TROPICAL FRUIT
She’s already sailed halfway round the world, but for this Lagoon 50 catamaran, the journey’s just beginning.
While the majority of pleasure boats being launched in New Zealand nowadays are imported, most arrive here courtesy of other, larger boats – shipped here from factories overseas. But for this large cruising cat which has now found a permanent home here, getting to New Zealand was a bit more roundabout.
Lagoon 50 Mango – the first of this model in New Zealand – was launched in late 2018 and sailed here from Europe by her owners. They sailed around 17,000nm – across the Atlantic, through the Caribbean and into the South Pacific, before enjoying summer cruising the north of New Zealand.
Their plan was to return to the islands and enjoy more tropical cruising – until Covid-19 came along. Instead, they decided to leave the boat here, to be sold, and return to their base in Sweden, departing just days before our borders closed.
Their loss was New Zealand’s gain, and their need to get home and leave their pride and joy was rapidly snapped up by a Kiwi.
