2018 Lagoon 42
$430,000
Boat in Charleston, SC 29401 US
Built in 2018
42
2 Engines (2x Yanmar)
42 feet
Diesel
Fiberglass/Reinforced
Paradise is a clean, well-equipped 2018 Lagoon 42, set up for comfortable cruising and full-time liveaboard use. This award-winning model is widely regarded for its smart design, efficient use of space, and balanced performance.
The 3-cabin owner's layout offers generous accommodations, a well-designed helm, and a spacious cockpit. Paradise has never been chartered, has no known damage history, and has been consistently maintained by her owners.
Properly imported with CBP 7501, equipped with 120V U.S. power, and USCG documented, Paradise is turnkey and ready for immediate use.
Key Features & Equipment:
- US Power Spec: 120V AC and equipment (only for boats sold in the US)
- 13.5 kVA Onan (Cummins) Generator
- House Batteries: 2,220Ah Lithium Battery Bank (Brand: Lithionics)
- Solar: 2,188W Solar Array
- Dual 3000W Victon Inverters
- Air Conditioning and Heat: (2) soft-start Dometic reverse cycle AC units (2023) and (1) AC unit (2026)
- Spledide Washer/Dryer - 110v (2025)
- AB RIB Dinghy (2025)
- 20 HP Honda Outboard (2025)
- 2025 Bottom Paint
- Watermaker: Watermaker brand 18 gph
- Bauer Jr. Scuba Compressor (2024)
- North Sails Spinnaker
- Doyle Code 0 sail
- Full batten square top mainsail
- Self-tacking jib (2025)
- Feathering Max-Props (not installed). The original fixed props are installed.
- Underwater lights (blue/white)
- Dyneema Lifelines
- New trampoline (2025)
The interior of the 3-cabin owner's version Lagoon 42 is bright, spacious, and highly livable.
The salon features a comfortable U-shaped settee with a dining table to port and a forward-facing navigation station to starboard. Sliding glass doors connect seamlessly to the aft cockpit, effectively creating one large indoor/outdoor space. The galley is positioned aft for easy access to both the salon and cockpit, and is well-equipped with ample counter space, refrigeration, and storage for extended cruising.
The port hull is dedicated entirely to the owner's suite, offering a full-beam layout with an island berth, desk/vanity area, generous storage, and a large private head with a separate shower. The starboard hull includes two comfortable guest cabins, each with double berths, good natural light, and storage, and two heads with showers.
Thoughtful details like wide companionways, good ventilation, and clean, modern finishes make the Lagoon 42's interior especially comfortable for liveaboard use or extended passagemaking.
- Interior Woodwork: Alpi Walnut
- Flooring: Asburgo laminated floor
- 12v fans in the salon and cabins
- Air Conditioning and Heat: (2) Dometic reverse cycle AC units (2023) and (1) AC unit (2026). The AC units can run off shore power, the generator, or the house battery bank and inverter.
- Spledide Washer/Dryer - 110v (2025)
- TV on the bulkhead
- Owner's berth dimensions (starboard hull): 6' 9" x 5' 11"
- Guest berth (port/aft) dimensions: 6' 9" x 5' 11"
- Guest berth (port/fwd) dimensions: 6' 7" x 3' 11" x 4'3"
- Extra crew berth in the forward port bow compartment
- Toilets: (3) electric flush toilets. Two toilets on the port side of the boat were replaced in 2025.
- Standing Headroom:
- Cockpit: 7' 3"
- Salon: 6' 7"
- Forward Cabin: 6' 7"
- Aft Cabin: 6' 3"
- Head: 6' 3"
Galley:
- U-shaped galley
- Sink
- Isotherm refrigerator
- Isotherm freezer
- Microwave oven with grill
- Eno 3-burner stove
- Eno Oven - propane
- Dometic chest fridge/freezer (2025)
- Isotherm refrigerator in the cockpit (2025)
- Ice maker (2026)
- Electric oven
Helm:
- The helm is on the port side of the vessel. There are steps from the port side deck to the cockpit. The upper deck is accessible via steps from the helm.
- Double bench helm seat with cushion
- Roll-up Sunbrella and Isinglass helm enclosure
- Yanmar engine control units and throttles
- Electric winches
- Line clutches
- Electronics
- USB outlet
- Sheet bags
- Cup holder
Cockpit:
- The large aft cockpit has plenty of seating and storage. There is an L-shaped seating area to starboard with a table, seating along the transom, and port side aft of the helm.
