Hello!
After a decade of talk, our young
family of 4 has finally taken the plunge. We pick up our brand spanking new
Lagoon 42, SV Sabella (hull 169), in January 18. Needless to say we are just a little bit excited!
She is an owners version and comes with a basic set up -
code zero, 57hp engines with folding props, a couple of fridges, big
inverter and 600l of
water.
What she doesn't have is an energy generation set up or
water maker, nor a way to heat the
cabin at this point.
We are
novice sailors and our
kids will be 1.5 and 4 years old when we take
delivery. We are aware that this is a somewhat daunting prospect, particularly in the depths of
winter in the Bay of Biscay.
My questions then, if you generous folk would be so kind to share your thoughts and constructive criticism, are:
1. Is it a complete mistake to even consider taking
delivery on the
west coast of
France in
winter - should we push to have her delivered in the
Med. If so has anyone used this option from
Lagoon, and what considerations are there in doing so - cost, logistics...
2. We intend to spend the winter in a marina somewhere, ideally getting her fitted out to enable comfortable
living aboard with 2
kids. Our big ticket items are
water maker,
solar, D400
wind geni and hopefully some sort of
heating system as we intend to spend several years in the
Med including the winter months. It's a broad question, but
where is the best place / country / marina to get this work done? We have a technical background in aviation (maintenance and pilot) and intend to do some of the
work ourselves, but this will be limited by looking after 2 crazy kids.
3. For those that have been through the commissioning process with Lagoon, what are your big ticket items to watch out for? We are starting to develop a large question bank, but we still don't know what we don't know!
Thanks so much in advance for your
advice - we have a thick skin so happy for spears too!
Cheers,
Aaron and Lara
(Australia)
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