Ever More Comfort - Subtly Integrated
With its flybridge (entirely dedicated to both onboard living and sailing), its immense rigid foredeck, and its door connecting the saloon directly to the forward cockpit, the FP55 marks a true break from the shipyard’s smaller models. We took advantage of a light morning breeze off the coast of Saint-Raphaël to check out hull #1 a few days ahead of its official unveiling at the boat show in Cannes, just a few miles to the east. Unfortunately, the wind didn’t quite live up to expectations, but it would have taken more than that to stop us from hoisting the sails!
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Conditions: 3 to 8 knots of wind, calm sea
A 55-footer That Feels Like a 60
We’d arranged to meet early in the morning, but we had to hurry: a light onshore breeze was still blowing at 8 knots, but the forecast predicted it would die down quickly. On the dock, the FP55 first impresses with its sheer size. At 55’8” (16.98 m) long and 28’10” (8.8 m) in the beam, this newcomer is reclaiming a niche that Fountaine Pajot hadn’t really occupied since the large Marquises (the 53, which became the 56) was launched in 1991.…
