Dear Cruisers,
We are in the process of ordering a 450F.
My wife and I went to the
Barcelona boat show and had an extensive tour on the 39, 42, and 450F. The 450F seems to be the sweet spot in space/price/equipment(after adding lots of options) for our purposes.
I understand people either love or hate the flybridge. We definitely are big fans of the flybridge. There's just one thing bugging me and that is the standard (big)
bimini & enclosures offered by
Lagoon. During the tour on the 450F I noticed the rail for the
canvas enclosure only extend until the stair of the flybridge (red line in below image) leaving a huge gap open (green) for
wind and rain to enter the
cockpit.
Here's a picture of port side:
Now, I've asked about this gap during the tour. The very polite lady told me the standard big
bimini + enclosure together with the
cockpit enclosure offered by
Lagoon would be sufficient and make sure the cockpit is clear from
wind and rain.
I've been searching this forum and used my best friend
Google, but can only find pictures of after market solutions that offer full enclosure like pictured below:
I cannot find a picture of the big bimini + full enclosure as offered by Lagoon.
Did anyone order their 450 with the big bimini + bimini enclosure + cockpit enclosure? Can you confirm that cockpit is protected by rain/wind? Possible share pictures?
Or should we ignore Lagoon's offering and go custom built/after market?
Thanks in advance!