- Double sliding door to the salon
- Black Sunbrella cockpit cushions
- Numerous cockpit storage lockers
- Cockpit Refrigerator
- Cockpit lighting
- Stainless steel swim ladder on the starboard swim platform
- Deck wash down pump (sea or fresh water)
- Manual dinghy lift with Solar panel mounts
- Outboard engine mount
- Flag pole holder
- Speakers
Foredeck:
- Anodized aluminum longitudinal crossbeam with integrated chain run and mooring cleat
- Two anchor rollers
- Windlass: Quick 1000W / 12V electric windlass with vertical axis, gypsy (10mm chain)
- Two large bow storage lockers (the port locker has a berth for crew)
- Two storage lockers forward of the cabin
- Anchor/windlass locker with windlass control
- Primary Anchor: 85 lbs Mantus with approximately 200' of 3/8" galvanized chain
- Secondary Anchor: 44 lbs Delta
- Trampoline replaced (2025)
- Two wood pushpit seats
- Foredeck light on the mast
Deck:
- (8) Mooring cleats (16")
- Dynema lifelines
- (8) Lewmar deck hatches
- Sunbrella hatch covers
- Square Top Mainsail: Dacron mainsail with battens
- Jib: Self-tacking Dacron jib (2025) with a Facnor LS200 furling system
- Spinnaker (North Sails)
- Doyle Code-O
- Mainsail cradle cover and lazy-jacks (2025)
- (2) Harken Electric winches
- (2) Harken 46.2 STA manual winches
- Spinlock line clutches
- Self-taking jib track
- Harken mainsheet traveler
- New mainsheet, reef 1, reef 2 lines (2026)
- Jib sheet (2024)
- Anodized aluminum mast with mainsail ball bearing track system
- Anodized aluminum boom
- Anodized aluminum longitudinal crossbeam with integrated chain run and mooring cleat
- (8) Mooring cleats
- Square Top Mainsail: Dacron mainsail with battens
- Jib: Self-tacking Dacron jib (2025) with a Facnor LS200 furling system
- Spinnaker (North Sails)
- Doyle Code-O
- Mainsail cradle cover and lazy-jacks (2025)
- (2) Harken Electric winches
- (2) Harken 46.2 STA manual winches
- Spinlock line clutches
- Self-taking jib track
- Harken mainsheet traveler
- New mainsheet, reef 1, reef 2 lines (2026)
- Jib sheet (2024)
- Anodized aluminum mast with mainsail ball bearing track system
- Anodized aluminum boom
- Anodized aluminum longitudinal crossbeam with integrated chain run and mooring cleat
- (8) Mooring cleats
- U.S. Power: The vessel is wired for single-phase, 120 volts @ 60 Hz
- 50 Amp Shore Power inlet on the port transom
- (2) 50 Amp shore power cords
- 12v DC system with panel and breaker
- 12v AC system with panel and breakers
- DC voltage and amperage gauges
- (2) Digital AC gauges
- Solar: 2,188 watts. Ten solar panels are mounted on the cabin top, and six are mounted on the dinghy davit system.
- House Batteries: 2,200 amp hours of Lithium (Lithionics batteries)
- (2) Group 31 AGM batteries for the engines
- (1) Group 27 flooded lead-acid battery for the generator
- Inverter/Chargers: (2) Victron MultiPlus 12 | 3,000 | 120 Inverter Chargers.
- (2) Engine Alternators (Wakespeed)
- ENGINES: Two 57 HP Yanmar (4JH57)
- Starboard Engine Hours: 2,840
- Port Engine Hours: 2,876
- (2) Engine Control Panels at the helm. (screens replaced in April 2026)
- Sail Drives: Yanmar SD 60-5. Port saildrive replaced in 2025
- Engine oil, filters, and sail drive fluid changed by Oil in a Day's Work (May 2026)
- Two upgraded Wakespeed Alternators
- Installed Props: Original fixed props.
