The Ultimate Flagship?
We got our first look at the Eighty 3 during its world premiere in Bordeaux back in the spring. Six months later, two days after the Cannes Yachting Festival, we find that same hull #1 at anchor off the city’s famous La Croisette boulevard. But this time, it wasn’t just going to be a flying visit: We had the whole morning to take the helm of Lagoon’s new motor flagship, enjoy its immense interior space, and test the performance delivered by the twin 580-hp motors.
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Test location: Cannes – Lérins Islands Conditions: Calm sea, light wind
Meeting Up Off the Coast of Cannes
It wasn’t even 9 a.m. when we departed Port Canto aboard a tender that was more like an imposing RIB than a standard service dinghy. The water was perfectly calm, the morning light still magnificent, and the plan quite appealing: head out to the Lagoon Eighty 3 at anchor, cruise all morning, then meet up at lunchtime with the team who were out testing the Lagoon 47 at the same time. The meeting place was already set: it was to be at La Tonnelle restaurant on the…
