Belize 43

Preamble:

The range of Fountaine-Pajot catamarans had, except for a few modifications in interior design, changed very little lately. Priority was on setting up the range of trawlers. Launched in 1992, Venezia 42 will remain the pioneer of the make’s characteristic “look”. With 123 units built, this middle-of-the-range illustrates the true success of this shipyard, based in La Rochelle. Her replacement obviously had to retain the main principles: the classic 4 double cabins with the possibility of a suite in the hulls, in the owner’s version, the convivial saloon integrating on the same level the galley and chart table, but it also reserves new attractive assets in more ways than one.

The Belize 43 is replacing the Venezia 42, one of the shipyard’s great successes, in the Fountaine-Pajot range… (Photograph by Yves Ronzier)

Presentation

Discovering the Belize 43, as she quietly awaits her new crew, the family spirit is very much present. Her silhouette is striking, however, with its “tenser”, slimmer, “firmer” forms. Olivier Flahaut, who designed her, has been able to make her line remarkably more dynamic, reduce the effect of mass proper to catamarans, tenser. The ro...