FPY 120S

Name: FPY 120S
Brand: Fountaine Pajot

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FPY 120S header image — Fountaine Pajot

Summary

Sailing CatamaranSailCE B

Length overall: 116.5 ft
Beam: 48.6 ft
Draft: 9.2 ft
Sail area (upwind): 7,072 ft²
Cabins: 4–6
Berths: 8–12

* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Sail area / displacement

How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.

not published: displacement

How it is worked out

sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔

Displacement / length

How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.

not published: displacement, waterline length

How it is worked out

displacement (long tons) ÷ (0.01 × waterline length in ft)³

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.

Fuel1,849 gal
Water1,057 gal
88 gal of water per berth

Design Category

Certified CE design category B (Offshore): the wind and waves the EU Recreational Craft Directive says this boat is designed to take.

D
Sheltered waters
Wind
up to Beaufort 4
Waves
up to 0.3 m
C
Inshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 6
Waves
up to 2 m
BThis boat
Offshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 8
Waves
up to 4 m
A
Ocean
Wind
above Beaufort 8
Waves
above 4 m

Design limits set by the EU Recreational Craft Directive (2013/53/EU), in significant wave height. A category covers the conditions of those below it. It is the limit the boat was designed to, not a promise that it is safe in any conditions within it — that judgement stays with the skipper.

Show the builders' own words

A figure marked with a quote mark was read from the builder's page. Open it for the exact line, the page and the date.

Dimensions

LOA: 116.5 ft (35.5 m)
Hull length: 116.5 ft (35.5 m)
LWL: —
Beam: 48.6 ft (14.81 m)
Draft (min): 9.2 ft (2.8 m)
Draft (max): —
Air draft: —
Displacement: —
Ballast: —
Cabins: 4–6
Heads: 4–6
Berths: 8–12

Sail Plan

Main sail: —
Jib: —
Genoa: —
Sail area: 7,072 ft² (657 m²)
Downwind sail area: 7,072 ft² (657 m²)
Rig type: —

Engine and Tanks

Engine: 900–1300 hp
Engine count: 2
Engine manufacturer: —
Propulsion type: —
Fuel capacity: 1,849 gal (7,000 L)
Fresh water capacity: 1,057 gal (4,000 L)
Black water capacity: —

Construction

Mast material: —
Hull material: —
Deck material: —
Keel type: —
Rudder type: —
Steering wheels: —

Builder's Own Figures

Main deck area (Aft/Fore cockpit + salon): 144 m2
Fly living area: 33 m2
Living space Forward cockpit area / sunpad: 62 m2
Number of Pax Cat D: 15
Living space: 6598 sq ft
Living area Owner's cabin: 33 m2
Lower deck living area: 56 m2
Volume: 490 GT

Figures read fromthe builder's page

Brochure

Download the official FPY 120S brochure (PDF)

About Fountaine Pajot

Volume production

French builder of luxury sailing and power catamarans, founded in 1976 near La Rochelle and now part of a group that also owns Dufour Yachts.

Fountaine Pajot marks fifty years in 2026, and the way it has chosen to mark them says something about the yard: rather than write the anniversary itself, it asked owners for their photographs, their videos and their memories aboard, to be gathered into a book on the brand's fifty-year history and sent to all of them. The year is given over to open days at La Rochelle, where the yard is, and to owners' evenings at the boat shows.

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The Fountaine Pajot Range

Every model Fountaine Pajot publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.