Expert Review, Technical Specifications & Market Analysis
| Feature | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Overall Length | 75'4" |
| Beam | 36'5" |
| Draft | 5'10" |
| Displacement | 99,208 lbs (light) |
| Engines | Twin Diesel Shaft Drive (2 x 300 HP) |
| Fuel Capacity | 977 gal |
| Water Capacity | 317 gal |
| Cabins / Heads | 3-6 Cabins / 7-10 Heads + Crew |
Source: Spec & Photos courtesy of Fountaine Pajot.
You want to spend a month in the islands without planning around fuel docks and marinas. The FPY70 is Fountaine Pajot's long-stay power platform.
Part of the Fountaine Pajot FP Power Catamaran Yachts series — see how owners step up through the lineup.
Fountaine Pajot has been building catamarans for decades, and the FPY70 shows it. The build quality is solid. The engineering is conservative. They're not chasing speed or trying to reinvent hull design. They're building a platform that works for extended cruising, and they're doing it well. The energy system is the standout feature—up to 7 kW of solar, a lithium bank of up to 64 kWh, a dedicated fast-charging generator and a high-output watermaker. Most 75-foot motor yachts are tethered to fuel docks and generators. This boat gives you real autonomy, which changes how you use it.
This boat is for owners who plan to spend serious time aboard. If you're looking for a weekend cruiser or a boat to impress at the yacht club, this is not it. The FPY70 makes sense for people who want to disappear into the Bahamas for a month, or cruise the Mediterranean for a season, or run a charter operation in the Virgin Islands. The layout supports all of those use cases. The catamaran hull gives you stability and shallow draft. The crew quarters let you run with professional help without feeling like you're living in a hotel.
The catamaran market has been growing steadily, and Fountaine Pajot's support network has grown with it. The twin-engine setup means redundancy, but it also means two of everything to service — plan the maintenance calendar accordingly. If you're planning to charter, the boat is set up for it: six cabins, professional crew quarters, and a layout that supports service.
Photos courtesy of Fountaine Pajot.
The FPY70 is the motor side of Fountaine Pajot's yacht line at 75 feet. The sheet reads 75'4" overall on a 36'5" beam, 5'10" draft and 99,208 lbs light displacement, with 977 gallons of fuel against 317 gallons of water.
The proposition is a 75-footer that behaves like a residence: catamaran stability at anchor, shallow draft for island work, and accommodation split between the hulls, main deck and flybridge with the crew given their own quarters.
Power is twin 300 hp shaft-drive diesels — modest output for 75 feet, which is the design's statement: efficient displacement cruising over sprint speed.
The 977-gallon fuel load against that horsepower is the number that matters. This is a boat specified to stay out, not to get there fast.
Layouts span three to six guest cabins — the sheet lists 3-6 cabins and 7-10 heads plus crew — running from a private owner's configuration to full charter service.
The 36-foot beam gives the main deck genuine apartment proportions, and guest and crew circulation stay apart — the detail that separates a yacht that hosts well from one that merely sleeps the same number.
Power catamarans in the 70-80 foot band compete with flybridge monohulls that carry deeper draft, higher fuel burn and less deck area per foot. The FPY70's case is the multihull one — beam, stability and economy — from a production yard rather than a custom builder.
Within the range, the FPY80 above it adds volume and the fast engine options the FPY70 deliberately goes without.
Buy the FPY70 if your season is measured in weeks aboard — owner use with a small crew, or a charter program — and range and anchorage time matter more than pace.
Step up to the FPY80 if you want the same idea with more volume and a faster optional engine package. If sails belong in the picture, the FPY70S is the sailing catamaran at the same point in the range.
The FPY70 is a displacement cruiser, not a sprint boat. Power is twin 300 hp shaft-drive diesels — modest output for 75 feet, which is the design's statement — and the 977-gallon fuel load against that horsepower is the number that matters: this boat is specified to stay out, not to get there fast. Make observed speeds at sea trial part of the conversation.
Layouts span three to six guest cabins — the sheet lists 7-10 heads plus crew — from a private owner's configuration to full charter service. The 36'5" beam gives the main deck genuine apartment proportions, and guest and crew circulation stay apart, the detail that separates a yacht that hosts well from one that merely sleeps the same number.
