Lagoon invites sailors to sea-trial the 38 and 43 in Mediterranean waters

Lagoon will turn Mandelieu-la-Napoule into a hands-on showroom from June 30 to July 3, 2026, putting the Lagoon 38 and Lagoon 43 on the water together for four days of sea trials on the French Riviera. The setting matters as much as the boats. Nestled between Cannes and the Estérel massif, the Mediterranean base gives prospective owners a real sailing venue, not just a pier-side walk-through, with Lagoon framing the event around space, comfort, sailing performance, and expert guidance throughout.

That choice also reveals what Lagoon wants buyers to notice. The brand is not asking visitors to judge these catamarans by cabinetry alone. It is asking them to helm both models, feel how they accelerate, how they respond in short-handed mode, and how the layouts work once the boats are underway. The Lagoon 38 is the compact benchmark in the range, with a welcoming saloon, bright cabins, a retractable panoramic window that links cockpit and interior space, and room for up to 10 guests. Dealer and listing pages place it at 11.38 metres overall, with a 77.7 square metre upwind sail area, twin Yanmar 29 hp engines, and configurations ranging from three to four cabins and eight to 12 berths.

The Lagoon 43 tells a different part of the story. Lagoon presents it as the successor to the Lagoon 42, a model that built one of the strongest reputations in the cruising market. Lagoon’s own current 42 page now labels that boat the previous model and points readers to the new 42 Millennium, while its German-language page says more than 1,000 Lagoon 42s have been built. Against that backdrop, the 43 pushes the line toward more living volume, with larger cabins, semi-island double beds in every stateroom, wider bows, a three-level arrangement, a flybridge, and a modular indoor-outdoor layout. Independent spec pages also list sail-area options of 60 square metres for the high-roach main, 68 square metres for the square-top main, and 37 square metres for the furling genoa, along with CE ratings of A:12, B:14, C:20, and D:30.

Taken together, the two boats point to a clear buyer question in today’s cruising market: do you want the most accessible version of Lagoon’s formula, or the one that stretches the idea of liveable space farther? Lagoon Days is built to answer that question where brochures cannot, in motion, with wind in the rig and the Mediterranean under the hulls.