MULTI SHORTS
Bénéteau
Fountaine Pajot reports
releases Q1
strong sales
Fountaine Pajot has
results
revealed that total
turnover for the 2007/08
financial year grew by
24 per cent compared
with the previous year
to €52.5m. Equity for
the same period rose to
€15.9m, a gain of almost
19 per cent on the
Orana 44
previous 12 months. The
annual employee profit-
sharing fund also rose
to €955,000. “The 2008 results are a real bonus for the worldwide
dealer network,” says Carl Livett, MD of M.i.Cats, the UK’s sole
Fountaine Pajot dealer. “The marine market has been hit with some
high-profile collapses recently, and to know that we have developed
The 620 is due out in 2009 and becomes Lagoon’s new flagship
a very strong trading position goes a long way to maintaining both
customer and network confidence.”
French boatbuilder the leading players in Europe.
In 2009, Fountaine Pajot will christen two new models in its
Bénéteau Group has reported Earlier this year, the group
Trawler range — the Summerland 40 and the Queensland 55. The
a 42.5 per cent drop in like-for- created Monte Carlo Yachts
Summerland 40 will be manufactured at a new 2,000m2 production
like sales in the first quarter of — a new company that will
facility that was recently completed at the company’s headquarters
financial year 2008/09 to just oversee the development
in Aigrefeuille near La Rochelle in western France.
€86.2m. Boat sales, the group's of open and flybridge
main business, fell by 41.6 per motoryachts of more than
Much of the success is due to the successful launch in June 2007
cent to €68.5m, while sales 15m (49ft) in length. In line
of the Orana 44 and the Salina 48 with these orders delivered in this
within its leisure homes division with its strategy to develop
period. The company has invested heavily in technology to reduce
were down by 46.5 per cent to large powerboats, the two
time and labour in production and the benefit of these are seen in
€17.7m. companies have finalised
these figures.
the acquisition of a plot in
"Following on from September Monfalcone, Italy, which will
It will be interesting to see how the company manages what is
and October, November was be home to the industrial
expected to be a difficult 2009.
also affected by the fallout development for the Prestige
from the banking crisis and the and Monte Carlo Yachts
More details from:
wait-and-see attitude it has led ranges. The first open and fly
www.fountaine-pajot.com
to among our customers," says units are expected to appear
the company. "The first quarter on the market next season.
traditionally accounts for 60 per Whether part of the
cent of the group's orders for downturn Lagoon, the
the year." catamaran company that
OUTREMER
is part of the group, only
Nevertheless, Bénéteau exhibited a Lagoon 380
Another website that has just down with their owners? Time
remains positive following last at the Paris Boat Show,
had a great makeover is that will tell but they retain slim
December’s Paris boat show, however they will launch
of Outremer. It is great and so hulls, daggerboards, powerful
with strong prospects expected the Lagoon 40 and the
much better than their old one ! sailplans so let us wait and see
for the rest of the season. The Lagoon 620 in 2009 both
if the pedigree of the existing
London and Dusseldorf boat of which we will test and
Changes are now being models continues. Let’s hope
shows in January next year will both of which will add real
seen since the company’s so as they have a place in our
allow the company to "assess breadth to their range. In the
acquisition early last year. As heart.
the scale of change at European UK Ancasta, the principal
we reported the interiors are
level", the group claims. A full- UK dealer for Beneteau,
being redesigned by Franck More details from:
year outlook will be provided at have had a good year for
Darnett Design and they have
www.catamaran-outremer.com
the company's annual financial selling Lagoon catamaran
announced the development
meeting on January 29, 2009. completing two sales before
of the new Outremer 49 which
Christmas. They are quite
looks great. Designed by
As one of the world's leading optimistic about future
Christophe Barreau, who is
sailboat builders, Bénéteau business.
also designing the new Catana
continues to develop its
range, this looks quite different
business on the powerboat More details from:
to the traditional Outremer
market and is now one of the
www.cata-lagoon.com
designs. How this will go
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