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Lagoon 500

Catamaran, twin keels · Fractional Sloop · 2005–2012

A spacious catamaran from Van Peteghem and Lauriot-Prevost, designed for stable cruising with a shallow 1.4-metre draft

Designed by Van Peteghem, Lauriot Prevost & Lauriot-Prevost.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Keel

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The Lagoon 500, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Epic Navigator

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LightHeavy

147 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 147
EasygoingPowered-up

16.7 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.7
  • Heavier than ~84% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 246 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Lagoon 500, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Lagoon 500 is a 15.5-meter fractional sloop catamaran built by Lagoon from 2005 to 2012, designed by Van Peteghem, Lauriot Prevost, and Lauriot-Prevost. It has a twin keel hull, an 8.5-meter beam, a 1.4-meter draft, and displaces 17,603 kg. Aboard a Lagoon 500, significant structural noise and bulkhead movement are observed while sailing at 10 knots downwind, with audible popping and creaking, particularly near the rear main beam and aft bulkheads.0:20 Interior doors may fail to latch, and caulking along bulkhead joints can separate, indicating potential structural fatigue.10:09 The Lagoon 500 was replaced by the Lagoon 52.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 4 times across 3 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Lagoon 500 on video

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale
1channel looked into buying

For sale

  • A boat they were prepared to buy sight unseen, but pulled out after reviewing a survey

    from Sailing Sundayseen September 20262:45

Weighed buying

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.7
Displacement / length
147.3
Hull
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
2005–2012
Units built
150
Designer
Van Peteghem, Lauriot Prevost, Lauriot-Prevost
Builder
Lagoon

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Lagoon 50A 14.75-meter catamaran with a shallow 1.4-meter draft and a fractional rig optimized for balanced cruisingLagoon 51A VPLP-designed catamaran featuring a flybridge layout and a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for modern performanceLagoon 560Equipped with twin daggerboards, this 17-meter catamaran offers a 10-knot hull speed for efficient blue-water cruisingLagoon 470Fractional Sloop · 14.50 mLagoon 570Fractional Sloop · 17.04 mLagoon 52A versatile 15.85-meter catamaran offering flexible interior configurations ranging from three to six cabins

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