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Lagoon 50 — Sailing the Greek islands The Lagoon 50 fills a size that the range had long been missing. Anyone following the yard's sailing catamarans will have noticed the gap between the 450 and the 52 — this model is the answer, and it came out of a genuinely long design and study process rather than a quick stretch of an existing hull. What that translates into on the water is a catamaran that sails properly, helped by the performance of the new Lagoon rig. It is the kind of yacht that rewards a real crossing between islands rather than a short hop under engine: you set the sails in the morning off one anchorage and arrive at the next with the day still ahead of you. Below, the layout runs to eight cabins — an unusually generous count on a catamaran of this size, and the reason this yacht suits larger groups travelling together as much as families. Your BellaYacht advisor will confirm the exact cabin configuration for your dates. Greece is her cruising ground, and few yachts read the Aegean and Ionian better. A catamaran of this draught slips into the shallow bays and coves that keep monohulls further offshore, and the wide deck spaces and shaded cockpit come into their own in the long Cycladic afternoons — meals outside, swimming straight off the transom steps, the day dictated by the wind rather than the clock. She is offered with crew, who handle the sailing, the provisioning and the itinerary so that your only real decision is which island comes next.