The History of Astondoa

Lagoon #1 builder of cruising catamarans

The Lagoon company was originally created in 1984 as an extension of the racing division of the French recreational boat builder, Jeanneau, and was set up specifically to build racing prototypes. In 1987, the first non-racing catamaran was launched - the Lagoon 55, a luxury catamaran built using the same high tech composite construction techniques as the racing yachts.

As part of a booming world catamaran market, Lagoon has become one of the two world leaders in production of cruising catamarans. Some numbers that illustrate the Lagoon success story...

Number of boats built per year:

1995	1999	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
10-15	70	120	130	148	181	219	253	276	210

Quantity built per model (to mid 2009):

LAGOON 37	LAGOON 410/s2	LAGOON 42	LAGOON 47	LAGOON 470	LAGOON 55	LAGOON 57	LAGOON 67
52	282	46	34	50	20	14	5
LAGOON 380/s2	LAGOON 400	LAGOON 420/1	LAGOON 440	LAGOON 500	LAGOON 570	LAGOON 620	POWER 43
584	19	189	382	109	45	4	113