Lagoon is presenting the new Lagoon 47 at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2026 after giving the model an earlier first public look at La Grande Motte. The 14.95-metre catamaran sits in the heart of the builder’s cruising range and has been developed around flexible living space rather than a single fixed accommodation plan.
With an overall beam of 7.96 metres, the yacht has the platform width to create multiple social areas and generous interior volume without moving into a much longer hull. Lagoon is using that space to offer three- and five-cabin configurations together with a new Smart Room that can change function according to the owner’s programme.
The Smart Room is intended to avoid wasted space
The most distinctive interior idea is a room that can serve as a workspace, additional cabin or other convertible area. Rather than forcing every owner to accept the same permanent function, Lagoon is trying to make one part of the interior respond to how the yacht is actually used during different seasons or phases of ownership.
That flexibility could be valuable on a privately operated catamaran because the same family may need an office during extended cruising, another sleeping cabin when guests arrive and extra storage at other times. The design will be most convincing if conversion is simple and the room remains useful in each mode rather than becoming a compromise that does several jobs poorly.
Three- and five-cabin versions broaden the audience
Lagoon is offering different cabin counts so the 47 can appeal to both private owners and operators who need more berths. A three-cabin layout can dedicate more volume to each sleeping space, while the five-cabin option increases capacity for larger families, shared ownership or charter-oriented use.
The choice also changes how buyers should judge the boat. Maximum occupancy is not automatically the best use of a 47-foot catamaran, and owners planning long stays aboard may prefer larger lockers, easier circulation and more privacy instead of additional cabins that are only occupied a few weekends each year.
The platform is sized for serious cruising
Published specifications give the Lagoon 47 a light displacement of about 18 tonnes, a draft of 1.25 metres and an air draft of 23.2 metres. Standard propulsion comes from twin 57hp engines, while fuel capacity is listed at 860 litres and fresh water at 700 litres.
Those figures point to a yacht intended for more than day sailing. Tankage, machinery access and storage become important once owners spend weeks aboard, and the relatively shallow draft preserves the ability to reach anchorages that would be difficult for many deep-keel monohulls of similar internal volume.
Sail area has to move a broad cruising platform
The upwind sail area is published at 128 square metres. A cruising catamaran of this size is carrying considerable windage and accommodation, so the balance between easy handling and useful light-air performance will be important to owners who do not want to motor every time conditions soften.
Lagoon’s broader design brief is comfort first, not stripped-out speed, and prospective buyers should evaluate sail handling accordingly. Reefing positions, line routing and helm visibility matter as much as sail area because most 47 owners will expect to manage the yacht with a small crew rather than a professional racing team.
Co-creation is part of Lagoon’s story for the 47
Lagoon says the model was developed through an unusually collaborative process with its community. That approach can help identify the everyday frustrations owners actually experience, from storage and work space to how people move between the cockpit, saloon and cabins during longer periods aboard.
The real test is whether those contributions have been translated into clear design decisions rather than a long list of options. Cannes allows existing Lagoon owners to compare the 47 with familiar models and see whether the new flexibility feels like a meaningful evolution of the brand’s cruising philosophy.
Cannes puts the 47 into a crowded multihull market
The model arrives at a time when the 45-to-50-foot catamaran category is increasingly competitive, with buyers able to choose between conventional diesel cruisers, performance-oriented designs and more heavily electrified alternatives. Lagoon’s advantage is scale, dealer coverage and a large installed owner base, but those strengths do not remove the need for the new boat to feel distinct.
At 14.95 metres, the Lagoon 47 remains comfortably inside Luxury Yacht Guide’s under-24-metre scope while offering the volume many buyers associate with much longer monohulls. Its success will depend on whether the Smart Room, cabin choices and onboard circulation translate that volume into genuinely useful space rather than simply more square metres.
