The company was founded in 1976 by Jean François Fountaine and three partners, near La Rochelle, in France, of course. After that they extended and moved to Aigrefeuille. They start building catamarans in 1981. Fountaine Pajot, is building at the moment, a range of sailing catamarans and some motor catamarans. The sailing catamarans are Mahe 36 Evolution, Lipari 41, Hélia 44, Salina 48 Evolution, Sanya 57, Victoria 67, Taiti 80 (Day Charter). The motor yachts catamarans are Summerland … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2013
Stokey Woodall’s Atlantic Circuit
Captain Stokey Woodall, from SWAC, added me to a newsletter I don't remember to have signed for. Anyway, I am sure I have his permission to make public some of it, as he has mine, to send me more of his stuff. It is called Why SWAC ? The organizers of SWAC are very much aware that there are other sailing rallies available to sailors, which at first glance might appear to be very similar. To help answer this question it is important to understand that the company slogan's is "We Know … [Read more...]
Dufour Yachts
After a long pause, we continue here with Dufour Yachts, a company founded in 1964 by Michel Dufour, an engineer with a love of sailing. The shipyard is in La Rochelle, France. They do now two classes of sailing yachts, Performance and Grand Large. Both are for cruising in comfort. There are three types of Performance, the 36, the 40E and the 45E. I'm not advertising any of them, so everything outside technical details or pictures are personal opinions. Length overall 10,99 m / … [Read more...]