2004 Lagoon 380 Owners Version – Mermaids QOTS
Vessel is LLC owned
2025 Highfield Yacht Tender with epropulsion Spirit 1.0 electric motor included
“Mermaid QOTS” (Queen of the Sea) is a 2004 Lagoon 380 cruising catamaran. She was built
in Bordeaux, France and constructed of molded FRP with a white gelcoat and navy blue boot
stripes and canvas. Her LOA is 37’11” (LWL 36’1”) with a 15,700 pound displacement, and a
very wide 21’5” beam. She is officially rated as a CE Category A (Ocean) vessel designed for
long distance blue-water ocean voyaging and capable of withstanding winds over Beaufort
force 8 and waves of 4 meters or higher. She has spade rudders, a shallow draft and draws
3’9” of water allowing her to anchor close to shore. She is a Marconi fractional sloop rig with a
fully battened 516 ft 2 mainsail, stackpack, a deck stepped 57-foot-tall mast, swept back
diamond spreaders, a roller furled 333 ft 2 genoa, and asymmetrical 915 ft 2 spinnaker. There are
2 anchors (Rocna with 300’ of 3/8” all chain rode and a secondary Fortress), remote controlled
windlass, and and saltwater washdown. Twin 29 hp Yanmar diesel engines coupled with sail
drives are installed. Most lines run aft to the cockpit. A Winchard boom brake is positioned to
prevent accidental gybes. The port side helm station is raised above the deckhouse and has
wheel steering and Volvo throttle controls. There is a table and ample seating on the
bridgedeck which is covered with a canvas awning to provide shade. Tanks hold 52 gallons of
fuel and 150 gallons of fresh water. An Ech2o Tec 12 gpm reverse osmosis watermaker is also
installed. The boat has anodized aluminum spars, and stainless steel hardware. Fiberglass
decks are flat and wide making it easy and safe to move from bow to stern.
Belowdecks there are 3 staterooms with room for 7 people to sleep comfortably, 2 heads, sinks
and showers, and a small office space in the twin hulls. The design is galley up with
refrigerator, freezer, propane oven and stove, storage and sink with fresh and salt water
faucets. The deckhouse saloon has an open design, 6’5” of headroom, seating for 6, and a
dedicated navigation station. There are 13 fans, air conditioning, and space heaters for thermal
comfort; screened Lewmar hatches and portholes and a large sliding door separating the
cockpit from the main saloon. Two dedicated engine batteries, Jet Thruster batteries, and a 3
AGM 4D battery house bank, inverter, solar panels, and navigation instruments, including VHF
radios, GPS and chartplotters, AIS, depthsounder, knotmeter, wind instruments, and autopilot
are installed.
A Highfield Classic CL 310 aluminum hulled Hypalon tender with ePropulsion Spirit electric
outboard is carried on davits.
All required lighting and safety gear, PFDs, harnesses, tethers, liferaft, ditch bag, first aid kit,
flares and other emergency signaling devices, an EPIRB, SPOT satellite messenger,
binoculars, jack lines, ring buoy and heaving lines and Lifesling in case of a MOB situation, fire
extinguishers, fire blankets, and smoke alarms are carried and immediately available for use.
The services of Boat US have been procured for assistance in the U.S. with towing or other
on-the-water emergencies, if necessary.
She was delivered to LaPaz, Mexico aboard the
M/V Nowowiejski on July 26, 2019 and operated in the Sea of Cortez as a private vessel in
Mexico from July 2019 to August 2024. She was sailed to Southern California in September
2024 and is currently docked at Safe Harbor Cabrillo Isle Marina in San Diego Bay.
Upgrades and Maintenance summarized
Jet Thrusters ($12,492.71 + $5,568.02 parts and installation)
Move the boat by UYT Transport from Panama to La Paz, Mexico ($27,300.00 +
$5,000.00)
Sailed the boat from the Sea of Cortez to San Diego ($5,000.00)
Install air conditioning ($3,997.00)
Solar panels and reinforced davits
Mainsail repair
Canvas (dodger, saloon cushions, swivel tool seats, bunk mattresses, and
screens for saloon windows, companionway door, entire cockpit, Sunbrella
awning shades, Genoa panel)
Cortex VHF, anchor watch, AIS ($1,700.00)
Fire extinguishers, fire blankets, smoke alarms, CO2 alarms
New Raymarine autopilot
Wichard Boombreak
Running rigging (halyards, sheets, traveler), Spinlock clutches, Ronstan SS snap
shackles
Replaced the genoa roller furler
300 feet of new 3/8” anchor chain
Change electrical from 220 to 110 V, rewire, new inverter, adapters, changed
shorepower from 30 amp to 50 amp, new power cord $354.99
Blue Seas System electrical panel ($611.09)
Wood repair and improvements interior (ceiling, instrument area above nav table,
new panels for instruments, shelves, rail above, all water damaged and rotting
wood, refrigerator, outside cockpit table, helm controls, make bracket for garbage
can), varnish entire interior of boat
Windlass Imtra remote controls (2 x $209.99), rebuilt windlass
Replaced the trampoline net
Antifouling bottom paint and 8 through hulls – 2020 ($3,900.00) and 2023
($5,299.00) (Talleres Navales Bercovich)
Re locate all Raymarine instruments & chartplotter from nav station to helm
Replace missing lifelines behind helm and at bow
Safety gear: Lifesling, ring buoy, jacklines, strobelights, flares, flareguns, bungs
Replaced wind instruments
Replaced water heater
Install salt water washdown system, pump, hose and fittings
Replaced fresh water shower on the port ama
Rewire the watermaker ($678.00
Stainless steel boarding rails on sugarscoops , 3 in cockpit, ladder up to boom,
safety rails, grabrails in the cockpit and at the mast
Installed Caframo Sirocco II fans (13: each stateroom, galley, each head, nav
table, desk, saloon)
Installed 12 volt and USB outlets throughout the boat, added AC outlets under
sink, in cockpit, and throughout the boat
Replaced lighting with LEDs
Replace anchor light, steaming light, running lights
Installed flag halyards
Purchased 2 new propane tanks
