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Fountaine Pajot to debut new flagship at Cannes
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- August 10, 2023
- 2:32 pm
The French builder is confirmed to premiere its ‘New 80’ at the Cannes Yachting Festival where it will show six sailing catamarans and three motor yachts.
CGI of Fountaine Pajot New 80
Fountaine Pajot will stage the global debut of the ‘New 80’ sailing catamaran in Port Canto at this year’s Cannes Yachting Festival (September 12-17), with teams from dealers The Yacht Sales Co and Multihull Solutions attending the six-day show. The two sister companies represent multiple multihull and monohull brands in key markets across the Asia-Pacific.
Announced at last year’s Cannes Yachting Festival, the New 80 (click for article) is Fountaine Pajot’s largest yacht to date and features retractable side decks, expansive fore and aft cockpits, a magnificent flybridge, twin helm stations, and a master cabin with Jacuzzi.
CGI of Fountaine Pajot New 80
In Port Canto, largely dedicated to sailing yachts, the New 80 will line up alongside the Astréa 42, Elba 45, Tanna 47, Aura 51 and the Samana 59. In Vieux Port, for motor yachts, Fountaine Pajot will display the MY4.S (click for Review), MY6 and Power 67.
Dufour, represented by The Yacht Sales Co, will premiere the Dufour 41 (click for article) and Dufour 530 Smart Electric sailing monohulls, while also showing the Dufour 37 (click for Review), Dufour 430 and Dufour 470 in Port Canto.
Dufour 41
Also in Port Canto, trimaran enthusiasts will be catered to by French sister brands, with the Neel 47 sailing trimaran and the Leen 56 power trimaran.
In Vieux Port, Italian builder Absolute will host the world premiere of its 52 Fly (click for article) in a large display that also includes the 48 Coupe, 56 Fly, 60 Fly, Navetta 48, Navetta 52, Navetta 58, Navetta 64 and flagship Navetta 75 (click for Review). Spanish builder Tesoro will show its T38 Outboard.
CGI of Absolute 52 Fly
Brand specialists from Multihull Solutions and The Yacht Sales Co – including Greg Boller, Marcus Overman and Andrew de Bruin – will be among the companies’ teams at the event to assist clients. Guests can meet Romain Crozon, the companies’ La Rochelle Commissioning Manager, and Andres Martinez, CEO of Tesoro.
