had thus abandoned seafaring, and his son gave it up too, having no real vocation for it, though he preserved to his last days much of a sailor's character: frankness, accessibility, and open-heartedness.
In 1857/58 Boudin befriended the young Claude Monet, then only 18, and persuaded him to give up his teenage caricature drawings and to become a landscape painter, helping to instil in him a love of bright hues and the play of light on water later evident in Monet's Impressionist paintings. The two remained lifelong friends and Monet later paid tribute to Boudin's early influence. Boudin joined Monet and his young friends in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1873, but never considered himself a radical or innovator.
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