[MHml] Multihull delivery gone badly wrong

[Marius Coomans]

Hi Alan,

It's horses for courses. My wife and I enjoyed spending two months traveling
in comfort along the East Australian Coast to the Great Barrier reef in our
Lagoon 380. I make no apologies for their looks (a friend of mind calls ours
a russian submarine) nor for their headroom (I'm 6 ft 4, 1.94).

Instead I'm interested in finding out more about what actually happened.
With over 400 built and many in the hands of relatively inexperienced
sailors, I've never previously heard of one capsize.

Marius Coomans
http://temoana.coomans.com

On 2/23/07, Alan Christoffersen <alan at insatech.com> wrote:
>
> Its always sad when lives are lost.
>
> Don't Lagoons have emergency exits/entrances so in the case of a flip, the
> crew can get into a protected room?
>
> I must say - IMO,  they represent some of the worst trends in catamaran
> design - for ocean going vessels that is. As a coastal cruiser for use in
> protected waters they are probably fine,  but there is obviously a large
> market out there -where the colour on the countertop and the curtains are
> important sales factors..  Does anyone think they look nice?  OK Price is
> low, so m3/? is very good.
>
> Sorry - I just couldn't resist the comment, having spoken to a salesperson
> on a Lagoon at the La Rochelle boat show , who kept on about how great
> they
> sail, sometimes over 10 knots!!!  they just seem clumbsy and downright
> ugly.
>
> Best Regards/Med venlig hilsen
>
> Alan Christoffersen
>
>
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra:    Marius Coomans [SMTP:mcoomans at gmail.com]
> Sendt:  22. februar 2007 19:18
> Til:    Informed discussion of multihull issues
> Emne:   [MHml] Multihull delivery gone badly wrong
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have further information about this accident where two crew
> were
> rescued and the skipper perished while on a delivery between France and
> the
> US? I understand it to be a Lagoon 380
>
>
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