Sail area / displacement
How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.
- 17.7· Cruiser
How it is worked out
sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔
published upwind sail area
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01_FPY70S_Header — Fountaine Pajot
Summary
- Length overall
- 72.2 ft
- Beam
- 32.9 ft
- Draft
- 5.8 ft
- Displacement
- 88,185 lb
- Sail area (upwind)
- 2,196 ft²
- Cabins
- 3–6
- Berths
- 6–12
* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.
Best Suited For
- Liveaboard
From the published figures: LOA 22 m · 6 cabins · 6 heads · fresh water 1300 L
Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.
Sailing Ratios
Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.
Displacement / length
How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.
- not published: 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.
- Fuel343 galWater343 gal
29 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.
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
- 72.2 ft (22 m)
- Hull length
- 72.2 ft (22 m)
- LWL
- —
- Beam
- 32.9 ft (10.03 m)
- Draft (min)
- 5.8 ft (1.78 m)
- Draft (max)
- —
- Air draft
- —
- Displacement
- 88,185 lb (40,000 kg)
- Ballast
- —
- Cabins
- 3–6
- Heads
- 3–6
- Berths
- 6–12
Sail Plan
- Main sail
- —
- Jib
- —
- Genoa
- —
- Sail area
- 2,196 ft² (204 m²)
- Downwind sail area
- 1,830 ft² (170 m²)
- Rig type
- —
Engine and Tanks
- Engine
- 150–195 hp
- Engine count
- 2
- Engine manufacturer
- —
- Propulsion type
- —
- Fuel capacity
- 343 gal (1,300 L)
- Fresh water capacity
- 343 gal (1,300 L)
- Black water capacity
- —
Construction
- Mast material
- —
- Hull material
- —
- Deck material
- —
- Keel type
- —
- Rudder type
- —
- Steering wheels
- —
Builder's Own Figures
- Living space Forward cockpit area/sunpad
- 27 m2
- Fly living area
- 31 m2
- Main deck area (Aft/Fore cockpit + salon)
- 86 m2
- Living area Owner's cabin
- 26 m2
- Number of Pax Cat D
- 16
- Number of Pax Cat B
- 30
Figures read fromthe builder's page
Brochure
Download the official FPY 70S 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.
Visit brand pageThe Fountaine Pajot Range
Every model Fountaine Pajot publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.
- FPY 120S116.5 ft
- FPY 80S78.7 ft
- FPY 70S· this model72.2 ft
- FPY 59S61.6 ft
- FP5556.9 ft
- FP5152.2 ft
- FP4847.3 ft
- FP4443.5 ft
- FP4139.7 ft
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