Fountaine Pajot Salina 48

Fountaine Pajot Salina 48
EU VAT PAID · 2025 MAST AND STANDING RIGGING 
2024 SAILS · 2,300W SOLAR · GENERATOR 
WATERMAKER · AIR CONDITIONING · STARLINK


This 2009 Fountaine Pajot Salina 48 is a highly specified, EU VAT Paid cruising catamaran lying in Marseille, France, with a competitive asking price.


KEY SELLING POINTS
EU VAT Paid
French flagged
Lying Marseille, France
4 cabins / 4 heads
12 berths including forepeaks and additional singles
Twin Volvo Penta D2-55 engines, approx. 4,700 hours
2025 complete Z-Spars mast replacement
2025 full standing rigging replacement
2025 Profurl C430 furler
2024 Incidence mainsail
2024 Incidence genoa, noted as unused and still in bag
Approx. 2,300W solar capacity
720Ah Victron AGM service battery bank, 2024
Cummins Onan 9.5kVA generator
Aquabase 105L/h watermaker
Starlink, 2024
Garmin navigation suite
Air conditioning/heating
New 270L fridge/freezer, 2025
Washing machine, 2025
Highfield 340 tender and Yamaha 6hp outboard, 2022
Recent antifouling and engine service noted


For buyers comparing Salina 48s, her standout feature is the scale and recency of her refit and cruising equipment. Major recent works include a complete Z-Spars mast replacement in 2025, full standing rigging replacement in 2025, new Profurl C430 furler in 2025, new Incidence mainsail and genoa in 2024, upgraded solar capacity to approximately 2,300W, Victron AGM service batteries, generator, Aquabase 105L/h watermaker, Starlink, Garmin navigation suite, air conditioning/heating, new refrigeration, washing machine, recent antifouling and recent engine servicing.


She is the desirable 4-cabin, 4-heads layout with additional single berths and prepared forepeaks, giving generous accommodation for family cruising, blue-water passagemaking or extended liveaboard use.


This is a Salina 48 which should be viewed not simply as a 2009 catamaran, however as a substantially updated and properly equipped long-distance cruising platform with many of the expensive refit items already addressed.


Brokers Comments 


The Fountaine Pajot Salina 48 has long been respected as a capable, comfortable ocean cruising catamaran, offering the space and independence expected of a serious 48ft multihull. Designed by Berret-Racoupeau and built by Fountaine Pajot, the model combines generous accommodation, manageable sailing systems and strong liveaboard practicality.


What makes this particular Salina 48 especially competitive is the concentration of recent investment in the areas buyers care about most.


The 2025 mast replacement, 2025 standing rigging, 2025 Profurl furler and 2024 Incidence sails are extremely significant on a catamaran of this age. These are major-value items and immediately separate her from many comparable listings where buyers must budget for future rig, sail or structural expenditure.


Her cruising independence is also a major strength. The specification includes a Cummins Onan 9.5kVA generator, Aquabase 105L/h watermaker, approximately 2,300W solar capacity, Victron charging and inverter equipment, 720Ah service battery bank, Starlink, Garmin electronics, air conditioning/heating, substantial refrigeration and washing machine.
EU VAT Paid status is another important advantage for European buyers, especially when comparing against non-VAT-paid cruising catamarans in the Mediterranean.


In our opinion, this is a very strong Salina 48 offering: competitively priced, EU VAT Paid, comprehensively equipped and benefiting from a recent refit programme focused on the expensive, practical and safety-critical areas of ownership.


Additional Info


Engines & Propulsion
Engines: 2 x Volvo Penta D2-55
Power: 55hp each
Year: 2009
Hours: approx. 4,700
Fuel: Diesel
Drive: Saildrive MS130
Propellers: Fixed 3-blade
Fuel capacity: 480L
Cruising consumption noted: approx. 1.7L/h at 1,500rpm
Engine serial numbers supplied
Oil and filters reportedly changed every 200 hours
Latest noted servicing: 
Oil and filters in May 2026
Antifoul November 2024, May 2026 (including paint of saildrives+propellers)


Accommodation
4 double cabins
4 heads
4 manual marine toilets with black-water tanks
2 additional single berths in passageways
2 prepared forepeak berths
Up to 12 berths noted
Convertible saloon
Curtains throughout
Fans and lighting to all berths, including forepeaks
LED reading lights with USB-A and USB-C charging in all 4 cabins
Forced external ventilation to aft cabins
2025 comfort mattress toppers to aft cabins


Galley & Domestic
3-burner ENO gas hob, 2021
ENO gas oven, 2021
Twin stainless-steel sinks
Pressurised hot and cold freshwater
Pressurised seawater tap in galley
270L 230V fridge/freezer, 2025
Additional 150L 12V cool box/freezer
230V washing machine, 2025
Hot water calorifier, approx. 40L, 230V and engine heat exchanger
Gas ENO cockpit plancha


Heating / Air Conditioning
Dometic 230V reversible air conditioning/heating unit in saloon
Second Dometic reversible 230V unit in starboard aft cabin
4 x 800W 230V oil-filled heaters noted as requiring review


