The Boat

At almost exactly two years of owning “OG” (Original Giro), we went and bought a new boat. If you are interested in reading about “OG”, our old Lagoon 380, her page is saved here.

Why did we buy a new boat??

Our trip to the Bahamas in 2017 combined with some needs/desires to perform some necessary upgrades prompted the discussions of whether or not to spend a large sum of money on OG or look for a new boat with all of that work already done. During a Bahamas provisioning trip to Fort Lauderdale we took a look at a beautiful Lagoon 420 to reacquaint ourselves with the design as we had just looked at a new Lagoon 42 and 450 at the Miami boat show.

As fate would have it our broker (who was also the listing agent) wasn’t able to meet and neither was his associate so we were able to take a look at this 420 and meet her owners. I fully believe that meeting Dave & Linda and being able to talk to them for the time we were there sealed the deal in our minds. They were awesome. Since they were upgrading too we hope to run across them in the future. Good people. We weren’t ready to put in an offer on anything yet as we were just looking at our options. So we said our “See you laters” and went back to getting ready for the Bahamas.

Fast forward to our Bahamas trip and we decide that we definitely need more room and a few more other things. When we get back from the Bahamas we go back through the boats that we had been looking at and out of all of them this 420 stood out. Both from a “we really like/want her” standpoint as well as from the “spreadsheet” standpoint. Out of all of our options, she was a little bit more money but also required the least amount of out-of-pocket money to get her going. One big problem though. She went under offer while we were off cruising the crystal clear waters of Andros and the Berry Islands! We went back and forth and decided to put in a backup offer to put is first in line should the original deal fall through. Luckily for us it did! Long story short, we bought a new boat.

Why keep the name Giro?

After much (and I mean A LOT) of deliberation it was decided that she shall take the name Giro which as become part of our identity. The new owner of OG was renaming her and in order to keep Giro’s spirit going this was the thing to do. We had a renaming ceremony and our new Lagoon 420 Giro was christened. She is a big girl. For a 42 footer she has plenty of volume, she is plenty stable, and can still get up and move if she is so inclined. (We made 10+ knots going from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Hampton, VA!) She still needs a few little things but she’s perfect for us and we know that she too will take us safely all over in our travels. She’s now part of our story and we are part of hers.

What’s her history?

A little about Giro’s overall history. Dave & Linda bought her brand new from a Lagoon dealer in the UK shortly after she came out of the Lagoon factory and was delivered to England. They sailed her over the 8 years that they owned her from the UK across the Atlantic, all over the Caribbean, and the US east coast. They took very good care of her and she has had plenty of upgrades along the way. She is a 2008 model Lagoon 420, owners version:

The Basics:

As we get settled I’ll update the stuff and images below. What you see here doesn’t do her justice.

 

The Extras:
Additional refrigeration/freezer
Spectra Watermaker
Onan 9kVa Diesel Generator
Updated 220v/110v Electrical & Electronics (Incl 540W Solar, 3kW Inverter/Charger, ~400Ah battery)
Updated iCom communications (Incl. SSB & Pactor)
HVAC throughout