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Extra equipment installed when purchasing the boat

Extras installed in LinoCat when purchasing the boat: 2 x Yanmar 3YM30 30HP Diesel engines instead of 19HP Spinaker equipment 200kg Davits for Dinghy Direct freshwater connection deckshower at the stern (warm and cold freshwater) additional seats on the bow ( a pain if using a Spinaker!!!) harken 44.2 winches instead of 40.2 bigger Lofrans Tigre 1200W windlass decklight (bowsection) extra 300L freshwater tank Manual footpumps for fresh and saltwater in the kitchen 2x90L blackwater tanks Additional 140Ah battery (3 instead of 2) (have installed yet another one later) additional 3 220V power outlets in the salon additional 12V power outlet in the outside cooler compartment (for freezerbox) Diesel eletrical Heating (1 unit used for Salon and both hulls. Lagoon provides up to 3 units for cold climate) Curtains in salon and shower/baths Radio/CD Combo with external and internal loudspeakers (CDO, not recommended) Nav Pack with ST60 instruments Raymarine Ray54E DSC VHF radio with masthead an...

Love at first sight

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At the nautic salon in Paris i first saw the Lagoon 380 S2 in real. It was love at first sight. After a short walk around i could imagine getting this boat. Of course there are bigger ones and of course there are other brands like Catana. But the price tag in relation to what you get seemed to be worth going for this boat.

Why the name LinoCat ?

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LinoCat is named after the cat "Lino" which our neighbours found in heir garage. Since he was very active during night they asked us to be his parents during night. So during night he stayed in our flat during day he was at the Hoffies (our neighbours). Lino was the best cat i ever had. Since cat stands for the animal and the boat category the name LinoCat was just too natural. And also it can be pronounced in many languages and there was no other ship registered with that name in the ITU ship database .