New in 2019: Fountaine Pajot 40 has two hulls, two engines and a flybridge
The latest addition to the motor yacht range of the French builder is named Fountaine Pajot 40: a power catamaran with a large flybridge and contemporary design.
Outside, Fountaine Pajot 40 features energetic lines, with distinctive bows to make it sleek. But as every catamaran, the main advantages are inside. It sports a wide salon with galley to starboard and a dinette for 6-8 people to port. The two companionways take to the hulls: one is dedicated to the owner who eill enjoy a large cabin with transversal bed, a room with basin and closet and a separate heads. The starboard hull hosts another two cabins, a double and a twin with bunk beds, and those two share a second heads.
But there is plenty of space outside as well. The foredeck is closed, which means that the space between the two hulls houuses a recessed lounge with a sofa and two sun beds. To aft, the cockpit has an L sofa and a table completely covered by the flybridge overhang.
The mentioned flybridge, accessible via a rounded staircase, is almost as large as the boat itself. Beside the second helm station with two settees, there's a big lounge (larger than the one in the salon), a wet bar and a fore solarium.
As for the performance at sea, it will offer the typical stability of a catamaran on relaxed water. The poweretrain consists of two Volvo Penta engines, delivering 300 or 370 hp each, coupled to IPS 400 or 500 transmissions.
           
The numbers of Fountaine Pajot 40
- Length overall …............ 13.45 m (40 ft)
- Beam …............ 5.96 m (19.8 ft)
- Displacement unloaded …............ 13.5 T
- Draft …............ 1.1 m (3.7 ft)
- Standard engines …............ IPS 400 - VOLVO 2 x 300 CV
- Option engines …............ IPS 500 - VOLVO 2 x 370 CV
- Architect …............ Andrieu Yacht Design
- Interior Design …............ Pierangelo Andreani Studio
- Fresh water tank …............ 450 l (119 US gal)
- Fuel tanks …............ 2 x 700 l (2 x 186 US gal)
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