1988 Fountaine Pajot Maldives 32

The Maldives 32 is a great boat, unlike many catamarans she is amazingly fast in light weather, you will have no difficulty keeping up with any cruiser up to 45 feet and yet she is roomy and comfortable. She offers great privacy for two couples or can accommodate a family of five with all the children getting a cabin of their own.

The Maldives 32 was designed and built to cruise placidly through the Canal du Midi or beat to windward through a Biscay gale. With 55m² of sail area this is a fast boat which can hit 9 knots on a reach. She is remarkably comfortable with one head and a large panoramic deck saloon. The galley is situated laterally across the aft part of the saloon area. The liftable roof panel considerably increases headroom in the passageway.

Her styling was way ahead of its time and with her plumb stems she looks right up to date. The twin keels mean that she can be run very economically from a drying mooring and is at home up a muddy creek as she is reaching across the English Channel at over 9 Knots. For the more adventurous she is capable of transiting the Canal de Midi and can therefore reach the warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea without crossing Biscay, though she is equally as capable of that.

We have owned Ciel Bleu for fifteen years and have come to love her for both her looks and performance and her practicality. However it is now time for us to move on and we have bought a larger Fountaine Pajot. We are confident that you will find her more appealing internally than any Maldives currently on the market and that her new owners will come to appreciate the many virtues of the design.

She has been fitted out for cross channel rather than long term cruising and has been kept light for fast passage times. During our ownership we have made a number of improvements and have listed them below. Specifications Builder: Fountaine Pajot Designer: Joubert & Nivelt Year Built: 1988 Construction: Sandwich cored fiberglass Flag: British SSR Length Overall: 32’ 0” (9.75 m.) LWL: 31’0” (9.4 m.) Beam: 17’5” (5.35 m.); 55% LOA Bridge Deck clearance: 1.5’; 5% LOA (min) Draft: 3’1” (0.95 m.) Displacement: 6,600 lbs. (3000 kgs.) Mast height: 52’6” (16 m.) (approx.) Sail Area: 590 ft² (55 m² ) Engines: 1 x Yamaha FT9.9 DEX Petrol Outboard Motor Engine Year: 2009 Cabins: 4 - 2 x Double + 2 x Single Heads: 1 Fresh Water Tank: 2x 60l Plastic Bladder Tanks Fuel Tankage 1x 12l plastic tank, 1x 22l Plastic Tank, 4x 10l Plastic Jerrycans

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Accomodations:

• Accommodation for 8
• Single cabin forward in each hull
• Double cabin aft in each hull
• Convertible seating in the saloon giving another double berth

Galley:

• Galley up
• Linear shaped galley
• Stove with 3 burners and flame failure device
• Stove top oven
• Ample storage for cookware and pots and pans
• Stainless steel sink
• 60l, 12/230v portable coolbox

Electronics:

• Garmin handheld GPS
• Silva Wind speed and direction
• Silva Speed and Log
• Silva Depth
• Standard Horizon DSC VHF Radio

Electrical:

• Electrical Circuit: 230V Shore Power cable
• 230V sockets in each cabin, eight in total
• 1x110-amp, 12-volt FLA house battery
• 1x80-amp, 12-volt FLA cranking battery
• NASA BM1 battery monitor
• Flush fitting LED lights throughout
• Trilight
• Deck Light
• Anchor Light
• Low Navigation Lights

Ground Tackle & Docking:

• 2 x bridles: 15 feet 18mm three-strand nylon line with protective polythene tubing covers
• 2 x 15m three-strand nylon dock lines
• various length additional dock lines
• Long heavy tow rope
• Telescopic Boat Hook
• Fenders
• Fender socks
• Main Anchor 14Kg Kobra
• Main Anchor Rode 19m 8mm Chain + Rope
• Kedge Anchor 35lb CQR
• Kedge Rode Ankrolina weighted rope (unused)

Engines & Mechanical:

• Yamaha FT9.9 DEX electric start Four Stroke outboard motor ( 2009)
• Fresh Water Tanks: 2 x 60l Plastic bladder
• Fuel Tanks: 1x 12l plastic tank
• 4x 10l Plastic Jerrycans

Deck:

• One piece window cover
• Davits (removable by undoing 2 bolts)
• Cockpit cushions
• Cockpit Storage lockers x2
• 2 trampolines tested to 1500 pounds
• Swim Ladder
• Draining Gas locker with one 7kg tank
• Bosun’s chair
• 20l water jerry can
• Motorsailing Shape
• Anchoring Ball
• Mooring Warps

Dinghy:

• 8’ Walker Bay RID dinghy with hypalon 4 compartment collar and sailing rig
• Suzuki DT2.1 2 stoke outboard motor

Safety:

• fire blanket
• 3 x Webbing Jackstays
• Inflatable Danbuoy
• 2 x Horshoe buoys with lights
• Life Sling safety line with harness
• Radar reflector
• Flares
• Tethers x 4
• Liferaft (not serviced)
• Bolt Croppers
• Hand held Gas alarm

Sails & Rigging:

• Solent Jib (Intervoile 2000)
• Fully battened mainsail (Hyde 2017, unused)
• Second fully battened mainsail (Intervoile 2000)
• Spinnaker (Age and make unknown)
• Stack Pack and front cover
• Updated lifelines with Pelican hooks
• Self Tailing Sheet winches
• Mounted spare jib halyard
• 3 part man overboard hoist