A boom furler, a walk-on Bimini and 3,020 watts of solar — this 2016 Lagoon has been re-thought for long-term cruising, not weekends.
Most owner tours dwell on cushions and countertops. The technical walkthrough of S/V Stray Cats, a 2016 Lagoon 450 F offered by Jannelle, goes the other way: it opens in the rig, works its way through the solar array and lithium bank, and finishes in the bilges talking about thru-hulls. If you’re shopping this platform seriously, it’s the video you want.
A rig that rewrites the 450 F routine
The headline modification is a Leisure Furl Passagemaker boom furler in place of the standard main and sail bag. The video spends real time on the comparison, and it’s a fair one: the stock arrangement means lazy jacks, a zippered bag, two fixed reef points, going head to wind to raise or reef, and — as the narrator notes — frequently crawling into the bag to flake the sail. With the furler, there are no lazy jacks and no zipper, reefing is infinitely variable and can be done on any point of sail, and the furled main is permanently protected from weather, so it never needs tying down for hurricane season.
Supporting changes make the system genuinely usable. Extra mast steps have been added to both sides of the mast, replacing the awkward single-starboard, two-port arrangement, so you stand level while working at the front of the mast. The custom headsail cover releases with quick-release clips at mast and boom, then slides fore and aft on two cords cleated either side of the boom. Above it all sits an oversized walk-on Bimini rated to support four adults, reached by a ladder — a far cry from balancing on a soft top. Sail inventory includes a 180-degree Kevlar Code Zero on the dolphin striker for winds to 13 knots, plus genoa and main.
Energy: 3,020 watts and an all-Victron core
Twelve solar panels do the work here: eight rigid 320-watt panels — four atop the Bimini, four over the transom — plus four walk-on 115-watt panels, totalling 3,020 watts. Five controllers feed a lithium bank of four 330Ah batteries (1,320Ah), with bus bars, a battery management system and two smart battery protect devices grouped conveniently together. Two Victron 3,000-watt inverter/chargers handle AC, and two 50-amp DC-to-DC chargers push up to 100 amps to the bank underway. Monitoring is via a BMV-712 and a 5-inch GX display, or remotely over Bluetooth and the internet. An 11,000-watt Onan generator can run every system aboard simultaneously — including all five air conditioners — and has been reworked with a Racor filter, relocated sea strainer, a larger 1-inch thru-hull and seacock, fuel tank selector valves for either diesel tank, and a rear access panel.
Engines, props and ground tackle
Twin Yanmar 4JH57 engines (57 hp each) sit in the sugar scoops, and the tour makes a point of how much standing room each compartment offers — with owner-added shelving behind the engines and insert decking above them. Both drive SD-60 sail drives turning four-blade feathering Max Props, an upgrade over the three-blade Flexofolds fitted to most Lagoons; the video claims 10–12% better boat speed powering into heavy wind and sea, plus better close-quarters handling. Ground tackle is similarly beefed up: a 105 lb Mantus replaces Lagoon’s standard 65 lb Bruce, with 200 feet of 12mm G40 chain and 70 feet of rode renewed in 2023, a Quick chain counter at the helm and a bow anchor remote that keeps the counter live.
Liveaboard details
Water comes from a 40 gph Seawater Pro watermaker chosen because the crew can service it themselves, with an Acuva UV purifier under the galley sink feeding a dedicated faucet and the ice maker. Navigation is a Zeus 3 with 12-inch display, two Triton displays, separate autopilot control and an NAC3 autopilot computer. Safety kit includes a Viking six-person life raft with water and rations plus a registered EPIRB. Every berth has mattress slats for airflow and large storage drawers; the air-conditioning thru-hulls have been upgraded from Lagoon’s half-inch to three-quarter-inch Groco fittings with individual cut-off valves, and remaining thru-hulls replaced with Marelon on backing plates so seacocks can be changed without hauling out. A Highfield 340 CL aluminum-hulled tender with Hypalon tubes, custom chaps and a 20 hp Honda completes the package, along with a custom front cockpit and trampoline shade.
Where the 450 sits today
Context helps when weighing a boat this heavily specified. Over the last 24 months, 37 Lagoon 450s have sold on the site at a median $424,875, taking a median 179 days. Twenty are active now.
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Solds (24 months) | 37 |
| Median sold price | $424,875 |
| Median days to sell | ~179 |
| Active listings | 20 |
| Asking range | $249,000–$580,000 |
| Median asking | $427,000 |
| Listings with price cuts | 4 |
Buyer interest has picked up sharply, too: 31 inquiries on Lagoon 450 listings in the last 30 days against 16 in the prior period.
| Median sold (24 mo) | $424,875 | |||
| Median asking (active) | $427,000 |
The closing invitation is simple — come see Stray Cats in person. Given how much of this boat’s value lives in details you can only appreciate with the engine hatches open, that seems like the right advice.