13m Lagoon 42 Catamaran Charter Rhodes | 2020 | IO1304

A Lagoon 42 charter Rhodes week begins at the New Marina, a short walk from the medieval old town and a morning’s sail from Symi: a 2020 hull from the yard at Bordeaux, twelve metres eighty on deck and seven metres sixty across the beam, with four double cabins, four heads and a flybridge helm set above the coachroof. Air conditioning and a generator are aboard, which between July and September is the difference between a week you remember and a week you endure.

A full-batten mainsail and a self-tacking jib make the Dodecanese easy to work short-handed, and solar panels with an inverter keep the domestic circuit alive without running the generator. Aquinox arranges this Lagoon 42 charter Rhodes the way guests actually want a catamaran arranged: provisioned before arrival, skippered if you wish, and routed so every evening ends somewhere worth waking up in.

Thirteen metres, built in 2020

A Lagoon 42 charter Rhodes booking puts you on the most successful catamaran the yard has built. The rig is stepped well aft, which moves sail area into a large square-topped mainsail and lets a self-tacking jib do the foredeck work; tacking through the channels between the islands is a matter of turning the wheel and nothing else. Vertical hull windows at berth level let daylight into the cabins without the greenhouse effect of a sloping pane.

Twin fifty-seven horsepower diesels on saildrives handle harbours and calms, and six hundred litres of fuel with six hundred of water give a real week between fills. A light seven-and-a-half-tonne displacement and one metre twenty-five of draught take her into the shallow sand the monohulls have to anchor outside of.

A Lagoon 42 charter Rhodes week through the Dodecanese

From the New Marina a Lagoon 42 charter Rhodes itinerary usually runs north-west: Symi for the harbour at Gialos and the monastery at Panormitis, then Tilos, Nisyros for the caldera, and Kos. Turn the other way and Chalki, Alimia and the long empty beaches on the western shore open up within a day. Meltemi season funnels wind down between the islands, and a catamaran that sits flat and draws little takes the anchorages the monohulls have to give up.

The eating is the point as much as the sailing. Pedi and Nimborio keep tables at the water where the only sensible approach is by tender, and the local octopus, the capers and the thyme honey are worth planning a day around. Aquinox books the berths and the tables before you arrive.

Saloon, galley and living space

The saloon of this Lagoon 42 charter Rhodes runs the full beam under panoramic glass, with a U-shaped settee and a dining table to port and a chart station with instruments, breaker panel and VHF forward to starboard. The galley sits along the starboard side with a three-burner hob, an oven, a deep sink and a full-height fridge-freezer, so whoever is cooking is still in the conversation rather than exiled below.

Warm oak joinery, cream upholstery and a pale sole keep the interior calm rather than glossy, and opening coachroof hatches keep the space cool without the air conditioning running. The cockpit sits on the same level as the saloon with a second table and a long bench, shaded by the coachroof overhang through the hottest part of the afternoon.

Four cabins

Each hull of this Lagoon 42 charter Rhodes carries two double cabins, and each has its own head with a washbasin and a separate shower rather than a shared wet-room. Hull windows at berth level mean you wake to water instead of a porthole, and opening hatches above every berth matter more in the Aegean than any amount of joinery. Two further single berths in the bow compartments take the boat to ten if you need them. Linen and towels are laid out fresh on turnaround.

On deck and in the water

The flybridge is what sells a Lagoon 42 charter Rhodes week: a raised helm with a bench beside it, high enough to see both bows when you are going stern-to in a crowded harbour and the best seat on the boat at anchor. Forward there are twin trampolines and a sunbed; aft, a bathing step on each hull and a dinghy with an outboard on davits. Snorkelling equipment and cockpit speakers come as standard.

Specifications

• Model: Lagoon 42 sailing catamaran
• Year built: 2020
• Length overall: 12.80 m (42 ft)
• Beam: 7.60 m (25 ft)
• Draught: 1.25 m (4 ft)
• Light displacement: 7,500 kg
• Guest cabins: four doubles plus two single bow berths, ten berths
• Heads: five, four of them en suite with a separate shower
• Engines: 2 × 57 hp diesel with saildrives
• Fuel / water capacity: 600 l / 600 l
• Rig: full-batten mainsail, self-tacking jib, lazy jacks
• Equipment: air conditioning, generator, solar panels, inverter, flybridge helm, autopilot, chart plotter in cockpit, refrigeration, cockpit speakers, sprayhood, bimini, dinghy with outboard
• Home base: Rhodes, Greece
• Fleet code: IO1304

Charter this Lagoon 42 in Rhodes

Rates for this Lagoon 42 charter Rhodes open at €3,500 per week out of season and run to €10,500 in the first weeks of August, with a standard charter pack covering transit log, cleaning, linen and towels. A skipper can be added by the day. From the same marina see the Lagoon 40 in Rhodes, and for a larger platform the Lagoon 50. The full Aquinox fleet is listed by base and cabin count, and the yard publishes the model specification at Lagoon Catamarans.

Aquinox Yachting manages every Lagoon 42 charter Rhodes booking end to end — provisioning, itinerary, transfers, berths and the boat-in tables that make the week.