Fountaine Pajot

Fountaine Pajot is the #1 builder in the world for serious, voyaging catamarans. Each model is designed to cross oceans in any weather, and to have the space and load-carrying capability to accommodate your serious, voyaging plans. FP MultiHull Article See the Fountaine Pajot Caribbean Rendezvous article here.

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Instant Rebate Sale with our new, Have it your way, program. Call 410-263-2311 for details

> FP 36-Sail I.R.S. Savings:$28,710 From $220,764
> FP 40-Sail I.R.S. Savings: $39,150 From $297,288

> FP 41 New ModelClick on the link during office hours and we'll give you access to a site where you can get full information, a slide show, specs and more. Check this out if you want a boat in the next year. This is a large volume, brand new model! 

> FP 44-Sail I.R.S. Savings: $34,002 From $464,038
> FP 48-Sail  I.R.S. Savings: $45,553 From $650,624
> FP 60-Sail I.R.S. Savings: Ask for special pricing
> FP 65-Sail  I.R.S. Savings: Introductory pricing on first five 

> FP 35-Power Cat
> FP 40-Power Cat
> FP 46-Power Cat
> FP 60-Power Cat


1. Boat info. Sail/Power
2. Company info

2A. All about La Rochelle--FP's Home port.
3. Customizing
4. Good Cat, Bad Cat-what's the diff.
5. Satisfaction guarantee

Interior choices  | 
Sail-Biminis & exterior ideas

Catamaran or Monohull? What's the best choice for you?

Going green? The good and bad of electric propulsion-here.  O.K., so there's not much good--yet.

 

Fountaine Pajot Owner's versions...

Fountaine Pajot introduced the world to the idea of an owner's wing many years ago--one entire hull devoted to an owner's living and sleeping quarters.

But, that's not enough. When an owner wants to go voyaging, he needs to be able to carry the equipment, provisions, fuel and water and the other things that make up the "load". Few manufacturers tell you what the load carrying capability of their boat is. Many, are old designs or less well thought out designs and simply don't have the load carrying ability that your Fountaine Pajot will.

This, and other issues relating to what is necessary for an owner's version is such an important subject, that we interviewed designers, builders, offshore delivery captains and owners and charterers to find out more about what's important in a voyaging, live-aboard catamaran. This is summarized in our white paper/report: "GoodCat/BadCat". Please feel free to read it here. If you don't do any other research, this information derived from those with the most experience in the industry is essential to your understanding for choosing your boat.

Please call us to discuss your requirements at any time: 410-263-2311.

Comparisons of FP to others

Lagoon 44 to Fountaine Pajot

Antares (PDQ) to Fountaine Pajot

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Catamaran or Monohull? What's the best choice for you?

Fountaine Pajot Catamarans for serious cruisers.

(Just show me the boats-click here!)

Fountaine Pajot Caribbean Rendezvous article here.

Fountaine Pajot, the leading builder of offshore catamarans in the world.

The World has changed...

And we are changing with it...

On this page, you'll learn about new models and new equipment. How to judge whether a catamaran you are considering is really intended for live aboard, offshore cruising. Even some new ideas for how to own your new boat for less.

Load carrying ability is, perhaps, the single most important factor when considering a serious offshore/live-aboard catamaran design. Here we had over 50 people, full tanks and catering aboard our Salina 48 for the Blue Angel demonstration in Annapolis and notice that the waterlines on both sides are not submerged! Find out more about all of the important considerations! Choosing your catamaran-an article read by 1000's.

As the leading builder of Catamarans, Fountaine Pajot offers Offshore capable, and live-aboard catamarans. (Each model is available in an Owner's version, with owner's wing,  or with additional cabins for large families or charter applications.) They build sail, power and commercial catamarans (you may have seen the two tone green power cats as committee boats during the America's cup?).

The combination of volume, experience and the best engineers and designers insures that Fountaine Pajot is consistently the value leader in their field.

Since 1992, Bay Yacht Agency has consistently been the leading North American dealer for Fountaine Pajot. We have the experience and staff to insure that your Fountaine Pajot is customized to your complete satisfaction. We even offer a price and satisfaction guarantee!

