Posted: 16th May 2013. The crisp weather has certainly arrived presenting superb cruising days for both power and sail enthusiasts. May’s chill is also a traditional reminder that the Sanctuary Cove Boat Show is just around the corner, and this year’s event promises to be as vast and impressive as ever. We will be launching [...]

Media Release Posted: 13th May 2013. NEEL Trimarans continues to set the benchmark in innovation with the launch of the new NEEL 60. A lightweight trimaran with head-turning sleek lines, the NEEL 60 will deliver exceptional performance in offshore conditions without compromising comfort, safety and ease of handling. The NEEL 60 has a ‘sporty chic’ [...]

Media Release Posted: 12th May 2013. Fountaine Pajot has announced a repositioning of its Trawler brand with its range of power catamarans now presented under the banner of Fountaine Pajot Motor Yachts. Fountaine Pajot Motor Yachts CEO Jean-François Fountaine said the rebranding decision was made to ensure the catamarans were more accurately presented to the [...]

Posted: 30th April 2013. Multihull enthusiasts are celebrating the announcement of the 2013 Multihull Solutions Whitsunday Rendezvous from 2-8 September. Now recognised as Australia’s premier power and sail multihull cruising rally, the Multihull Solutions Whitsunday Rendezvous is set to be bigger and more exciting than ever before. The 2013 itinerary and entry form – now [...]

Posted 30th April 2013. Hi All, Here we are at the end of the month and the final Fountaine Pajot has now been commissioned. Bill Morrison and his mate Pete have arrived as the proud new owners of the last model Orana 44. They have named her Koru 2, which is a kiwi word that [...]

Posted: 26th April 2013. Sydney couple Gordon and Louise Coates are currently in La Rochelle, France picking up their brand new Fountaine Pajot Hélia 44. Here is an update on their journey so far… Hi All, Here is a quick note, it has been hard to settle into writing with so much going on, but [...]

Posted: 24th April 2013. These latest shots from our team in La Rochelle have just come through. Kevin and Vianni McGreal have arrived to collect their Salina 48 Evolution. Here they are celebrating by christening the boat with champagne!

Posted: 21st April 2013. Nod and Patrick from Multihull Solutions hosted a BBQ last night for all the owners who are currently in La Rochelle, France picking up their new Fountaine Pajots. Nod cooked the great Aussie style BBQ and Patrick picked out some of his favourite french foods for all to enjoy. With numerous [...]

Posted: 22nd April 2013. Welcome to the April edition of our Brokerage e-Newsletter. This newsletter is designed to keep you updated and informed about the best pre-owned multihulls on the market today. With 2013 already flashing by for the Multihull Solutions team, the pre-owned multihull market is creating its own momentum with several yachts under [...]

Posted: 19th April 2013. Tony and Heather Skinner and Tony and Trish Yates arrive to collect their Lipari 41. These are the photos of the handover day and they are now onboard their Lipari 41 (Araldite). The boat is named after the two girls, who it turns out are both “Captain Araldites” and get stuck [...]

Posted: 16th April 2013. First cab off the rank! Jim Freeman and Peter Bailey’s Orana 44 is now complete. Jim, Peter and the boys Aaron and Steven have set off across the Bay of Biscay yesterday heading for Portugal. Thrilled with their boat they are looking forward to exploring the Med! Bon Voyage, we wish [...]

Media Information Posted: Friday, April 12, 2013. Sunreef Yachts has garnered strong industry attention with the launch of the revolutionary Sunreef 60 LOFT. This performance-oriented cruising catamaran has an innovative design that maximises onboard space and integrates indoor and outdoor living. The open galley is equipped with Siemens and Gorenje appliances and is located in [...]

Posted: 14th April 2013. Here are some great images of of Gordon and Louise on their first sail onboard their new Fountaine Pajot Helia 44. Click on the images to enlarge.

Posted: 14th April 2013. Hello everyone. My communications in the last few months have been sporadic due to internet connectivity. We have been buying new SIM cards in every island we visited and not always managed to get DATA from the network, we learned that staying in touch via internet is one of the main [...]

Posted: 13th April 2013. At last the weather appears to be getting better!! We are taking Gordon and Louise Coates for a sail on their Hélia 44 today (pics to come). Yesterday we spent the day on the hard putting the skin fittings into the Skinner/Yates Lipari 41. Click on images below to enlarge.  

Posted: 12th April 2013. Gordon and Lou Coates (Helia 44) arrived on the TGV yesterday and after a night of recovery have had the first day onboard their Helia 44 – The Larrikin. In the afternoon the sun came out for the first time. Finally someone has brought some sun with them – click on [...]

Posted: 11th April 2013. The very generous owners of the brand new Fountaine Pajot Hélia 44 have sent us these wonderful photos of their recent Easter break on Rottnest Island off the coast of Western Australia. Thanks for sharing these with us Dave and Bev, keep enjoying your magnificent boat!  

