{"id":55797,"date":"2024-10-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/?p=55797"},"modified":"2024-10-02T13:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:07:20","slug":"lagoon-renovating-catamarans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/sailboats\/lagoon-renovating-catamarans\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagoon is Renovating Older Catamarans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Lagoon is launching a refit service with a manufacturer\u2019s warranty. <\/span>\n Courtesy Lagoon Neo<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

Lagoon Yachts has launched a program called Neo that\u2019s intended to help with environmental sustainability. The program will see Lagoon\u2019s team renovate older catamarans at the Groupe Beneteau shipyard to give them new life, and then offer them for sale with a manufacturer\u2019s warranty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first model to go through the Neo program is a Lagoon 620 from 2012. It\u2019s called Firefly<\/em>, and Lagoon repurchased it this past February. Its first dozen years on the water had been spent in private use and in charter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n Before and after on a Lagoon 620 under the Neo program.<\/span>\n Courtesy Lagoon Neo<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

Lagoon says the Neo process includes appraisal and evaluation of the individual boat, to establish the list of work to be accomplished; completion of that work with materials and software updates in a way that reflects today\u2019s standards and expectations; the same rigorous testing that new Lagoon builds go through; and repurposing of more than 70 percent of uninstalled equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLeaving the shipyard, the boat will be like new, with a manufacturer\u2019s warranty of two years,\u201d the company says. \u201cThree types of packs will be available, according to the level of refit desired by the customer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n The Lagoon 620 is the first model eligible for this program, but other models will soon be added to this new offer.<\/span>\n Courtesy Lagoon Neo<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

Those \u201cpacks\u201d include a premium version that includes a full structural audit, up-to-date electrical equipment including a Seanapps monitoring system, and an interior refresh with new or refurbished main equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lagoon says it will take about four to six months to pass each boat through the Neo program. The resulting manufacturer\u2019s warranty will be backed up by the company\u2019s international dealer network, with more than 230 service locations throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a look at how things turned out on the Lagoon 620 Firefly<\/em>, sailboat enthusiasts can attend the Occasions du Multicoque et du Refit Boat Show coming up in October in Canet-en-Roussillon, France. Firefly<\/em> is expected to be there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n The Lagoon 620 catamaran Firefly<\/i> was evaluated to establish the list of work to be completed. Materials and soft goods have been updated in this before\/after photo.<\/span>\n Courtesy Lagoon Neo<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

Is the Neo program part of Sailing for Change?<\/strong> Yes. Sailing for Change is a broader strategic project for the development of more sustainable cruising. It also includes certification of production facilities, innovation in the use of biosourced and recycled primary materials, research into alternative propulsion systems, environmentally responsible equipment, and partnerships with nonprofit organizations working to protect the marine ecosystem. Overall, Groupe Beneteau is aiming to reduce its carbon footprint by 30 percent by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where to learn more:<\/strong> go to catamarans-lagoon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The program is called Neo, and boats that go through it come with a new manufacturer\u2019s warranty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":55800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Cruising World Staff","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true,"ad_targeting":"","alternate_title_newsletter":"","alternate_content_newsletter":"","sponsored_image":false,"sponsored_url":"","social_share":true},"categories":[167],"tags":[1981,401,583,195],"class_list":["post-55797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sailboats","tag-brokerage","tag-lagoon-catamarans","tag-refit","tag-sailboats"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}