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Victoria 67 Catamaran

• By Mark Pillsbury
• Updated: January 6, 2015

French catamaran builder Fountaine Pajot uses the term “flagship” to denote the largest and most luxurious sailboats in its line of multihulls. In the case of the newly launched Victoria, it’s a name that fits both figuratively and quite literally.

With a length overall of nearly 67 feet, and a little over 31 feet of beam, the Victoria replaces the Galathea 65 as queen of the FP cruising cat fleet. It’s a big boat, one that I suspect will be sailed by a captain and crew as often as by an owner with family and friends (layouts are available for both scenarios).

Stepping aboard during the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland, last fall, I was struck by the sensible use of interior and exterior space and the flow of the design, from cockpit and saloon to staterooms in each hull, and aloft to my favorite spot: atop the flybridge, where the work of sailing and the joy of voyaging can both be savored.

Did I mention that the view’s great sitting at the two-person helm seat that’s offset to starboard? Amidships on the forward edge of the flybridge is a bank of four Antal winches for handling main, traveler, reefing lines, and genoa and gennaker sheets (the latter sail is set on a flexible furler forward of the headsail). Though the sail plan is sized for power — more than 2,000 square feet with main and genoa set — there’s gear placed and sized correctly so that the boat is really fairly simple to sail.

For those who prefer lounging to sheet trimming, comfortable couches line the remainder of the flybridge, with two cocktail tables aft and a fridge and sink in the middle of everything. You reach the flybridge via stairs on either side.

In the cockpit below, a cushioned sun bed spans the transom, and two more lie in the shade of the flybridge to either side of a teak dining table that seats 10. The cockpit space flows smoothly into the “urban-chic” interior designed by Isabelle Racoupeau (Berret-Racoupeau and the FP design team were responsible for the overall boat).

There’s tons of room to entertain, cook or simply enjoy life at sea in the spacious saloon. I was smitten by the galley to starboard. It’s fitted out with a full-size fridge and freezer, glass-topped counters, four-burner stove, electric oven and dishwasher, and tons of storage spaces. And I could easily picture myself perched at the nav station in the forward port corner, ready for a night watch no matter the elements outdoors.

In the owner’s version ( Maestro ) that we visited, three cabins with queen berths, each with its own head and shower, fill the starboard hull; access is via two companionways. To port, a single companionway leads to an enormous owner’s suite aft and a forward cabin with two singles, a handy place to tuck kids or grandkids. A crewed layout is also available with three cabins in each hull, plus a double crew cabin forward to port.

Unfortunately, on the day of our sea trials, the breeze was quite light; still, in 6 or so knots of wind the speedo hovered around 5 knots. The boat responded smartly under the power of its two 110 horsepower Volvos with conventional shafts. The design, styling and construction of the Victoria — infused and cored hull, deck and bimini —are all top-notch. In a stiff breeze, say the tropical trades, my guess would be that this flagship would turn in some excellent days at sea.

Victoria 67 Specs:

LOA: 66′ 6″ (20.27 m.) LWL: 61′ 4″ (18.69 m.) Beam: 31′ 2″ (9.50 m.) Draft: 5′ 1″ (1.55 m.) Sail area: 2,171 sq. ft. (202 sq. m.) Disp.: 57,319 lb. (26,000 kg.) D/L: 111 SA/D: 23.4 Water: 278 gal. (1,050 l.) Fuel: 370 gal. (1,400 l.) Holding: 73.5 gal. (280 l.) Mast height: 83′ 11″ (25.6 m.) Engine: (2) 110 hp Volvo Designer: Berret-Racoupeau/Interior by Isabelle Racoupeau Price: $2,150,000

Fountaine Pajot +33 546 35 70 40 www.catamarans-fountaine-pajot.com

This article first appeared in Cruising World, June, 2014.

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VICTORIA 67 "SEA JADE" (2014)

Delivered in 2014, this superb VICTORIA 67 is a best seller at Fountaine Pajot. Generous in volumes, this version Maestro in 5 cabins does not lack superlatives. 

The salon is very bright, with its light wood and brown leather finishes, its lounging area on the port side, its open U-shaped kitchen with a large American fridge and lots of storage. The chart table positioned on the front offers great panoramic visibility. 

The 2 hulls accommodate 5 cabins including the owner suite on starboard which has been the subject to a particular customization with gray lacquer finishes for the bathroom. 3 VIP cabins equip the port hull, each with separate headroom.

The cockpit, teak slatted, is protected by the wide roof and gives access to the 2 aft transoms, and to the box storage of the tender by 2 electric davits. The flying bridge is very spacious with its lateral helmstation protected by the bimini. The aft wide bench will make sure to offer you relaxation. 

Air conditioning, watermaker, 2 generators, solar panels, hydraulic gangway, gennaker, canopy boom, electric genoa furler, 2 bow thrusters and 2x 150HP volvos attest to a carefully selected equipment.

This beautiful Victoria 67 belongs to the same family since her new delivery, and has always been managed by the same permanent skipper who ensure a perfect follow-up ; the standing rigging and sails were replaced in 2021. With 3 transatlantics, this is a proven and reliable unit. Visible in  Grenada.

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Fountaine Pajot Victoria 67 Review

An elegant and contemporary yacht with a flybridge, the Fountaine Pajot Victoria 67 is considered to be in “mega- yacht” territory. The Victoria 67 sets a new benchmark as the company’s largest flagship catamaran. She was voted one of Sail Magazine’s best boats of 2014 and certainly makes a “splash” wherever she goes. This video documents journalists of Multihulls World Magazine’s Test Review on the Fountaine Pajot Flagship Victoria 67.

FP Victoria 67 Characteristics

• Beam 31.14ft
• Draft 5.1ft
• Displacement 46,700 lbs
• Main Sail Area 1290 sq ft
• Genoa 827 sq ft

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Victoria 67

The France-based builder launches the Victoria 67', its very first catamaran topped with a flydeck. This innovation represents a sharp break with the historical position of the manufacturer, who never designed this architecture on boats under 65'. We spent 2 days on board, after the 2013 Grand Pavois boat show, to share with you our first sensations

The Victoria 67: balanced lines, nice proportions. An attractive catamaran!

With 20 knots of wind, the Victoria eats up the miles at between 10 and 12 knots…

Under way, this 67-footer is lively and manoeuvrable on all points of sailing.

The favourite area on a catamaran, the 67’s cockpit is particularly well-protected.

The Victoria’s interior architecture has been the subject of a lot of work.

The chef will have a tremendous time in this ‘urban chic’ area.

The chart table facing the sea is equipped with a proper reclining chair.

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With the Sanya 57 and the Helia 44, the Charente-based builder opened a new chapter in its industrial history, asserting an aggressive technical and design move that visitors to these models had detected since 2011. It is not strictly speaking a break with the adventure which has continued since the advent of the Louisiane in 1983, but rather a leap forward in quality, supported by reading about the expectations of the international clientele which represents nearly 80% of their sales! This little internal revolution is also supported by a company strategy, introduced several years ago, as much from the technical point of view (innovations in infusion and injection) as the organizational, with a view to producing bigger boats. The Aigrefeuilles site is a superb installation, but its geographic position implies road transport to the sea, and limits the size to 45’. At the end of the 90s, the group therefore set itself up in La Rochelle, in the former SCAN seaplane factory, and diversified its activity with the Iris catamarans (fast modular ferries). The two huge 2500m² cells with direct access to the sea have allowed Fountaine-Pajot to ...

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