12m Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40 Charter Marmaris | 2019 | CO1204

The Lucia 40 charter Marmaris proposition is the smallest boat Fountaine Pajot has ever managed to fit four double cabins and four heads into without making any of them feel like an afterthought: eleven metres seventy-three on deck, six metres sixty-three across the beam, and a draught of 1.20 metres that takes her into the shallow sand coves the monohulls have to admire from outside. She lies in Marmaris Yacht Marina, an hour and a half from Dalaman, with the Hisarönü Gulf opening west and the Bozburun peninsula folding south.

Twin 30-horsepower Volvo diesels, a full-batten mainsail and a furling genoa work the coast in either direction on very little fuel, which is the point of a boat this size. Aquinox arranges this Lucia 40 charter Marmaris the way guests actually want a catamaran arranged: provisioned before you arrive, skippered if you wish, and routed so that every evening ends somewhere worth waking up in.

Twelve metres, built in 2019

The Lucia 40 replaced the Lipari in the Fountaine Pajot range and fixed the thing that mattered: the saloon and the cockpit now sit on one level, separated by a single glass door, so the living space is one room open at both ends. The helm is raised to starboard with the electric winches to hand, which means one person can work the boat while everyone else stays put. She displaces 8,900 kilograms light and carries 300 litres of fuel against 530 litres of water in two tanks.

Systems are unfussy and complete: autopilot and chart plotter at the helm, an inverter for the domestic circuit, refrigeration, cockpit speakers, a full bimini and a dinghy with an outboard on the davits. A service pack covers the outboard, transit log, bed linen and towels, so the arrival is a set of keys rather than a list of extras to settle at the office.

A Lucia 40 charter Marmaris week on the Hisarönü Gulf

Aquinox arranges boat-in dining along the coast, the waterline tavernas where the kitchen sits at sea level and the table waits for the yacht to come alongside. A Lucia 40 charter Marmaris week turns the gulf into a string of them: Turgut, Selimiye, Bozburun, Orhaniye and the sandspit at Kızkumu, each an hour or two apart and none of them reachable by road.

West of the peninsula the Datça shore and the ruins at Knidos make a two-day passage with the prevailing meltemi on the quarter. North, Bozukkale and Serce Limani stay almost empty into September. East, Ekincik and the Dalyan delta sit within a comfortable day. A Lucia 40 charter Marmaris itinerary can be three genuinely different weeks from a single berth, which is unusual among Turkish bases.

Saloon, galley and living space

The saloon of this Lucia 40 charter Marmaris runs the full width of the bridgedeck with glass on three sides, so the view from the dinette is the anchorage rather than a bulkhead. A wraparound settee seats eight around a table that lowers to make another double berth. The galley sits to port at saloon level — gas hob, oven, twin stainless sinks, drawer refrigeration and a long worktop — which keeps whoever is cooking in the conversation instead of exiled below.

A chart table with instruments and breaker panel sits forward to starboard, facing out through the windscreen. Pale oak joinery, grey upholstery and a dark timber sole keep the interior calm rather than glossy, and the opening coachroof hatches mean the space stays cool without running anything. It is the right register for a boat that spends August with wet towels on every handrail.

Four cabins

Each hull of this Lucia 40 charter Marmaris carries two double cabins, and each one has its own electric head with a washbasin and shower rather than a shared wet-room. Hull windows at berth level mean you wake to water instead of a porthole; opening hatches above every berth matter more in the Aegean than any amount of joinery, and there is a reading light over each side of the bed. Linen and towels are laid out fresh on turnaround.

On deck and in the water

The aft cockpit is the room everyone actually lives in aboard a Lucia 40 charter Marmaris: a teak table for eight under a hard bimini, folding chairs, an outdoor sink and grill to port, and the helm raised to starboard so the person steering is still part of the company. Forward, twin trampolines take the crowd off the cockpit at midday. Both transoms step straight down to the water, and the tender hangs aft with its own outboard.

Specifications

• Model: Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40 sailing catamaran
• Year built: 2019
• Length overall: 11.73 m (38 ft)
• Beam: 6.63 m (22 ft)
• Draught: 1.20 m (4 ft)
• Light displacement: 8,900 kg
• Guest cabins: four doubles, ten berths
• Heads: four electric, each with a washbasin and shower
• Engines: 2 × 30 hp Volvo diesel
• Fuel / water capacity: 300 l / 530 l in two tanks
• Rig: full-batten mainsail, furling genoa, electric winches
• Equipment: autopilot, chart plotter, inverter, refrigeration, cockpit speakers, bimini, dinghy with outboard
• Home base: Marmaris, Turkey
• Fleet code: CO1204

Charter this Lucia 40 in Marmaris

Rates for this Lucia 40 charter Marmaris open at €4,110 per week in the shoulder months and run to €6,200 at the end of August, with a €2,500 security deposit and a service pack covering outboard, transit log, linen and towels. A skipper can be added by the night. For a larger Fountaine Pajot on the same coast see the Astrea 42, and for a four-cabin Lagoon the Lagoon 42. The full Aquinox fleet is listed by base and cabin count, and the builder publishes the model specification at Fountaine Pajot.

Aquinox Yachting manages every Lucia 40 charter Marmaris booking end to end — provisioning, itinerary, transfers, berths and the boat-in tables that make the week.