149: COMPLETE LAGOON 42 Catamaran TOUR&COMPARISON Analysis with LEOPARD 42 -2021 Annapolis Boat Show

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It's an interesting design decision. We have dual vitre frigos outside. I love this teak grid. Teak always looks so good. And a nice stern seat. And the winches are good for your downwind sail on this side and over here. And then coming up to the helm. Beautiful. Look at the step up here up onto the roof. This is a really nice touch. And the step up here. And some more worthless solar panels, flexible solar panels. This has a traveler in the back. I've already installed the tracks for a helm enclosure. And we've got a hard bimini with an opening right here to get up on top. And we have a sunroof which is nice. And sitting in here a wide helm seat. Very comfortable the helm seat. Some really nice foam in this. Kind of firm but soft at the same time. We also have a step here if you're shorter or if you want a footrest that's great. And I like the bag management for the lines right here. Well thought out line management and the bag putting them all into this one right here is a really good solution. And from up here one good thing about this is you can see both the port side and the starboard bow which you can't do on a lot of boats. And that's going to help you when you're docking. So the question I have is how do you get up to the roof of the lagoon? I do not see any stairs. Huh. So what is the access up there? Maybe you have to just jump up? I don't know. Let me see if there are stairs on the inside of the cockpit. Ah so one access point to the roof with these stairs. And boy that's tight. You come up basically to the boom. And you've got to love all the space on the roof. This roof is slightly slanted so the water is going to drain off when it rains. You've got the lounge. Plenty of room up here. Crazy. I don't like these panels. Why do they put flexible panels on the top? The gutter management is up here. I think it also doubles as a handhold instead of putting them on the side. Stainless steel. You grab hold up here. And this is nice too. A track for the jib for tacking. Oh and I really like these d-rings that are on the top. Very functional. A nice addition. D-rings on the back. Plenty of room for coming up. Plenty of room on the side. And then a nice little lounge area. Not quite as nice as the Leopard 42 up here but a different windlass configuration. I actually like this because of its simplicity. But front cockpit wins it with the Leopard 44. Leopard 42 is great because you've got more room in the actual salon. But what really wins it on the Leopard is the door. But you get plenty of ventilation. Much more so than you get right here. And I think the next generation of the 42 is definitely going to improve in that area. But listen, not all boats are perfect. This is a really good boat. Front sail lockers right here. So this is storage. Closed storage which is great. Access to that up here is wonderful for sails. Another storage area which is fantastic. Again more space. Underneath here we have lazarettes. This is the forward port side. So you've got water tanks and great storage. It's even divided nicely. Under these cushions which are great cushions to sit on I'm sure. And even a lock which is great. This is the generator and you've got plenty of space to work around the jenny in here. Battery for the generator. This is really well laid out. This is how you stay steady right here. I like it because it's really simple and I'm tall. But if you're short this would be a challenge. Check this engine out right here. This is a common rail. One of the new ones. Beautifully laid out engine compartment. Nice heavy duty shaft right there for steering. Really impressive. It's got an anti-siphon loop built into it. That's the way to do it. Nice starter battery bank. I love this wood color right here. Hardware fit and finish is good. Leopard learned this from Lagoon. On the new Leopard you have this faux leather right here. Definitely could use two seats in here instead of one but I'm sure you can get it that way. Nice place for the microwave and you have holders on the stovetop which is a great added plus. Lots of storage in here. Nice waste paper basket. Lots of storage and not a whole lot of use for this nav table. I think this could be and particularly a lot of money extra spent that's probably not going to be used here. The smaller windows which are too small for ventilation in my opinion. Nice area. These cushions are really super nice. It's a nice solution here with the rounded corners and this I don't know it's in the middle but it just doesn't seem to really get in the way. It's easy to go around. Isotherm. Nice refrigerator. Look at the storage here. I love the freezers. This thing has tons of refrigeration and freezer space. This is a really efficient way to do a freezer up top here. Look at all the storage up here. Really smart. Even storage underneath this. Well done. We have a lot of window space in here. This makes this and the color makes for a really bright salon. And very tight alleyways unlike the other boats that have opened them up. Some storage in here. Oh wow. This is really nice. This has got the better bathroom. The storage over there. A full-size shower right here. Lots of access panels. Here's another. Lots of closet space and the same on the other side. Let's check out the bathroom. See what this is all about. Slide up top. I'm not a big fan of the emergency hatches and the stairwell. Heading down into the master suite. Look at this beautiful bathroom. I like the colorway. Some good storage in here. Great windows and light. It's a big closet. Wow look at that space. But the back isn't finished. That's interesting. Maybe they have to still put the board in. The backboard. Great shelves. A lot of cabinet space. Some storage behind the pull door. Oh that's great access. Fuses and everything. Yeah this is because this door opens, slides. So it's behind there which is good. Yeah that's great. This is really nice. Although I would prefer a bigger bed versus being able to walk around. Great light in here. Really easy access to the bilge here. Very shallow bilge compared to the left one. Some floor storage. Pretty shallow. But there is storage available. Let's start with right when we walked in. I really like the extra width to the back. And this one was outfitted with two vitrefrigos in the back. Can you believe how much refrigeration and freezer space that thing had on it? Yeah plus they had a captain's fridge and they had a freezer. Top down which is the best kind. Yeah. I was really impressed. Yeah except the vitrefriger outside. I'm a little concerned with that. People coming up on board and stealing your food. And just