Are you hesitating between a catamaran and a classic sailing boat for your cruise around the Greek islands? It's a question our customers often ask us. The answer depends on your priorities - but for a private cruise with family or friends, the catamaran is almost always the obvious choice. And here's why.
Space: a radical difference
On a monohull yacht, space is limited by the hull. The cabins are narrow, the saloon tilted as soon as the wind picks up, and living together can quickly become uncomfortable over a week.
The Lagoon 52 changes all that. With a length of 15.84 metres and a beam of over 8 metres, she offers 5 double cabins with en suite shower rooms, a large, bright saloon and a panoramic flybridge. Each passenger has real private space - just like in a floating flat.
Stability: enjoy without suffering
This is often the decisive point for families or people prone to seasickness. A monohull yacht heels - sometimes sharply - upwind. This constant heeling is tiring, disrupts sleep and makes cooking on board difficult.
Thanks to its two hulls, the catamaran remains virtually horizontal in all circumstances. You can cook, sleep, read or enjoy the cockpit without ever getting hung up. In Greece, where the Meltemi can blow hard in summer, this stability makes all the difference to sailing comfort.
The cockpit and outside areas
On a monohull, the cockpit is functional but cramped. On the Lagoon 52, the aft cockpit is a veritable living terrace - table for 10 people, direct access to the bathing platform, bow nets for basking in the sun.
This is where life on board really happens: meals at sunset, aperitifs at anchor in a cove, laughter with friends.
Draught: access to secret coves
The Lagoon 52 has a draught of just 1.30 metres. This means she can anchor in places that are inaccessible to conventional sailing boats - those wild little coves in the Ionian or Cycladic islands that you've seen in photos and dreamed of discovering.
Comfort at dockside and at anchor
When alongside the quayside, the catamaran can be moored at the stern like a sailboat, without any particular difficulty. At anchor - which is the norm in Greece - it remains perfectly stable even in light chop, where a monohull pitches and rolls, making the night less restful.
So, catamaran or sailboat?
The classic sailboat still has its fans - the purists of sailing, those looking for performance and the thrill of the sea. It's a legitimate and magnificent choice.
But for a private cruise where comfort, space and shared pleasure are paramount, the catamaran - and particularly the Lagoon 52 - is unbeatable.
That's exactly what we offer at Voguéo: a week aboard a Lagoon 52 Flybridge in the most beautiful Greek islands, with a professional crew and a tailor-made itinerary.
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