12m Lagoon 40 Catamaran Charter Rhodes | 2023 | NM1204

A Lagoon 40 charter Rhodes week begins at the New Marina, a short walk from the medieval old town and a morning’s sail from Symi: a 2023 hull from the yard at Bordeaux, eleven metres seventy-four on deck and six metres seventy across the beam, with four double cabins, four heads and a flybridge helm that puts the person steering above the coachroof with a clear view of both bows. Solar panels, an inverter and a sprayhood are aboard, and the charter pack covers transit log, cleaning, linen and towels.

A full-batten mainsail and a self-tacking jib make the Dodecanese easy to work short-handed, and a light eleven-tonne displacement with one metre thirty of draught takes her into the shallow sand that the monohulls have to anchor outside of. Aquinox arranges this Lagoon 40 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.

Twelve metres, built in 2023

A Lagoon 40 charter Rhodes booking puts you on the boat that replaced the yard’s best-selling forty-footer. The rig is stepped further aft than on the older hulls, which moves sail area into a larger mainsail and makes her noticeably better at sailing rather than motoring. Vertical hull windows at berth level let daylight into the cabins without the greenhouse effect of a sloping pane, and the foredeck lounge forward of the mast is a proper second cockpit rather than a trampoline afterthought.

On a Lagoon 40 charter Rhodes week the twin twenty-nine horsepower diesels on saildrives handle harbours and calms, and four hundred litres of fuel give a wide margin for a week of island hopping. Steps drop from each transom straight into the water, and the tender hangs on davits between them rather than cluttering the foredeck.

A Lagoon 40 charter Rhodes week through the Dodecanese

From the New Marina the classic run is 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 40 charter Rhodes runs the full beam under panoramic glass, with an L-shaped settee and a dining table to starboard and a chart table with instruments, breaker panel and VHF forward to port. The galley sits along the port 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.

Pale oak joinery, cream upholstery and a dark timber sole keep the interior calm rather than glossy, and opening coachroof hatches keep the space cool without running anything. 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 40 charter Rhodes carries two double cabins, and each has its own head with a washbasin and 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 foredeck lounge is the feature that sells a Lagoon 40 charter Rhodes week: twin trampolines and a sunbed forward of the mast, open to the breeze on passage and the best seat aboard at anchor. Aft there is a bathing step on each hull, a dinghy with an outboard on davits, and cockpit speakers wired through to the saloon. Snorkelling equipment comes as standard and a paddleboard can be added to the booking.

Specifications

• Model: Lagoon 40 sailing catamaran
• Year built: 2023
• Length overall: 11.74 m (39 ft)
• Beam: 6.70 m (22 ft)
• Draught: 1.30 m (4 ft)
• Light displacement: 11,000 kg
• Guest cabins: four doubles plus two single bow berths, ten berths
• Heads: five, four of them en suite with a shower
• Engines: 2 × 29 hp diesel with saildrives
• Fuel / water capacity: 400 l / 300 l
• Rig: full-batten mainsail, self-tacking jib, lazy jacks
• Equipment: solar panels, inverter, refrigeration, flybridge helm, autopilot, chart plotter in cockpit, cockpit speakers, sprayhood, bimini, dinghy with outboard
• Home base: Rhodes, Greece
• Fleet code: NM1204

Charter this Lagoon 40 in Rhodes

Rates for this Lagoon 40 charter Rhodes open at €3,100 per week out of season and run to €8,800 in the first weeks of August, with a standard charter pack of €290 covering transit log, cleaning, linen and towels. A skipper can be added by the day. From the same marina see the Bali 4.1 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 40 charter Rhodes booking end to end — provisioning, itinerary, transfers, berths and the boat-in tables that make the week.