hotter. It just gets direct sunlight on it. I'm really surprised they put that outside. I really like the chaise area back there that was deep. It's just more comfortable to sit in. The cushions are, they have that nice fabric on it. The cushions are really comfortable. Of course it's not going to look good after a while. It's nice. I believe the Leopard 42 has the more practical choice with the attached faux leather which is easy to clean. It doesn't suck up any water. It's probably not as cushy or comfortable. But I thought on the whole it was nice. Yeah. Now leading up to the helm. What did you think of the helm? I thought the seat was really nice. Yeah. The material was super comfortable. There was a step to be able to put your feet on or to step on. So it made it comfortable. And you could see all four corners of the boat. Totally. That was something that I thought was really key. It's rare on these boats. I don't know why. The winches were in the right place. It had a lot of D-rings up there that you could tie in outside on the top of the roof that you can tie a rigging into. And then to the right, I like the steps up onto the roof. Yeah. I thought they looked and it could be very dangerous in high seas. And when you come up the stairs, you run right into the moon. Okay. It's really uncomfortable. Yeah. That was a little awkward. And there's also that slide up top that you got to slide, keep sliding that thing back and forth. Okay. How about the roof? What'd you think? Uh, the roof was great. I probably would replace the cushions with solar panels because I think that would be a better use of that space. Can you believe they put those stinking flexible solar panels on the top? Those things are worthless. I liked how the roof tilts. So if it rains, the water comes right off of it. It doesn't take as long for it to dry. The roof was large, so you can get lots of solar panels on there. And then, uh, coming around the sides, how'd you like that? Well, Lagoon is just known for its great walkways. They're just wide. Did you notice the handholds on the side? Yes, the handholds were great. The front of the boat? Uh, the front of the boat was great. It had two large hatches for storage. One was filled almost completely with the generator and one was filled with the water tanks. Yep. So not a huge amount of space, but there were two sail lockers, yes, that were closed off, so. It's really nice. I didn't like those wooden princess seats. Good gracious, why do they put wood on boats? Anyway, it's a showboat, so they probably had that trim on there to make it look better. No door on the front. This is one major thing. I know when they redesign this particular size range, Lagoon is going to have a solution for that, because that's a big negative for this boat. This boat's a really nice boat, but the, but the ventilation issue has to be solved, and I'm certain they're going to do that on the future boat. I personally like the anchoring situation on that, because it's real simple, and you don't have this cramped anchor locker. But the anchor is at the front, at the bow, so the weight on the bow itself, unlike with the Leopard, it is recessed about 10 feet. But I think I would trade that almost. I wouldn't. Oh, you wouldn't. She's the anchor babe, so, and the admiral. All right, so going around into Le Salon. What did you think of Le Salon? I do like the U-shaped kitchen, so if you're underway and things are rough, you can wedge yourself between the two sides. I think the chrome pole that was stuck right in the center of the walkway wasn't great. I like kind of how they split that table in there. It's not as big as the one that's on the 44. I really like the color, that light wood color. I thought that, I thought Leopard should have done that on the 42. It's almost like a blonde color instead of that medium brown, and I love the overhead cabinets and the fit and finish on the hardware. Really well done, and the faux leather up near the sink, that sink could have been a double sink. All right, moving on to the owner's cabin. The owner's cabin was open, which was really nice. I think that there's a lot of wasted space in an owner's cabin, especially with the vanity and the seat, and they're just things that you're not going to use that I think could be better utilized as storage areas. Right. The back of the electric board and the fuse box area was really nice and easy access, except that in order to access it, you have to close the sliding door for the hull, which means that any tools or anything that you need to be able to get, or any access you need outside of the hull, you've got to keep closing the door, opening the door. So the location of that is probably going to be a little bit of an issue. Yeah, and their circuit breaker panel, I think, was a little disjunctive. It looked like several materials were being used. It's not totally integrated like Leopard does it. It just looked a little hodgepodge. I know it sure it all makes sense, and it's done well. Yeah, I'm surprised they also don't have a panel over it, because as you're walking down the steps, if you ended up having to grab because the boat lurched, you would probably turn off some of the switches, or your hand would go straight into the panel, which isn't a smart thing. Sure, yeah. The port side, the guest side, I was very surprised. The passageways are so narrow, I had to turn sideways. My shoulders couldn't fit going through. I think they do that to enlarge the bathroom. Yeah, yeah, let's compare the two new ones. I think the 42 Leopard takes the prize in comparison to the 42 of the Lagoon. And why is that? I just think it has smarter choices, and maybe that's because I bought into the Leopard design more than I have the Lagoon design. Would you drink a Kool-Aid? Probably. I like the design of the Leopard more than I do the design of Lagoon just in general, and I love the access point to the front of the boat. All right, here's mine. I'm gonna throw a little zinger at you. If I had to pick between the two boats, I would pick a third boat. What I would do is I would buy the new Lagoon that's going to replace the 42, because I personally like that boat, and I like the size of it and everything. The one thing I don't like is the poor ventilation in the front. I like about everything else. I like the interior color of it. It's wider. It's more roomy. The new Lagoon in that range is the one that I would wait for, because they're going to address with all the feedback that they get, and I think it's going to leapfrog the Leopard 42. Now, if I were to choose between the two right now, I would choose the Leopard 42. Anything in closing, sweetie? Nope, that's it. Let's go see some more boats. Guys, thanks for watching. We're gonna look at some more.