Fountaine Pajot Samana 59 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used market for a Fountaine Pajot Samana 59 means looking at a flagship catamaran built for volume and onboard living rather than stripped racing. Charter four-cabin layouts appear more often than owner versions, and ex-charter boats are a common sight, so buyers should weigh usage history alongside specification when comparing used Fountaine Pajot Samana 59s.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Samana 59’s Lounge Maestro arrangement puts an owner’s suite with dual access from saloon and aft alongside double and bunk cabins, while a galley-down Maestro moves the galley into the port hull’s center stateroom. Both the social central-island galley and a second crew-near galley exist on the boat, and the saloon carries a forward-facing nav station. Ex-charter examples tend to be the four-cabin, two-galley social format, which suits families or skippered programs but may show heavier wear than privately kept Maestro boats.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most used Samana 59s carry a watermaker, chartplotter, solar, inverter, radar, and life raft as standard cruising kit. Often-seen additions include air conditioning, a bow thruster, electric winches, and a gennaker — the last two matter for short-handed sail handling given the boat’s size. A hydraulic swim platform is a factory feature worth confirming, and the ODSea+ pack with hydrogeneration and an 118 kWh battery park is a rarer option rather than a typical retrofit. Buyers should treat lithium batteries, hardtops, and asymmetric spinnakers as occasional owner upgrades, not expected equipment.
What to Inspect
The hull is resin-infused fiberglass with a balsa core, and bulkheads are cored composite tabbed with fiberglass cloth and resin resin-infused and balsa-cored for strength and stiffness. Check that aluminum backing plates remain sound wherever deck hardware was drilled and tapped, since these carry loads on the injection-molded deck parts. Confirm the electric furler rigging and Antal winches operate smoothly, and verify the hydraulic swim platform raises and lowers without hesitation. On ex-charter boats, inspect the dual-access owner cabins and both galleys for moisture around tabbed bulkheads and laminate joints.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets for the Samana 59 include France, Portugal, Greece, Türkiye, the British Virgin Islands, and Italy. For a buyer, the short checklist is: confirm layout (Maestro vs charter four-cabin), verify ODSea+ pack if quoted, test hydraulic platform and electric winches, and survey balsa-cored hull and tabbed bulkheads closely on ex-charter units.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Fountaine Pajot Samana 59. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 18 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25 | 1 | $2,788,448 | — |
| Apr 25 | 2 | $2,569,515 | -7.9% |
| May 25 | 1 | $2,441,291 | -5.0% |
| Jun 25 | 1 | $3,023,618 | +23.9% |
| Aug 25 | 3 | $2,961,111 | -2.1% |
| Sep 25 | 4 | $2,488,642 | -16.0% |
| Oct 25 | 3 | $2,497,284 | +0.3% |
| Nov 25 | 3 | $2,799,646 | +12.1% |
| Dec 25 | 2 | $2,611,809 | -6.7% |
| Jan 26 | 6 | $2,408,449 | -7.8% |
| Mar 26 | 2 | $2,363,366 | -1.9% |
| Apr 26 | 18 | $2,583,980 | +9.3% |
| May 26 | 3 | $2,472,863 | -4.3% |
| Jun 26 | 3 | $2,131,511 | -13.8% |
| Jul 26 | 8 | $2,908,832 | +36.5% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $2,919,878 | +0.4% |
| Sep 26 | 10 | $2,766,050 | -5.3% |
| Oct 26 | 1 | $2,756,019 | -0.4% |
Where they're listed
Fountaine Pajot Samana 59 listings appear across 11 countries. Portugal has the most listings with 16 (26.7%), followed by Greece and Turkey.
Country view
60 listings · 11 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | $2,799,646 | 16 | 1 | 26.7% |
| Greece | $2,492,724 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% |
| Turkey | $2,847,390 | 9 | 5 | 15.0% |
| Spain | $2,843,552 | 5 | 2 | 8.3% |
| Italy | $2,037,023 | 5 | 2 | 8.3% |
| British Virgin Islands | $2,599,000 | 5 | 2 | 8.3% |
| France | $3,023,618 | 3 | 1 | 5.0% |
| Hong Kong | $2,700,000 | 2 | 0 | 3.3% |
| French Polynesia | $2,712,334 | 2 | 0 | 3.3% |
| Thailand | $2,200,000 | 2 | 0 | 3.3% |
| Singapore | $1,900,000 | 1 | 0 | 1.7% |
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