18m Fountaine Pajot Samana 59 Catamaran Charter Saint-Tropez | 2022 | IS1804

A catamaran charter Saint-Tropez begins in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, with Port Grimaud across the water, Pampelonne twenty minutes round the point and the Iles d’Hyeres a morning to the west. This 18-metre Fountaine Pajot Samana 59 takes eight guests in four double cabins, with a skipper and a hostess aboard and a hull delivered new in 2022.

She is a sailing catamaran with a nine-and-a-half-metre beam, twin 150-horsepower diesels and four ensuite cabins on one level. For a catamaran charter Saint-Tropez that stays flat at anchor off a crowded beach, the geometry is the argument.

Eighteen metres, built in 2022

She measures 18.21 metres overall, 60 feet, with a beam of 9.46 metres and a draught of 1.65 metres. The Samana 59 is the largest hull in the Fountaine Pajot sailing range, and this one carries a flybridge, electric winches, solar panels, an inverter and a generator, with 1,200 litres of fuel and 1,050 litres of water backed by a water maker.

A crewed catamaran charter Saint-Tropez

A skipper and a hostess run her, and the transit log and the dinghy outboard are included. On a catamaran charter Saint-Tropez the galley decides the week, and hers sits at cockpit level with an oven, a cooker, a dishwasher, a full fridge and freezer and a coffee machine, so nobody disappears below to cook.

A week on a catamaran charter Saint-Tropez usually runs east to the red rock and the calanques at Agay, back across to Cavalaire and the anchorage under Cap Taillat, then west to Porquerolles and Port-Cros in the Hyeres archipelago. Longer routes cross to Corsica or north to Cannes and the Lerins islands.

The cooking worth the detour on this coast is at the waterline. The beach tables at Plage de l’Escalet, the Bay of Briande and the shacks on Porquerolles are reached by tender rather than by road, and the crew times the run so lunch is a step from the transom.

Saloon, galley and living space

The saloon runs the full width of the bridgedeck with glass on three sides, a long settee, a dining table and air conditioning throughout. A catamaran charter Saint-Tropez is judged partly on the hours out of the sun, and this room, wide and shaded, handles them.

Aft, the cockpit sits level with the saloon behind a folding door, with a second dining table under the flybridge overhang and a lounge forward on the foredeck. A generator, an inverter and solar panels hold power steady overnight at anchor, and the yacht carries heating for shoulder-season weeks.

Four cabins

Four double cabins sleep eight, two in each hull, each with its own heads and shower, with two further berths forward for the crew. Every cabin on this catamaran charter Saint-Tropez has air conditioning, a hull window at berth level, reading lights and stowage built in under the mattress.

On deck and in the water

The flybridge carries the helm, a sun pad and a seating area under a bimini; forward, a trampoline and a foredeck lounge sit ahead of the mast, and the transoms drop to two bathing platforms. A catamaran charter Saint-Tropez here includes a dinghy with a free outboard, snorkelling sets, sun pads, inside and outside speakers and a freshwater deck shower.

Specifications

• Fleet code: IS1804
• Builder and model: Fountaine Pajot Samana 59
• Type: sailing catamaran, flybridge, classic mainsail
• Length overall: 18.21 m (60 ft)
• Beam: 9.46 m
• Draught: 1.65 m
• Year built: 2022
• Cabins: 4 double, plus 2 crew berths
• Guests: 8
• Berths: 8
• Heads: 4, all ensuite with showers
• Crew: 2, skipper and hostess
• Engines: 2 x 150 hp diesel (223.7 kW)
• Fuel capacity: 1,200 l
• Fresh water: 1,050 l plus water maker
• Navigation: radar, outside GPS plotter, autopilot, electric winches
• Comfort: air conditioning, heating, generator, inverter, solar panels, flybridge, teak deck, bimini
• Galley: oven, cooker, dishwasher, fridge, freezer, coffee machine, washing machine
• Water toys: dinghy with free outboard, snorkelling sets, sun pads, bathing platform, outside shower
• Base port: Cogolin, France

Charter this catamaran in Saint-Tropez

Rates begin at 18,921 euro per week with skipper, hostess, transit log and dinghy outboard included; fuel, provisioning, berthing and the refundable deposit are quoted separately. Compare her against the Lagoon 570 in La Ciotat and the 24-metre gulet in Positano, or browse the wider Aquinox fleet. The town she works from, Saint-Tropez, has a harbour with almost no room in August, so a catamaran charter Saint-Tropez is the way to keep the good anchorages and skip the queue.

Peak weeks for a catamaran charter Saint-Tropez between June and September close early. Aquinox Yachting arranges provisioning, transfers and shoreside reservations in advance, so the week starts the moment you step aboard.