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    Fountaine Pajot 45

    Sep 10, 2019 5 minutes
    By Sam Fortescue

    With new catamaran brands springing up like mushrooms, France’s Fountaine-Pajot is something of an oak tree in the market, with a story that goes back to its founding in 1976. It is also one of the largest cat builders out there, sending some 600 boats down the ways in 2018. The new 45, yet to be named at press time, replaces the 7-year-old Helia 44 and is intended to be the yard’s new bestseller. For that reason, it is no mold-breaking tearaway, but rather a safe, dependable, well-thought-out mainstay model. Not for nothing have more than 100 of the boats been sold before the first hull even hit the water.

    DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

    Although it replaces the old Helia 44, the

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