The world market leader is continuing to ride the catamaran wave and is adding the Excess series, announced a year ago at boot, to its successful Lagoon brand. Two models have been afloat since then, the Excess 12 and Excess 15. The basic idea: more speed - more fun, a desirable combination that many modern catamarans seem to have lost. According to programme manager Bruno Belmot, the new boats should be "the fastest cats without daggerboards".
The way to achieve this goal is through weight, and so the new twin-hulls have been slimmed down first and foremost: no flybridge, the helm stations moved aft to deck level, a semi-textile bimini instead of a fixed surface, the mainsheet moved aft at the end of the cockpit and a simplified interior. Other measures relate to more effective connections between the parts and reduced interior shells. Nevertheless, according to the shipyard, up to two tonnes could be saved compared to a Lagoon 40, depending on the configuration.
There is a choice of four or three cabins for the interior, and there are two bathrooms in each case, albeit in different sizes. The cheapest version of the Excess 11 costs 280,000 euros.
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Fridtjof Gunkel
Deputy Chief Editor YACHT