BYA offers exclusive pictures and information on all the new models and features--check out the individual models on this page. All of the sail boat models will be displayed at the Annapolis boat show in Oct. Want to try before you buy? We have most models for charter and will reimburse you for your charter when you buy. We even reimburse you for your flight to France for a scheduled sea-trial or factory tour once you select your model from us. Call for details.

Since our start in 1972 we have taken pride in introducing clients to the finest boats the world has to offer, and now, we introduce you to the new ideas and the best products for your hard earned dollars, that the world has to offer. We are proud to introduce you to the all new, Fountaine Pajot line up. We look forward to serving you...

Eric Smith, President

Brokerage Catamarans-Links to over 70,000 boats, specializing in catamarans

Why is Fountaine Pajot the #1 builder of catamarans in the world? Here's the inside information...

For over 30 years building over 1,700 boats, Fountaine Pajot has introduced the world to the Catamaran lifestyle. Now, I introduce them to you... (Please scroll down.)

Fountaine Pajot...The boat knowledgeable owners aspire to.

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Catamaran or Monohull? What's the best choice for you?

Comparisons of FP to others

New, 46 and 48' with hardtop.

All new for 07. New pictures 07/01/07 as a result of our trip to France for the grande introduction.

FP watched others struggle with trying to get a proper hard top while having a helm station that ended up being isolated from the cockpit.

FP, solved this compromise by offering a helm station with all controls led to it, while providing walking and talking access to the cockpit as well as to the deck. This resulted in a tremendous improvement without the compromise of a high, unreachable boom, or isolation of the helmsman from the cockpit. The bonus is that all sail controls are led here so that the boat is even more easily single or double handed. See the slide shows for details.

 

Night Sailing

Join us for cruises--internationally, or on the E.Coast. N.E. Cruise-Come as an owner, or charter one of our boats. Click here.

Now, we've made a great find for those exposed helm seats, and even for over the nets--a totally flexible, adjustable bimini top that simply plugs in where you need it. Raise it, lower it, tilt it or fold it away--a neat solution for shade and rain protection! Call us for details.

1. See the sailboats here

Power? (Click here for power)

Click on the link to the right for complete details. most models available in a multi cabin and owner's layout configuration

Special  pricing, For complete option lists, Call or email us on the 36-65'--We offer both complete cruise away versions with custom installations, or a unique "Have it your way" pricing program

By the way, do you know about our best price, best service guarantee? We are North America's largest Fountaine Pajot dealer. We guarantee the best available price for a customized boat! We've commissioned more boats than anyone--let us show you what we can do!

 36' Mahe .   36' Mahe Slide show(Click this link for complete slide show). Review.  Standard equipment list. 

FP site information: Click Here

 40' Levezzi-  Virtual Tour 3-4 Staterooms, 2 heads customizing possible Review  Standard equipment list  
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  41'Lipari . Here Now! Click here complete web page: Click here, slide show 410-263-2311                           

Orana 44

  44' Orana  Click left link for complete slide show, specs and information. 3-or 4 Staterooms 3-4 heads, plus bow cabins for crew or family. OwnersVersion-Head f'wrd Standard equipment List.   Customizing possible.
FP site information: Click Here

  48' Salina- Click on the link, left, to see slide show, specs and much more. 3-4 staterooms plus 2 singles, 3-4 heads. OwnersVersion-Head f'rd. Standard Equipment List.    Link to: FP Web page for 48 Complete customizing available.
FP site information: Click Here

 60' Eleuthrea-Slide Show  Virtual Tour Multiple configurations with or without crew quarters-totally customizable. Fountaine Pajot. A Cruising World article about the company, Eric Bruneel and the FP 60. Click here   Link to: FP Web page for 60

Fountaine Pajot 65 Galathea

 65' Galathea  New for 09. Orders being taken now. Standard equipment list Multiple configurations with or without crew quarters-totally customizable.
FP site information: Click Here

  Previous models--we specialize in finding used versions. As North Americas largest Fountaine Pajot dealer--we know 

  46' Bahia-3-4 staterooms plus 2 singles, 3-4 heads. Complete customizing available. Review
See all new 48 which replaces this model.

