Small cat, big on space

Hailed at its launch as the ultimate combination of big-boat custom features with a small-boat price tag, demand for Fountaine Pajot’s has been strong. Only available in the UK from this summer, the La Rochelle based yard has already secured over 51 orders for the Mahé 36.

The sales figures that have been a pleasant surprise as well as the sailing characteristics. Like all designs we have a very good prediction of how well a certain hull and rig design will work in certain wind conditions
Eric Bruneel, General Director of Fountaine Pajot Estimated on the water price is £115,000 which is slightly more than the Aventura 36 from Indigo at £88,000 but a lot less than the whopping £167,000 a Piana 37 from Naval Force 3 with the closest British built equivalent cat is the 385 from Broadblue.

"The new Mahé 36 has really struck a chord with private owners wanting a spacious interior that is really adaptable," says Carl Livett of M.i.Cats in Chichester, the UK’s sole importer of Fountaine Pajot catamarans. "It’s the smallest boat in the range, but the yard has created a great package that represents real value for money and top performance in this sector."

“With the new Mahé 36 our estimates throughout the design process have been very conservative. So, a boat that we predicted to handle well on paper, is actually class-leading on the water."

Lots of elbow room. despite it's 36 feet

Mahé 36 features A vast 15m2 (160 sq ft) saloon with over 6 feet of headroom Cavernous stowage in the kitchen and in the passageways The Mahé 36 two-cabin version has two private suites with a door at the bottom of each companionway and two large heads. The three-cabin version has an owner’s suite in one hull and two double cabins in the other. Specifications
Length 36.19ft
Beam 19.41ft
Draft 3.62ft
Lightweight 5,000kg
Mainsail 505.92sq.ft
Genoa 322.93sq.ft
Standard engines 2x14.914kW
Fuel capacity 55 US gallons
Freshwater capacity 1 x 71 US gallons
Naval architect O. Flahault / Joubert-Nivelt