Electrical
12V and 230V systems
Shore power: 16A and 32A
Cummins Onan 9.5kVA cocooned seawater-cooled generator, approx. 1,100 hours (Last service Early 2024)
Victron Multiplus Compact 2000VA / 80A inverter-charger
Hi-Tec / Tecsup 60A charger, 2022
Xantrex battery/electrical capacity monitor
3 x Victron AGM 12V 240Ah service batteries, total 720Ah, 2024
Engine battery 100Ah, 2022
7 x 230V sockets
Integrated USB charging in cabins and saloon
LED lighting throughout


Solar & Charging
Approx. 2,300W solar capacity
1,700W rigid solar panels, 2024/2026
600W flexible solar panels
4 x Victron solar charge controllers
1 x Victron 250/70 TR controller
2 x Victron 100/30 controllers


Navigation & Electronics
Garmin electronics package
Garmin radar
Garmin GPSMAP 8012 12 chartplotter in saloon
Garmin GPSMAP 8410 10 touchscreen chartplotter at helm, 2021
Garmin autopilot CCU GHP 12
Garmin log/speed/depth
Garmin GWS 10 wind instrument
3 x Garmin GMI 20 repeaters
Garmin 215i fixed VHF with AIS/DSC, 2022
Navicom RT411+ portable VHF, 2024
Plastimo Contest 130 compass
Starlink kit, 2024


Rig, Sails & Deck Gear
Sloop rig
Complete Z-Spars mast replacement, including mainsail track, triangles, martingales, 2025
Full standing rigging replacement, 2025
Profurl C430 furler, 2025
Rigging inspections in 2023 and 2024
New mainsail by Incidence, mid-2024
New genoa by Incidence, mid-2024, noted as unused and still in bag
Lazy bag, 2021
Lazy jacks
All halyards, sheets, reefing lines and furling lines led to cockpit
Bowsprit pre-equipped for spinnaker / Code 0 / gennaker
1 x Harken 46 ST 2-speed electric winch at helm
2 x Harken 53 2-speed winches
2 x Harken 43/44 2-speed winches for gennaker
3 x winch handles
Ball-bearing mainsail traveller
Emergency tiller


Deck & Exterior
Semi-flybridge helm station
Stainless-steel bimini at helm
Hard cockpit roof
Helm rain covers, 2021
Cockpit rain covers, 2025
Saloon and cockpit sun protection, 2024
Full solar protection canvas
Cockpit table
Cockpit cushions
Aft sunbathing area
Swimming platform
Swim ladder
Hot and cold cockpit shower
Foredeck spotlight
Cockpit overhead light
Blue LED cockpit lighting
2 x Swedish bow seats
2 x davits
10 x fenders
10 x mooring lines
6 x aft hull fender protections
Forward hull bumper protection


Anchoring
Electric windlass X3 D12 12V 1700W, 2023
Second windlass control at navigation station, 2025
Main anchor: Delta Lewmar 32kg, 2025
50m x 12mm chain plus 50m rope
Spare Fob 25kg anchor
Small backup 12kg anchor with chain


Water Systems
Freshwater capacity: 750L
Black-water capacity: approx. 90L
Aquabase 105L/h 12V low-consumption watermaker with auto-rinse and remote control
Watermaker low-pressure Procon pump, 2023
2 freshwater pressure pumps, including spare
Freshwater pump replacement, 2024
Silent Osculati 12.5L/min pump, 2025
2 x UV-C freshwater tank germicidal lamps, 2025


Safety
Certified for 12 persons Category A and 22 persons Category D noted (Next service due March 2026)
Zodiac liferaft, 12-person
EPIRB, 2021 (
Offshore safety equipment for 12 persons noted
4 electric bilge pumps
1 manual bilge pump


Major Refit / Maintenance Highlights
2018: Trampoline replaced; 60m mooring chain replaced; propeller hub replaced
2021: Lazy bag; Garmin GPSMAP 8410; Aquabase watermaker; Garmin VHF; EPIRB; Highfield tender; Yamaha outboard; ENO hob; batteries
2022: Windlass remote; starter battery; hull maintenance and antifouling; starter replacement
2023: New X3 D12 windlass; rigging control; turnbuckles and forward rigging works; watermaker pump; additional Victron regulators and solar panels
2024: Starlink; new mainsail and genoa; running rigging; new service batteries; additional rigid solar panels; cockpit covers; hull maintenance and antifouling
2025: Full mast replacement; full standing rigging replacement; new Profurl furler; new anchor; UV-C freshwater treatment; mattress toppers; 270L fridge/freezer; washing machine
2026: Antifouling, oil and filters; solar panel replacements; port engine ECU/MDI box


Tender and Outboard
Highfield 340 tender, Category C, 2022
Yamaha 6hp outboard, 2022
12L fuel tank
Dinghy propeller replaced, 2024


Disclaimer
Nicolle Associates 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.
This vessel is EU VAT paid.
As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
This boat is lying in Marseille, France.
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