  43' Belize-    3-or 4 Staterooms 2-4 heads, plus bow cabins for crew or family. Customizing possible.
See all new 44 which replaces this model.

Add our great adjustable bimini to your (raised) control cockpit station.

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Links

About the ISO standards

More information on Catamaran Trawlers in general

Technical information about choosing a Power catamaran

Fountaine Pajot. A Power Cruising article about the Cumberland 44 Catamaran Trawler (Pre 07 model) and a cruise in the Spanish Virgins-Click here

Brokerage Catamarans-Links to over 70,000 boats, specializing in catamarans

P.S. Find out more about: FP Financial strength and growth.. 

Power-Catamaran Trawlers 

Click on the links to the right for complete details. All models available in a max # of cabins and owner's layout configuration

General FP Power Cat info, Click here.

 FP35: New inside steering station (Pilot) standard. 35' Highland-Slide show 39 slides!-3 cabins Standard equipment, click here  Video
FP site information: Click Here

Fountaine Pajot 40 Trawler

New 05/05/09 Twin bunks on port forward converts to dbl. New lgr. refer. More eng. options 200 & 220CV-see slide show. Avail Sept15/09

  Summerland 40. A spectacular, new Catamaran Trawler from Fountaine Pajot. Slide Show here. General FP Power Cat info, Click here.  Complete Specs, Click here.   Video
FP site information: Click Here

 46' Cumberland All new interior and extended transom platform. 46' Cumberland complete info-

Movie click here: Movie (6' waves, 30-40K winds) 3-6 cabins, 2-5 heads. Crews quarters optional
Fountaine Pajot. A Power Cruising article about the Cumberland 46 Catamaran Trawler and a cruise in the Spanish Virgins-Click here
FP site information: Click Here

 55' Queensland-Totally customizable. Standard Inventory here. Many layouts. Renderings are tentative and subject to change.
FP site information: Click Here

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Supplemental information

Links and more...

Fountaine Pajot is a successful leader in Catamaran sales for good reason...

About the ISO standards

P.S. Find out more about:
FP Financial strength and growth.. wpe2.jpg (13674 bytes)

 The Sailboat facility in La Rochelle France. 
>This is the powerboat and commercial boat facility, also located in LaRochelle

>Finally, just to give you an idea of the scope of what FP is capable of, I'm including a couple of pictures of their large commercial craft, both power and sail. FP has on-site engineers and design staff and provide exceptional support and services to their dealers and clients. Bay Yacht Agency has been an importer/dealer for over 10 years and we have nothing but praise for the exceptional service that FP continues to offer.

More information on Fountaine Pajots unique qualities...

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Should you want to go to La Rochelle...

Should a trip to visit the production facility, and see the beautiful port city of La Rochelle be a part of your acquisition planning--If you then later decide to purchase, BYA will reimburse you for your trip.

(Subject to certain terms and conditions-ask for details.)

Locator map for La Rochelle

Click on the picture for larger version. Click here for information on La-Rochelle including Hotels, etc.

(Our favorite Hotels in town: The Yachtsman, or St Jean De Arc. Both on the harbor-small, local, nice.)

Here's a ton of information, links and great picture library. La Rochelle is France's third most visited city!

Restaurants you must do...

Flots, Les
Les Flots features a varied menu, and changes are made to it based on the catch of the day. Available items can include calamari, oven-roasted lobster, and roasted sea bass.
Address: 1, rue de la Chaîne La Rochelle  France  17000
Telephone +33 5 46 41 32 51

André
André is decorated in a nautical theme, and is best known for large fish and seafood platters. A variety of desserts are also available, and group catering is offered.
Address: 7, rue St-Jean du Pérot La Rochelle  France  17000
Telephone +33 5 46 41 28 24 
 

