Introducing the star of the show our Lagoon 42 catamaran Sea Goddess.
When we first saw the Lagoon 42 owner’s version at the Sydney Boat Show in August 2018, it was love at first sight. She was moored stern to pontoon, we both stopped, stared and almost simultaneously said Wow!
Firstly we couldn’t believe it was a 42’ catamaran …. the width was huge, with a single level cockpit and saloon being a strong and attractive design feature. The galley area, critical for living aboard, provided all the essentials with excellent preparation space. Down below and a real positive for us, was so much light delivered by generous hatches, portlights, and windows positioned behind the aft cabin beds. We envisage that most of our time will be spent in the saloon, the cockpit, helm or forward deck area so cabin size was not a priority consideration for us, but they were more than adequate in size.
Sea Goddess is a three cabin owner’s version (3 cabins and 3 heads), blue water sailing vessel – just the right size for us and a few friends. Let’s check out some details.
Specifications
Overall Length – 12.8m/42’
Beam – 7.7m/25’ 3”
Draft – 1.25m/4’ 1”
Height – 20.65m/67’ 9”
Sails – Mainsail and Genoa*
Self-tacking jib
Fresh water capacity – 300 l/79 US gal
Fuel capacity – 600 l/158 US gal
2 Inboard diesel engines – Yanmar 4JH57 (57HP)
Black water holding tanks – 240 l total
Number of berths – 6
Selected Options
Below we have listed just some of the additional options we selected at the time of placing our order.
- Cruisair 48000 BTU air conditioning
- Folding 3 blade propellers
- Electric toilets
- Onan Genset 11Kva
- Sea Recovery 12V water maker
- Dinghy Set CL 340 with Honda engine BF 20HP
- Washer/dryer
- Under mattress slats for all beds (for additional comfort)
- Additional cushions to convert saloon table to an extra bed
- Locker with microwave oven with grill 220V
- Roll up clear enclosures for cockpit and helm
- Teak table in cockpit
- USB ports
- Two fans in the saloon and one fan in each cabin
- Electric winch at helm station
- B&G navigation system
- B&G AIS and VHF radio system
- Fusion stereo system
- Alpi laminated internal joinery – a dark walnut laminate finish is standard, we opted for the lighter beech finish
- Sunbrella cockpit cushions
- Code O*
* We also privately commissioned an Asymmetrical Spinnaker to be made in Australia and shipped to France. The spinnaker will provide additional sail options for the voyage back to Australia, and beyond.
Interior Plan View
Cockpit & Saloon
Berths & Heads
Future Plans
Going forward we plan to add a dual drawer freezer unit, solar panels, spinnaker halyard and insect/shade screens. Upgrade current batteries to lithium batteries and install solar hot water heating. No doubt we will continue to add to this list.
As to what gets priority and time frames for these improvements, this will be determined as we settle into sailing and living aboard Sea Goddess, we’ll keep you up to date via the ‘Sailing Gear’ section of the website.
Upgrades
We have purchased and installed one item on our wish list already, a Vitrifrigo dual freezer unit in the cockpit. For all the details check out the related posts here http://seagoddessadventures.com/warranty-woes-vitrifrigo-freezers/ and http://seagoddessadventures.com/warranty-woes-vitrifrigo-freezer-update/