Lagoon Eighty 2

The Eighty 2 is the new flagship of Lagoon's sailing range, revealed at the 2025 Cannes Boat Show. She measures 81'9" (24.97 m) overall on a 36'1" (11.00 m) beam, draws 6'3" (1.90 m), and comes in at 136,911 lbs (62,100 kg) unladen. Lagoon publishes three interior configurations — four cabins with the galley down, five cabins with the galley down, and five cabins with the galley up — which the yard summarises as 4-6 Cabins / 4-6 Heads + Crew, sleeping 8 to 16. Crew accommodation is separate from that count, so hiring a captain and a stew does not take a guest cabin away from you.

Everything about the way she is drawn points at long passages with people aboard rather than day sailing. CE certification is A: 14 / B: 18 / C: 24 / D: 40 — category A ocean certification for fourteen people. Tankage is split across both hulls for redundancy: 740 gal (2,800 L) of fuel in two tanks and 422 gal (1,600 L) of fresh water. Naval architecture is by VPLP Design, exterior design is credited to VPLP Design and Patrick Le Quément, and the interior is by Nauta Design. Because she is brand new, what is available to study today is Lagoon's own renders and general-arrangement drawings rather than a fleet of delivered hulls.

The rig is the reason to choose her over her power sister. Lagoon quotes roughly 338 m² (about 3,638 sq ft) of upwind sail area — a genuine sail plan for a catamaran this size, not a token one — carried on an air draft of 120'1" (36.6 m). Both helms sit on the flybridge, which puts whoever is driving above the coachroof with a clear view over both bows and the full sail plan overhead, and puts the driver in the same space as the guests instead of alone in a cockpit corner. The flybridge also carries solar panels, which take some of the hotel load off the engines at anchor.

Under power, Twin John Deere N5-230 (2 x 230 HP) diesels do the work. Lagoon publishes a maximum of 11 knots (under power) and a cruise of 9-10 knots (under sail/power). Lagoon publishes no range figure for the Eighty 2, and we will not invent one — what the yard does publish is 740 gal (2,800 L) of fuel, a substantial reserve on a boat designed to make its miles with the engines off. At 136,911 lbs (62,100 kg) unladen she is a stable, forgiving, load-carrying passagemaker rather than a performance multihull, and she should be judged on how she carries a fully provisioned boat across a passage.

The single biggest decision you make is the galley. Galley down moves food preparation and service traffic into a hull and leaves the entire main deck as guest space — the right answer with crew aboard. Galley up gives up a cabin and puts the cook in the middle of the conversation, which is what many owner-operators actually want. Either way the owner's cabin is the centrepiece: a king-sized berth with a view of the sea, a private terrace, and dedicated space to relax rather than a bed pushed into the end of a hull. The interior is by Nauta Design.

The saloon has flush floorboards, so there is no step between cockpit and interior and no threshold to catch a foot on when the boat is moving. Lagoon glazed it for a 360-degree view and describes the design language as borrowed from seaside villas — horizontal, open, turned outward. Above, the flybridge runs to more than 50 m² and is deliberately left largely unfurnished at the design stage so the owner specifies how it is used: dining, sunbathing, a shaded lounge, or some combination. Aft, the swim platform deploys to as much as 22 m² and is designed to carry a tender or a jet ski, then serve as the swimming and diving deck once they are away. That platform, more than any other feature, is what changes the boat at anchor.

Within Lagoon's own range the Eighty 2 sits at the top of the sailing line, above the Sixty 5, and takes over the flagship position previously held by the Seventy 7. Her direct counterpart is the Eighty 3, the power catamaran launched alongside her — same architects, same Bordeaux yard, same interior designer, no mast. Against the wider market she lines up with the Sunreef 80 Eco and the Privilège Euphorie 5 among large cruising sailing catamarans, and she is often cross-shopped against solar-electric power cats such as the Silent 80 by buyers who have not yet settled the sail-or-power question. At 81'9" with 8 to 16 berths and dedicated crew quarters, she is drawn around having professional help aboard: an experienced couple can handle her in settled conditions, but the layout assumes a captain and a stew, which is the practical line between her and the 60-foot cats below.

Buy the Eighty 2 if sailing is the point — if you want to shut the engines down, cross real distance under 338 m² of sail, and have the boat still work as a floating home for a dozen people when you arrive. She rewards the owner stepping up from a 50- to 60-foot cruising cat who has run out of boat rather than out of enthusiasm, and the three published layouts let you decide before the mould opens whether this is a crewed yacht or one you mostly run yourself. Be honest about two numbers, though: 6'3" of draft and 120'1" of air draft. The thinnest Bahamian and Exuma anchorages and any route with fixed bridges are closed to you, and her 36'1" beam means booking multihull berths well ahead. If those constraints describe your cruising ground more than your ambitions do, buy her power sister the Eighty 3 instead — 4'2" of draft, no rig to plan around, and the same interior and outdoor living.