Grand Pavois - a real multihull rendezvous

by Veronique Largeau/Sail-World Cruising on 18 Sep 2013 If you are a multihull fan and anywhere within reach of La Rochelle, this could be for you. The Grand Pavois Boat Show, the 'one for real fans', at La Rochelle from 25th - 30th September, will present an area dedicated to multihulls.

The essential Atlantic rendezvous, the show will bring together thirty boats on Pontoon 10, with a number of new launches and world previews.

A market sector growing dramatically across the world, multihulls represent an important part of the market for the French, as well as the international, marine industry. Because of this, if many French boatyards will be present at La Rochelle, you can also count on the presence of Chinese, American, German, Swedish and Danish boatyards.

For the first time, and in its first world-wide presentation to the press and public, the Victoria 67 from Fountaine Pajot Catamarans will be on display. A long-awaited premiere!

Also to be seen: the star of the May Day Boat yard, none other than Bob Escoffier's future long-distance cruising catamaran.

Other new launches for 2013 are the new Lagoon 39 and 52; the Dash MKII from Corsair Marine, which is still developing the concept of the trimaran with folding beams; the Bandit 870, presented in its final version; the Cumberland 47 LC from Fountaine Pajot Motor Yachts; the two Swedish Kiss 1 and 2 … not forgetting the Nautitech 442, which will be shown in two different versions.

The Grand Pavois, the essential meeting-place for lovers of multihulled boats.

Current list of boats on display:

AELMOR SAS	Bandit 870	Multid'o	France
ASTUSBOATS E.U.R.L.	Bay Dream	Astusboats	France
ASTUSBOATS E.U.R.L.	Astus 20.2 XL	Astusboats	France
BILLIE MARINE SARL	Multi 23	Torpen Boat	China
C.N.B. - LAGOON	Lagoon 450	Lagoon	France
C.N.B. - LAGOON	Lagoon 39	Lagoon	France
C.N.B. - LAGOON	Lagoon 52	Lagoon	France
CATANA SAS BOATYARD	Catana 42	Catana	France
NAVAL MAYDAY BOAT BOATYARD	Etoile	May Day Boat	France
CORI SARL	Dash MK II	Corsair Marine	USA
FOUNTAINE PAJOT CATAMARANS	Mahé 36 evolution	Fountaine Pajot	France
FOUNTAINE PAJOT CATAMARANS	Victoria 67	Fountaine Pajot	France
FOUNTAINE PAJOT CATAMARANS	Hélia 44	Fountaine Pajot	France
FOUNTAINE PAJOT CATAMARANS	Lipari 41	Fountaine Pajot	France
FOUNTAINE PAJOT MOTOR YACHTS	Cumberland 47 LC	Fountaine Pajot	France
FUTURA YACHT SYSTEMS	Futura	Futura Yacht Systems	Germany
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KISS MULTIHULL AB	Kiss 1	Kiss Multihull	Sweden
KISS MULTIHULL AB	Kiss 2	Kiss Multihull	Sweden
MULTI SAILING- SARL MS2	Dragonfly 28	Quorning Boats	Denmark
NAUTITECH	Nautitech 442	Nautitech	France
NAVAL FORCE 3	Challenge 33	Naval Force 3	France
TRICAT SARL	Tricat 25	Tricat	France