The 43 is what replaced the Lagoon 42, and it is the newer thinking at roughly the same length: more volume, a reworked cockpit-to-saloon flow, and a furling genoa instead of a self-tacker for owners who want more sail to play with. The 42 it succeeds is still the most numerous modern Lagoon on the water, so if you are cross-shopping new against pre-owned, this is the pair to compare.

The 43 replaces the Lagoon 42, a boat that ran past a thousand hulls, and the brief was to add volume without losing what made the 42 sell. VPLP reworked the hull lines with more volume forward above the waterline, so all four doubles can take berths of comparable size; Patrick le Quément handled the exterior, Nauta Design the interior. The change you notice on the dock is the extra entryway cut into each hull quarter, giving a second route from the transom into the accommodation — which makes stern-to berthing considerably less of a scramble with guests aboard.

The rig is where she departs from the smaller Lagoons. The 43 carries a 37m² furling genoa rather than a self-tacking jib, for 105m² upwind against 13.9 tonnes. That buys real power reaching and in light air, at the cost of sheet handling on every tack — worth knowing if you intend to sail two-handed. A square-top mainsail and a Code 0 are options. Standard power is twin 57hp Yanmars, with 570 litres of fuel and 630 litres of water, and the helm is on the flybridge. With up to thirteen berths in the four-cabin plan she is aimed at charter as much as at private owners, who normally take three cabins.