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Fountaine Pajot Helia 44 - Owners Version
Ready to Cruise - Located in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Australian Registered
The Fountaine Pajot Helia 44 is one of the most successful and popular catamarans ever produced by the Fountaine Pajot Shipyard in La Rochelle, France. This design has set many of today’s modern sailing catamaran standards with a balanced blend of functionality, comfort, liveability, seaworthiness and speed.
This particular Fountaine Pajot Helia 44 “Bisou” is a one-owner vessel that has been set up for long term, off grid and offshore cruising with little or no expense spared. The vessel has crossed the Atlantic with it’s double headsail/pole rig on a single roller-furler comfortably in 14 days. It is in excellent turnkey condition and is ready to go again. This vessel has been meticulously maintained by non-smoking, pet-less owners, never chartered and is immaculately clean. Recent haul out (April 2024) with Seahawk Bio-cop TF bottom paint, and polished topsides.
After ten wonderful years of cruising from Northern France the Mediterranean, and now to the Pacific Coast of Mexico the Australian owners are now advanced in years and are ready to move on to another stage of their lives.
Specifications
SPECS
MEASUREMENTS
ENGINE(S)
TANKS
Accommodations
Owner’s Description
“Bisou” is the sought after Owner’s/Maestro version of the Helia 44. This version’s layout has the dedicated Owner’s accommodation in the starboard hull and two guest cabins in the port hull. All with private heads and separate shower stalls. Access to both hulls is via the bridge deck salon that contains the galley, desk navigation station and a comfortable L-shaped lounge area with coffee table that converts to a small dining table, cabinet hung-TV and huge under lounge storage spaces.
Cockpit / Helm
The salon and hulls are connected to the cockpit area by an opening sliding door and adjacent opening window that integrates the salon/galley area into the cockpit/helm station areas. A hard, waterproof Bimini covers the cockpit area and contains an 8 place dining table, drinks refrigerator, S/S BBQ coupled with ample under-seat locker storage. All are integrated/connected to the dried-in weatherproofed helm-station that has a composite hardtop and has all sailing control lines/winches led to the helm station to enable most sail handling functions to be handled out of the weather. The cockpit is able to be fully enclosed and has a dual set of clears and sun screens.
Electronics & Navigation
Electrical System
Sails & Rigging
Mast:
Sails:
Winches:
Mechanical Equipment
Safety Equipment
Engines
Deck
Galley
The galley of the Helia 44 has a L-shaped composite countertop, that is practically sized with un-compromised working space containing dual S/S sinks, LPG oven and separate LPG stove top, dedicated freezer, large dual drawer refrigerator, large cabinet/drawer storage and rubbish containment area.
Owner’s Suite
The entire starboard hull comprises the Owner’s Suite. It’s practical design contains a queen-sized bed with space along both sides for ease of getting into the bed and making the bed. It has an overhead protected hatch that provides natural light, ventilation/screens along with a further screened port (all with curtains), which makes for a light airy stateroom that is complete with a sofa, desk and a massive amount of easy to access storage along with LED overhead & accent lighting and circulation fans. Forward of the owner’s suite is the walk-thru laundry area that contains a Bosch Classix 7 front-loading washing machine and large linen closet, which in turn leads to the owner’s head that has an overhead hatch that provides light, ventilation w/screen. The Head itself contains a lavatory with countertop space, medicine cabinet, storage, mirror, electric head, separate shower stall and has further storage in the fore peak locker that is also accessible by a deck hatch.
Guest Accommodation
Aft-cabin in the port hull contains a mirror imagine of the owner’s suite that contains abundant storage lockers and a private head with lavatory, toilet, mirror, cabinet space and separate shower stall with light and ventilation/screens.
Fwd-cabin in the port hull contains a queen size bed with side access, ample storage, and a private head with lavatory, toilet, mirror, cabinet space and separate shower stall with light and ventilation/screens. There is further storage forward in this cabin accessible by deck hatch and internally for sails and other equipment.
Dinghy
340 Highfield RIB w/aluminium floor and fuel tank/anchor storage. Two 20L fuel tanks with Yamaha 15hp 2 stroke engine, serviced (Sept 2024). With dinghy chaps
Dinghy wheels: Beach Master removable Dinghy wheels
Additional
Manufacturer Provided Description
Fountaine Pajot Helia 44
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
The Multihull Company is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel though the vessel may be listed with another brokerage company.
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