The video is less spec sheet than mood piece — but this 45-foot cruising cat's appeal comes through loud and clear.
Some boat videos walk you through every locker and pump. This one doesn’t. The clip for S/V Clapotis, a 2015 Lagoon 450F (hull #389), is a music-led montage — original tracks “Gettin’ Marinated” and “Son of a Beach” by Jason Zinsmeister — set to scenes of life aboard. It opens on “Day 2, waking up in Baja Sur,” coffee in hand, and never really leaves that register: warm light, palm trees, the water, and the easy rhythm of a boat being used rather than stored.
That’s worth taking seriously as a buyer. What the video conveys isn’t a technical inventory, it’s a use case: a family-sized cruising catamaran in the Sea of Cortez, anchored off beaches, hosting friends, running on island time. If that’s the picture you’ve been building in your own head, this is a fairly honest preview of it.
Why the 450F still sells
The Lagoon 450 is one of the most recognizable cruising catamarans afloat, and the F — flybridge — variant is the layout that put it on the map: a raised helm and lounging platform above the cockpit, with the full-width saloon and generous bridgedeck living space below. At 45 feet, it hits the sweet spot many couples and families look for — real liveaboard volume without stepping into professional-crew territory.
Where the market sits
Buyers considering a 450 should know the model trades actively. Over the past 24 months, 34 Lagoon 450s have sold, with a median sold price of $425,000 and a median time to sell of roughly 182 days. Right now there are 20 active listings, asking between $249,000 and $580,000 — a wide band that reflects age, refit history, equipment and charter versus private ownership — with a median ask of $427,000. Four of those listings have cut price. Interest is trending up: 28 inquiries in the last 30 days against 19 the prior 30, a jump of about 47%.
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Sold, last 24 months | 34 |
| Median sold price | $425,000 |
| Median days to sell | ~182 |
| Active listings | 20 |
| Asking range | $249,000–$580,000 |
| Median asking price | $427,000 |
| Median sold (24 mo) | $425,000 | |||
| Median asking (active) | $427,000 |
Note that the video doesn’t detail systems, sails, electronics or engine hours — so those are exactly the questions to bring to the broker. For specifics on S/V Clapotis, including equipment, condition and asking price, contact Paul through the listing.