- Spare Props: (2) 3-blade feathering Max-Props
- Mechanical engine throttles at the helm
- Hydraulic power steering system
- Excellent access to the engine compartment from the transom through hatches
- GENERATOR: 13.5 KVA Onan (Cummins) diesel generator. (last serviced by owner in April 2025) - 1,190 hours
- Outboard Engine: 20 HP Honda (2025)
- Windlass: 1000W / 12V electric windlass with vertical axis, gypsy (10mm chain)
- Compressor: Bauer Jr. Scuba Compressor (2024)
- Watermaker: Watermaker brand 18 gph
- Water Heater: Isotemp 120 V water heater with an engine-mounted heat exchanger, located below the port aft berth
- (2) Automatic bilge pumps with high water alarms. One bilge pump was replaced in April 2026
- (1) New spare automatic bilge pump (2026)
- (2) Manual bilge pumps
- (3) Black water holding tanks (+/-21 gallons each)
- Deck shower (hot/cold)
- Freshwater dock inlet
- Fresh Water Tank: One 79-gallon polyethylene tank in the port forward locker
- Fresh water pump
- Fuel Tanks: 150 gallons. Two 75-gallon cross-linked polyethylene fuel tanks
- Propane: (2) LPG tanks in the cockpit propane locker
- Bauer Jr. Scuba Compressor (2024)
- Three large inflatable seats for the foredeck
- Electric Power Washer (2025)
- Electric Buffer
- 10-gallon gas can
- Life Raft: Survitec Zodiac Commercial Liferafts - EXPIRED 5/2025
- EPIRB:
- PFDs
- Underwater lights (blue and white)
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
Price History
| Date | Event | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 5/10/26 | Initial price | $430,000 |
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Customers have been praising the 2018 Lagoon 42 for its impressive blend of performance, comfort, and versatility
Many sailors have noted the spaciousness of the interior, which offers a bright and airy living space thanks to its large windows and open-plan design. The saloon transitions seamlessly to the cockpit, creating an ideal environment for both relaxation and entertaining. Reviews frequently highlight the boat's well-designed galley, which features ample storage and convenient accessibility, making meal preparation a pleasure on the water. The three or four cabin configurations provide flexibility for both families and larger groups, accommodating their varying needs without compromising on comfort. Performance-wise, the Lagoon 42 is commended for its stability and responsiveness under sail. Customers appreciate its balance and helming ease, contributing to a satisfying sailing experience, whether in calm waters or more challenging conditions. Moreover, the spacious deck layout and user-friendly features, such as the twin helm stations and expansive sunbathing areas, have been met with enthusiasm. Sailors frequently describe the Lagoon 42 as a perfect choice for both novice and experienced sailors looking for a luxurious and practical catamaran to explore the waters. Overall, the Lagoon 42 (2018) is celebrated as a remarkable blend of elegance and functionality, making it a top choice among sailing enthusiasts.
The Biggest Pros and Cons
The Lagoon 42, launched in 2018, is a flagship in the catamaran world, known for its blend of performance, comfort, and innovative design. Here are some of the pros and cons to consider:
Pros
Spacious Layout: The Lagoon 42 features an open and airy interior with ample living space. The salon and cockpit are seamlessly integrated, providing a great area for relaxation and entertainment.
Versatile Design: With customizable options such as different cabin layouts and interior finishes, the Lagoon 42 can cater to various preferences, making it suitable for both family cruising and charter operations.
Performance: The boat boasts a good balance of speed and stability, thanks to its modern hull design. This allows for efficient sailing in a variety of conditions.
Ease of Handling: The Lagoon 42 is equipped with a user-friendly sailing system, including features like a self-tacking jib, making it easier for shorter crews or less experienced sailors to handle.
Panoramic Views: Large windows throughout the salon and cabins ensure plenty of natural light and beautiful views, enhancing the overall experience on board.
Safety Features: The design incorporates high freeboard and well-placed decks, contributing to stability and safety while sailing.
Cons
Price Point: As a mid- to high-end catamaran, the Lagoon 42 may not fit every budget, especially for first-time buyers.
Draft Limitations: The deeper draft can limit access to certain shallow anchorages, which might be a concern for those wanting to explore less typical cruising grounds.
Weight: While the weight provides stability, it can also reduce speed compared to lighter performance-oriented catamarans.
Maintenance Costs: As with any larger vessel, ongoing maintenance can be costly, especially if you opt for high-end finishes and electronics.
Limited Storage: Some users have noted that while the living space is generous, storage areas can feel limited, especially when provisioning for extended trips.
Made For
The 2018 Lagoon 42 is designed for sailing enthusiasts who seek a combination of comfort, performance, and versatility. Ideal for families, couples, and groups of friends, this catamaran caters to those looking to explore the open waters while enjoying the luxuries of a well-appointed vessel. With its spacious layout and ample living areas, the Lagoon 42 is perfect for extended cruising and entertaining. Its open-plan design seamlessly integrates indoor and outdoor spaces, making it ideal for socializing or simply relaxing while taking in breathtaking views. Whether you're an experienced sailor or a novice looking to embark on your first adventure, this catamaran offers ease of handling and user-friendly features. It’s also well-suited for charter operators aiming to provide an exceptional experience to their guests. In summary, the 2018 Lagoon 42 is perfect for anyone who values comfort and performance in their sailing experience, from leisurely day trips to adventurous voyages.
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