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Fountaine Pajot Power 67 sold to Japan
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- June 15, 2023
- 4:00 pm
Japan dealer Active Marine has secured Asia’s first sale of Fountaine Pajot’s flagship power catamaran while remaining busy with sister brand Dufour.
Fountaine Pajot Power 67
Active Marine has sold a Fountaine Pajot Power 67 to a client in Japan, marking the first sale in Asia of the French builder’s flagship power catamaran. Fountaine Pajot’s other motor yachts comprise the 36ft MY4.S (click for Review), MY5 and MY6, with the latter two models formerly known as the MY40 and MY44.
Kevin Corfa, Head of Asia for Fountaine Pajot, said the Japan-based owner chose the Power 67 after owning a monohull motor yacht. The client will visit La Rochelle this summer to spend time working with the shipyard on extensively customising the 65ft powercat, which has a beam of over 32ft.
“The owner came directly, preferring Fountaine Pajot’s design and performance to any other catamaran,” Corfa said. “He also chose the brand over the competition due to our dedicated customisation programme. Japan is becoming a very interesting market for us.”
Fountaine Pajot Power 67
An Isla 40 (click for Review), Fountaine Pajot’s entry-level sailing catamaran, was recently delivered to Japan after being sold by the same dealer.
Meanwhile, Active Marine has also been active with Fountaine Pajot’s sister brand, Dufour. The dealer recently received a Dufour 37, having sold four units of a model that had its world premiere at last year’s Cannes Yachting Festival.
“The Dufour 37 is a tremendously important model in Japan as she replaces the Dufour 360, which has been our most popular model there and accounts for about half the model’s sales in Asia,” Corfa said.
Dufour 37
“It was challenging to explain the new model to the market because its predecessor was so acclaimed, but once they discovered it and sailed it at events organised in France this year, they loved it. We expect several more orders in Asia.”
The brand’s newest model is the Dufour 41 (click for article), which is scheduled to premiere at this year’s Cannes Yachting Festival from September 7-12, with at least one unit earmarked for Japan. Fountaine Pajot is preparing to debut its New 80 sailing catamaran (click for article) at the same show.
