Fountaine Pajot Eleuthera 60 Buyer's Guide
The Fountaine Pajot Eleuthera 60 is a 60-foot flagship catamaran designed by Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design and built by Fountaine Pajot from 2009, with owner and charter layouts that have filtered into the brokerage world in meaningful numbers. For a buyer scanning the used market, the boat's voluminous interior, one-piece resin-infused structure, and charter pedigree shape both what you will find fitted and what you should scrutinize before committing.
Layouts on the Used Market
Charter four-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both owner and charter versions are available, and ex-charter examples are common. The builder produced the model in five layout versions — three for owners and two for charter — and the owner's cabin in the reviewed arrangement carried a queen-size island berth with a Bultex foam mattress on wooden slats, a desk with 110-volt power, and a foldout vanity mirror. Across the boat there is no shortage of space: the saloon table seats five on the settee while the cockpit table accommodates eight to ten al fresco diners, and the U-shaped galley with bar, four-burner Nardi stove, double sink, and room for a dishwasher supports a large, merry gathering. A forward-facing nav station to port can take an autopilot remote, and the helm station sits to starboard of the saloon's aft bulkhead with 360-degree visibility.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, freezer, watermaker, air conditioning, solar, hot water, washing machine, bimini, and chartplotter are commonly fitted. A long list of items appears as sometimes-seen or owner upgrades rather than standard: inverter, code zero, gennaker, furling main, electric winches, dinghy davits, teak decks, cockpit shower, radar, AIS, autopilot, Starlink, EPIRB, life raft, and circumnavigation outfitting. The original specification already included a huge stainless-steel fridge/freezer and a two-speed electric Harken winch on the cabintop, and the standard engines were two 75-horsepower Yanmars with 100 horsepower optional, so a buyer should verify which engine tier a given boat carries rather than assume the larger diesels.
What to Inspect
The documented issue history on the Eleuthera 60 is sparse. The builder states both hulls and the bridgedeck are built as one piece using vacuum bagging and resin infusion, and claims the hull is the biggest fiberglass structure in the world that is resin infused in one shot, with isophthalic and orthophthalic resins and multidirectional cloth secured by a special glue before vacuum-bagging. Because the published descriptions of the laminate process and the helm-station visibility are truncated in the source texts, a surveyor should closely examine the one-piece hull-bridgedeck joint and the starboard-hull step area where the stainless-steel CLD freezer/fridge was mounted on the test boat. Test sailors found the boat could be sailed by two although this might get sporty when the breeze is up, a handling note rather than a defect, but the generous freeboard — more than six feet — should be checked for dock-impact evidence given a ladder is essential for boarding.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets for used Fountaine Pajot Eleuthera 60s are the United States, Martinique, Seychelles, and France. For a shopper, the practical checklist is short and sourced: confirm the layout version and whether the boat is ex-charter; verify engine horsepower tier (75 or 100 Yanmar); inspect the one-piece infused structure and starboard-hull step refrigeration mounting; and expect commonly fitted comfort gear while treating inverter, furling main, and similar items as possible owner upgrades rather than standard. The Eleuthera 60 rewards the careful buyer with flagship volume and a modern Berret-Racoupeau hull, provided the thin documented defect history is supplemented by a thorough independent survey.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Fountaine Pajot Eleuthera 60. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 7 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25 | 1 | $ 549,367 | — |
| Apr 25 | 1 | $ 549,367 | 0.0% |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $ 750,000 | +36.5% |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $ 412,025 | -45.1% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $ 410,885 | -0.3% |
| Apr 26 | 4 | $ 750,000 | +82.5% |
| May 26 | 1 | $ 417,748 | -44.3% |
Where they're listed
Fountaine Pajot Eleuthera 60 listings appear across 3 countries. Martinique has the most listings with 3 (42.9%), followed by United States and France.
Country view
7 listings · 3 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinique | $ 412,025 | 3 | 0 | 42.9% |
| United States | $ 750,000 | 3 | 0 | 42.9% |
| France | $ 417,748 | 1 | 1 | 14.3% |
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