Posted: 4th April 2013. Jim Freeman and families have arrived in La Rochelle. Here are some images of their handover. They are thrilled with their boat and are looking forward to their Med cruising!

Posted: 2nd April 2013. Dan Hobbs from Classic Yacht Shipwrights arrives in La Rochelle with all the tools needed to commission the five yachts for our Australian owners. Read the background of this story here.    

Posted: 1st April 2013. Anyone would be forgiven for thinking beautiful La Rochelle in France had been taken over by Multihull Solutions this April. Services manager Nod Crook and general manager Patrick Gilot are spending the month at Fountaine Pajot’s La Rochelle shipyards to receive, commission and hand over five new sailing catamarans to Australian [...]

Posted: 3rd April 2013. Buying your first boat can be a confusing experience. With so many different makes and models of catamarans on the market, it can often be hard to work out which boat best suits. An element of compromise is always necessary to ensure you find the right catamaran that best matches your [...]

Posted: 2nd April 2013. After a long association with Multihull Solutions, Ian Smith better known to all as just Condor is now working full time with the team assisting with commissioning boats, maintenance programs, sail training and more. Condor has too many certificates to store in one place, spanning RYA Yachtmaster Ocean to instructor and [...]

Posted: 26th March 2013. Perth couple, Steve and Debbie took delivery of their Fountaine Pajot Salina 48 Evolution ex-factory in France last year. This was their first trip to the Mediterranean and for the benefit of others enjoying the same experience they have documented their shopping lists, tips and experiences. We thank them for this [...]

Written by Geoff Chia for Multihull World Magazine. Posted: 25th March 2013. AIM: To demonstrate this proof of concept: that it is feasible to drastically reduce personal fossil fuel consumption, carbon emissions, fresh water consumption and waste production without significantly compromising quality of life. Many yachties are already living proof of this fact, however I [...]

Posted: 25th March 2013. Sydney couple Gordon and Lou Coates previously owned and loved their Fountaine Pajot Orana 44 “La Rochelle”, but have recently decided to upgrade to the new model Hélia 44. Instead of having the boat shipped to Australia (as they did with “La Rochelle”), they have chosen to pick up their new [...]

Written by Geoff Chia for Multihull World Magazine. Posted: 24th March 2013. To me the principal hurdle before embarking on this project was how best to dispose of sewage in the least noxious and most environmentally friendly manner. Chris Palmer, environmental engineer and founder of Envirotech treatment systems, was the first person to inform me [...]

Media Information Posted: Monday, March 15, 2013. The 2013 Sanctuary Cove Boat Show will be the stage for three official Australian multihull launches including the Catana 42, Fountaine Pajot Hélia 44 and the redesigned Summerland 40 Trawler. Multihull Solutions anticipates intense interest in all three models which have already enjoyed critical acclaim following their recent [...]

Media Information Posted: Monday, March 11, 2013. Two exceptional offers have just been released to the market providing an unmissable opportunity to secure a highly acclaimed Fountaine Pajot catamaran at a heavily discounted price. Multihull Solutions’s Brokerage Division has listed a brand new 2013 model Mahe 36 Evolution for only AUD$388,355. The current owner made [...]

Media Information Posted: Thursday, March 7th, 2013 After astonishing Europeans with her remarkably fast sea trials, the Catana 42 is set to impress Australian multihull enthusiasts at the 2013 Sanctuary Cove Boat Show from 23-26 May. Multihull Solutions will be displaying the new demonstrator model that will be fully optioned and ready to turn heads [...]

Media Information Posted: Monday, March, 4, 2013. Multihull Solutions will be showcasing two new models on opposite sides of the country in March. The beautiful new Fountaine Pajot Hélia 44 will be on display at the Hillarys Boat Show in Western Australia from 15-17 March, while on the east coast the Fountaine Pajot Sanya 57 [...]

Media Information Posted: Monday, March 4, 2013. Fountaine Pajot has a dynamic new website for its Australian and New Zealand markets. The new website at www.fountainepajot.com.au is a sleek and user-friendly platform that contains comprehensive details of Fountaine Pajot’s entire sail and Trawler power catamaran range. In addition to full specifications and photo galleries, the [...]

Posted: 27th February 2013. Article by Cruising World – January 2013. The second of this year’s special awards goes to the Neel 45, the only production trimaran introduced for 2013, which the judges felt was easily the Most Innovative of all the entries. For many years, builder Eric Bruneel was the managing director of Fountaine [...]

Posted: 27 February 2013. Introduced officially at the Festival de la Plaisance in Cannes 2012, 85 Sunreef Power has already gained world-wide recognition and Clients attention. Since then, Sunreef Yachts’ in-house design office has been constantly working on improving the model to reach perfection and go ahead into the future as much as possible. The [...]

Posted: 4th Feb 2013. This brand new Fountaine Pajot Flagship Class Sanya 57 was imported into Australia as a company demonstrator. She has been used as a display boat at the Sydney International Boat Show in August along with conducting a series of journalist reviews and test sails. Currently lying in Mooloolaba, she is now [...]

