London,
Fountaine Pajot
Dusseldorf
reduce prices
and Miami
for 2009
Boat Shows
Hot on the heels of their excellent financial figures for 2008,
Fountaine Pajot has just revealed more good news for 2009 that’s
sure to please multihull buyers all over the world.

Fountaine Pajot’s re-development programme has allowed the firm
to cut production costs for its range of sailing catamarans. What’s
After a promising
more, the production savings are being passed-on to customers
Annapolis and
with a corresponding price reduction.
Paris Boat Show

the industry went
“The significant investments in our production facilities, especially
to London and
in the deck injection-moulding processes, have allowed us to
Dusseldorf boats
add even more value in this buyers’ market,” says Eric Bruneel,
shows with some
General Director of Fountaine Pajot. “Sales from our autumn boat
trepidation waiting to
shows, including Paris and Annapolis, were also up on last year,
see if the worsening
proving that the cruising catamaran segment remains strong,” he
financial news would
concluded.
affect sales.

The new price reductions are on top of ‘Boat Show Deals’ which
Well it appears that
seem to be prevalent which include free packages of optional
it did not! Attendance at the shows was about 5% down but sales
equipment worth, for example: €7,500 on the Mahé 36 and
were good and the quality of visitor was high. Dragonfly launched
€11,500 on the Orana 44.
their new 28 to much acclaim and sold plenty. We highlight this

new arrival elsewhere.
This means that you can now get a well-appointed Mahé 36 for
€165,000 or an Orana 44 for €335,000 – reductions from the
I think the industry is feeling cautious but the downturn might not
2008 pricelist of up to €16,425 and €13,400 respectively.
affect the multihull sector as was as once feared.
We will report on Miami Boat Show where 25 multihulls were
More details at: www.fountaine-pajot.com
exhibited, in the next issue.
The Orana 44 is now €13,400 cheaper than in 2008 at €335,000
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