One Monday, September 9, at the Cannes Boat Show in the South of France, French catamaran builder Fountaine Pajot announced that they will expand their partnership with French power-boat builder Couach to create an entirely new line of cruising power cats to be called the Code 07 series.
Fountaine Pajot has become one of the largest catamaran builders in the world with over 4,000 cats launched and now employing over 1,000 skilled craftsmen in their ever expanding French facilities.
Couach began building boats in 1897 in France, developed some of the first marine engines and has since developed a worldwide reputation for building luxury motoryachts and sporty, speedy working and patrol craft.
The first new Code 07 is s stylish new 53-foot cruising cat with a hard top, huge glazings in the hulls, large saloon windows and spacious lounging spaces inside and out. Note the aft angle of the salon forward windows for a modern, business-like detail and the long hard top over the cockpit that provides shelter below and a base for the raised lounge on the flying bridge.
The emphasis in the new cruising cat, designed by the firm Barret Racoupeau, is to create living spaces that link those onboard intimately with the ocean and the coastal environments around them in a harmonious way. A wide open transom beach house is an attractive option.
The design team at Fountaine Pajot also set out to create a boat that an owner, his/her spouse, family and friends will find to be spacious, elegant and finished in thoroughly modern European style. The huge master suite in the line’s Maestro version will feel like the bedroom of a luxury waterfront condo.
The new Code 07 will have a length of 53 feet, a beam of 26 feet and will be driven by two 380-horsepower (279kW in metric terms) that will give it both a generous turn of speed when running at high revs and a remarkably efficient hull-drive system combination when running in longer-range efficiency mode.
Fountaine Pajot already build cruising power cats including the MY4, MY5 and MY 6 plus the luxurious Powercat 67 and the soon-to-be-launched Powercat 80.
Fountaine Pajot has had a decades-long partnership with Couche, a French boat building firm, and together they have undertaken and built many one off and limited series catamarans for private and commercial use.
The new Code 07 series, starting out with the 55-footer, will gradually replace the MY series as new Code 07 models are developed over the next two years.
At the same press event in Cannes, Fountaine Pajot also announced the soon-to-be launched Powercat 80 that will debut early next year. Stay tuned for more on that design.
