2020 was the year the Lagoon 450 “bulkhead-gate” got public. Basically, it seems many units in this range are affected by a flaw which would break the plywood front bulkhead. As there are over 1000 units of this range sailing all around the world, this topic quickly became the hot potato between Lagoon dealers andContinue reading “Lagoon 450 bulkhead inspection”
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Lagoon 450 sail drive repair
This has been an interesting side project, enlightening how the mass-construction boat yard would do their best to reduce their production cost, with no regard for the future maintenance life of the boat. But who are we to judge … On this 450F, the main task was to take down the Yanmar Sail Drive asContinue reading “Lagoon 450 sail drive repair”
Rudder repair on a Lagoon 450F
We don’t exactly specialize in those, but the fact is we’ve been repairing rudders many times over the last few years. Osmosis starting to show, obvious leak shown when lifting the boat out of the water, or dent which would happen any time the boat would hit something, including fishing line. And with the frontContinue reading “Rudder repair on a Lagoon 450F”
Deck organizer maintenance
This project started like we would easily get done with it. But this was without accounting for the legendary maintenance-driven conception of modern catamarans (spoiler alert: we’re usually disappointed at the way the mass-production yards would skip the necessary thoughts on maintenance). We soon realized that accessing the bolts of the coach-roof deck organizer wouldContinue reading “Deck organizer maintenance”
Yanmar sail drive revision
When asked to perform the annual engine revision of this Lagoon 450F, we encountered traces of water mixed with the sail drive oil. A definitive sign that there has been a leak somewhere. The boat owner told us he’d caught fishing lines around the sail drive a couple of times that summer, so we ranContinue reading “Yanmar sail drive revision”
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