Posted: 26th January 2013. By Anthony Twibill for OCEAN magazine. For cruising sailors, the twin-hulled catamaran ‘platform’ divides opinion at more marina and yacht club bars than almost any other topic among bluewater cruising salts, young or old. The ‘level playing field’ of catamaran sailing is loved by the converts who appreciate the wide open [...]

Posted: 22nd January 2013. Happy New Year and welcome to the January edition of our brokerage e-News. This newsletter is designed to keep you updated and informed about the best pre-owned multihulls on the market today. In this edition we bring you an updated range of recently listed, quality pre-owned vessels, including a very well-equipped [...]

Media information Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2013. Entries are filling fast for the 2013 Pittwater Multihull Rendezvous from 1-3 March, but spots are still available to join this superb weekend of sailing and social action. Hosted and organised by Multihull Solutions, the Rendezvous is set against the spectacular backdrop of Pittwater. The weekend comprises a [...]

Media information Posted: Tuesday 15 January, 2013. Multihull Solutions, Australia and New Zealand’s most successful multihull specialist, is hosting an Open Day at Mooloolaba Marina on Sunday 3 February to coincide with the popular Boaties Market. Boating enthusiasts and the general public are invited to come along and inspect a huge range of new and [...]

Posted: 11th January 2013. Our Services Manager Michael Crook (better known to everyone including his parents as “Nod”), has spent most of his life playing with and working on boats. We recently asked Nod about his all time favourite anchorage and here is what he had to say.. It was a tough job picking my [...]

Media Information Posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Sunreef Yachts has announced a revolutionary new eco-oriented, ultra-modern sailing superyacht, the Sunreef 90 Ultimate. Designed to extend Sunreef Yacht’s range of performing fast cruisers from 70 to 170 feet, the Sunreef 90 Ultimate is a masterpiece in nautical construction and performance. A very light carbon, high-performance superyacht [...]

Posted: 18th December 2012. Welcome to the summer edition and final issue of e-News for 2012. It has been a truly remarkable year for Multihull Solutions with our entire team working around the clock to respond to the unprecedented increase in enquiries and orders. The year has also been one of strategic growth as, in [...]

Media Information Posted: Sunday, December 16, 2012. The first Australian Fountaine Pajot Helia 44 is set to arrive in Western Australia in February and will be unveiled at the 2013 Hillarys Boat Show from 15-17 March. The new blue water cruising catamaran is the result of in-depth collaboration between the Fountaine Pajot team and the [...]

Media Release Posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2012. The first NEEL 45 trimaran in the southern hemisphere is due to arrive in Brisbane in May. The NEEL 45 was recently awarded Best Cruising Multihull in the 41-50 foot range for the prestigious Sail magazine 2013 Best Boat Awards. Six orders have already been received for the [...]

Media Release Posted: Saturday, December 8, 2012. The 2012 models of Fountaine Pajot’s Summerland 40 Trawler catamaran have received an stunning interior overhaul. The popular power catamaran has a host of new features including a newly designed saloon that provides 360 degree visibility through panoramic windows. There is also additional storage space incorporated into the [...]

Media Release Posted: Friday, December 7, 2012 Fountaine Pajot, the world’s leading builder of cruising catamarans, has unveiled the Victoria 67, a superb new addition to its prestigious Flagship range. This luxurious sailing catamaran is inspired by its predecessor, the Galathea 65, and has been designed by the shipyard and Berret Racoupeau architects in response [...]

Posted: 26th November 2012. Hi All, Picking up from the last spiel; with a very sad looking rubber duck we sailed out of Kumai and headed towards Pulau Belitung on an overnight passage. We ended up stopping at a small island just before Belitung called Pulau Nangka. A very scenic location which sells itself as [...]

Posted: 22nd November 2012. The winners of 2012 Multihull Solutions Whitsunday Rendezvous, Val and Alex Lawson, are currently enjoying part of their event prize of two night’s accommodation on Hamilton Island in the stunning Reef View Hotel.The couple sent through these great photos and a note while living the high life in the Whitsundays. Val [...]

Posted 16th November 2012. Scheduled to be officially launched in March 2013, here is a sneak peek into the exciting new model from Trawler Catamarans, (Fountaine Pajot’s power boat range). The brand new Cumberland 47 – Long Cruise will include a host of additional features and upgrades from the previous Cumberland 46 model: Upgrades Overview: [...]

Posted: 15 November 2012. Please find below our operating hours for the Christmas and New Year period. Leading up to and following the holiday season we will be operating our normal business hours of Monday to Friday – 8.30am – 5.00pm as well as Saturday and Sundays from 9.00am – 2.00pm. Mooloolaba & New Zealand [...]

Posted: 14th November 2012. This spectacular Sunreef 58 is now on the market and set to excite all those in the market for a luxurious performance catamaran. Its interior space includes an exclusive owner’s suite, three guest cabins and two separate crew cabins in the hulls. Along with the spacious saloon, the total living space [...]