2.Fountaine Pajot

Fountaine Pajot in perspective

Fountaine Pajot is the largest builder of offshore/liveaboard catamarans in the world. Volume production brings the economy of scale, and allows a stable, skilled work force to build your boat to exceptional standards at a production price.
FP is familiar with, and has used the highest tech construction techniques in racing and one-off boats, but chooses to use moderate high tech techniques in their cruising boats. You see, in racing boats, you can afford to take risks with unproven techniques, and unyielding laminate structures in order to gain a small speed advantage. However, in your cruising boat, you want proven technology and a measure of give when you brush a piling, or go aground. moderate
Compared to the typical monohull, FP is probably still considered high tech. Their skilled, and experienced work force is totally familiar with vacuum bagging, cored construction in laminates and internal structural members, and higher quality, less forgiving resins. But don't be fooled. The builders that throw out all of the fancy terms and names may be choosing unforgiving untried technology to your ultimate detriment.
Here, then are a few of the important features found on every Fountaine Pajot:

Catamaran Construction at Fountaine Pajot:

Fountaine Pajot is one of only two yards now offering it's boats built to the highest ISO 9001-2000 latest version-- European standard for offshore yachts. Over 1/2 of the Fountaine Pajot Catamarans built, sail trans-Atlantic in their first year--These boats are built, must be built, for Ocean sailing! The power boats are cruising in virtually all oceans of the world.  ( About the ISO standards here...)
All Fountaine Pajots  incorporate vacuum bagging construction and careful hand lay-up with sophisticated high strength resins which results in an extremely high strength to weight ratio while maintaining tremendous

Fountaine Pajot Abuse strength

Because of the anticipated volume of construction, FP spends more on initial tooling. By designing complex, interior molds that also use cored, vacuum bagging, where appropriate, we use many fewer pieces which are structurally bonded to give true unibody construction. Compare our 38, for example, with a total of 12 molds to competitors who use over 50! We get strength through better design.

Fountaine Pajot Safety:

Power...

Extra beam provides more stability. The hulls are built to offshore standards. Bulwarks with SS solid rails (not lifelines) surround the wide walk around decks. Structural skegs protect the shafts and rudders. Everything is carefully thought out and designed for offshore exploration and voyaging. Technical information about choosing a Power catamaran

Fountaine Pajot Sailing Catamarans...

On Sail Boats, we maintain a Beam/Length ratio of over 50%. This gives you very high stability, and a large window of opportunity before you need to reef (for safety). NOTE: Boats with exceptional beam beyond this may simply be adding unnecessary weight and get into an area where the hulls sail in different wave systems. That's why the larger FP's have a proportionally smaller ratio.
The keels are fixed and filled with foam. They are a separate piece, glued into a molded socket in the hull. They protect the rudders and shafts, but should they strike a reef or submerged object they harmlessly break away without allowing water intrusion.
Our boats are designed with multiple watertight compartments in each hull. Not only are FP's unsinkable, but they are designed so that if you hit floating debris and compromised a compartment, you could probably sail on. Even if you compromised two or more compartments you would be O.K.
All FP's meet not only the European standards, but the highest French, Offshore standards. (Necessary to sail out of the country on their own bottoms!) There are, for instance, reentry hatches located appropriately above the inverted waterline so that in the unlikely event of a capsize, you can use your inverted boat as a life raft with all supplies still available.  Choosing your catamaran

Cruising comfort/performance with Fountaine Pajot

Power

The beam offers less rolling. The narrower hulls offer less wave making resistance for better fuel economy on up to higher speeds. The FP's track straight as an arrow, even in following seas. Technical information about choosing a Power catamaran

Sailing comfort with Fountaine Pajot

We use nets forward and eliminate weight in the forward hulls to prevent pitching and aid bow recovery in heavy seas. (The nets let the water through, rather than tripping the boat, the full, light bows provide buoyancy so the bows don't bury.)
The hulls are rather full, with rounded shapes allowing FP's to sail at designed speeds under load. Typically, a loaded FP will sail at speeds approximately 20% greater than a comparable sized Monohull. (How do we know? Because we regularly deliver Monohulls and Catamarans from Annapolis to the Caribbean for our charter fleet and we look at the logs!)
The sterns are full and incorporate considerable overhang aft so that they adequately support the weight of the diesels and mechanical equipment. Again, the actual sterns are kept absolutely empty to reduce pitching.
There is consistently high bridge deck clearance and a smooth, unobstructed under bridge shape that prevents pounding at sea.
All FP's have twin diesels. You have the security of backup systems for virtually all mechanical and electrical functions. We can motor at approximately 80% of hull speed on just one engine which greatly increases your range and is at least comparable to the hull speed of single hull boats.
Flat deck spaces, and especially the relatively flat coach roof, make it comfortable and easy to move around. Choosing your catamaran

