You are such a jackass, Neal. The pictures in no way resembles a
Lagoon 38, or any other cruising cat. The article specifically said
that "one of its crossbeams was loose." First of all, virtually no
cruising cat has more than the one crossbeam, its normally placed in
the bow to support the forestay. If it failed, the rig would promptly
come down, but that would release most of the forces on the hull.

Secondly, the pictures aren't of any Lagoon. In fact, the shape of
the hull is pretty clearly of a racing style cat. A racing boat, with
two independent hulls connected by several crossbeams, could have this
type of failure. But not a Lagoon or almost any other modern cruising
cat. There are ways they could fail, but splitting in half is not one
of them.

Also, the size was stated as 46 feet; very few cats have appendages
longer than a couple of feet. In particular, the Lagoon 38 davits
keep the dinghy tucked well inside the sterns, and it doesn't have bow
rollers.

Further, it was said to be worth "tens of thousands of pounds" which
is not close to the $280,000 price of the Lagoon. Plus it wasn't
insured, meaning that it was older, of marginal value, and possibly
couldn't pass a survey.

Once again, you've made a fool of yourself, demonstrating that you
have little, if any, knowledge of boats.





* Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 8/9/2007 3:27 PM:

It might not be the same one but Google doesn't return any other boat
with that name. It could be 46 feet if they counted appendages such as
davits, for example. A four-year-old boat could be called an 'older
model' but the Lagoon 38 style doesn't look old so you might be right. I
wonder if the Coast Guard ever saw it upright? I'm sure if it WAS a
Lagoon the manufacturer will do what it can to keep the news quiet. That
might be why news about it is almost non-existent.

I wonder if researching the documentation number would show anything?
Ah, it shows you might be right. There's a Lagoon 38 showing owned by
some guy in Kansas City:
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/pls/webpls/cg...ssel_name_list scroll down.
Document issued April of this year and expires in 2008. Unless he sold
it to some guys in the UK???

Wilbur Hubbard