PELAGIC CAT

Lagoon 50 — Greece The Lagoon 50 belongs to a lineage of cruising catamarans built around a simple idea: space should never be traded against seaworthiness. This one is configured in her most generous layout — six cabins, each with a double bed, for twelve guests — which makes her a genuinely rare proposition among charter catamarans of this size. Two families sailing together, or a group of friends who would rather not draw lots for the good cabin, will find the arithmetic works in their favour. The accommodation is laid out with real thought rather than mere multiplication. Each of the six cabins is a proper double, giving every couple aboard their own retreat at the end of the day, and the volume of the hulls means none of them feels like an afterthought. Above, life gathers where it should. The saloon opens onto the cockpit with almost no threshold between the two, so lunch under shade and sundowners in the breeze happen in the same continuous space. It is the particular pleasure of a catamaran this size — you are never squeezed, never queuing, and the flat, stable platform means a glass stays where you put it. Under sail she is a rewarding yacht. Generous sail area, well-judged hull lines and the inherent stability of the twin-hull configuration make for easy, level progress, whether you are threading the Cyclades in an afternoon breeze or making a longer passage across open water. Manoeuvring is straightforward and predictable, which matters as much in a crowded Greek harbour as it does offshore. Greece is her cruising ground, and few yachts suit it better: shallow draught for the coves the monohulls have to admire from a distance, deck space for the long hours between swims, and cabin capacity for the whole party. Your crew handles the navigation, the provisioning and the daily rhythm of the yacht, leaving you to decide little beyond which island comes next.