Exceptional features, Fountaine Pajot Power and Sail:

The galleys are up so the cook is in one of the lightest, airiest parts of the boat. Additional storage, pantry and utility spaces can be designed in below to accommodate live-aboards who require fewer cabins. On many of our charter boats, we design in removable bulkheads and extended floors to accommodate work shops, pantries, offices and more later when the owner takes his boat out of charter.
The Nav area is up with a full 360 degree view. With a remote on an autopilot the boat can be completely navigated from inside much like with a pilot house design.
A unique, patented feature is the eyebrow overhang of the coach roof over the window areas. This prevents the high sun from creating a greenhouse effect inside the boat. There's a difference you can feel on a sunny day. This is very important, and something you may not notice on a short visit but note that on the competitors Cats with wrap around windows that the wonderful panoramic view you normal expect is blocked most of the time with curtains or window coverings designed to keep out the sun!

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Have it your way!

From offices, to customized storage rooms. We can show you how to take advantage of stock boat prices, while still getting a customized boat.

Services

  • Financing
  • Instruction (With our partner LGC)
  • Commissioning and service
  • Insurance
  • Surveys

Customizing your boat.

Catamaran or Monohull? What's the best choice for you?

3.Custom boats

Customizing your Fountaine Pajot

(New or used!)

Most dealers give you a manufacturers option list and you put the boat together yourself.

We interview you to find out what is important to you. We introduce you to our systems engineer to discuss your options and to make a commissioning plan. Annapolis is "America's Boating Capital". We have access to the best people for electronics, carpentry, metal fabrication, sailmaking, canvas products and every other type of marine product that you can imagine.

Whether you're a seasoned pro, or a newbie, you shouldn't settle for less than  to have your boat meet your personal requirements. For more on this, visit this link: Customizing your boat.

We also arrange complete services. Everything from instruction, to financing and finding a slip.

Don't take our word for it, see what a few of the nice folks that we have helped recently have had to say...

Testimonials...

Contact us for details: 410-263-2311

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Everyone's bible

Other dealers send people to see this information. You can't afford not to understand this.

Sailing cats:

Choosing your catamaran-an article. Load carrying is the single most important attribute for a serious, offshore cruising catamaran--safety, and everything else evolves from this single characteristic!

Power Trawlers:

Technical information about choosing a Power catamaran

Going green? The good and bad of electric propulsion-here.  O.K., so there's not much good--yet.

 

4. Good Cat, Bad Cat?

...when you're looking for an offshore, live-aboard catamaran. 

Here's information that you can use. It was gleaned from designers, builders, delivery captains and owners. In the end, we distilled what they had to say into some hard hitting poignant comments. Now, you can use this information to help make an informed decision.

Click on the links to the left to learn more.

Looking good--Loaded! Over 50 people joined us for the Blue Angel demonstration on the Salina 48--and we're still above our water lines even with full tanks and provisions for 50!

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5. Price & Service guarantee

Guaranteed best price and service satisfaction 

Historically, Bay Yacht Agency has been the most successful dealer for each of our manufacturers that we represent.

With over 32 years of experience, we have put together the team and the resources so that we can offer you the best price and the best service.

Our service is so exceptional, that we guarantee it to meet or exceed your expectations. When you price out your boat, be sure to compare apples to apples and make sure that you are getting everything that is important and that the price includes top notch equipment, service and warranty support. When you do, you will find that the Bay Yacht Agency Group is your best choice.

For more details, go here.

We look forward to serving you...

Eric Smith, President

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