2024 Fountaine Pajot Aura 51 for Sale – 52 ft – Valencia, V, Spain

Fully-optioned Berret-Racoupeau-designed 5-cabin, 5-heads plus crew luxury cruising catamaran with incredible specification and well presented.

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:

Launched in the summer of 2024 and with one owner since new, PACIFICO was commissioned as a 5-cabin, 5-heads plus crew ‘Maestro’ version with the highest-level Comfort package and over Euro 400,000 in factory additional options.

Her specification highlights include:-

•    5-cabin, 5-heads ‘Maestro’ interior layout including owner’s hull to port 

•    Crew accommodation with crew bathroom in port and starboard forepeaks

•    Converting saloon table to create further occasional double berth

•    Vacuum infused GRP construction

•    Synthetic teak aft cockpit sole 

•    1.68m draft

•    Yanmar 4JH80 engines (largest option available) with Saildrive gearboxes and 3-bladed folding propellers

•    Fully-battened mainsail, furling genoa and gennaker with bowsprit

•    Lewmar electric winch package with powered mainsail and genoa winches

•    Hydraulic 200kgs capacity aft tender platform with Highfield 3.5m tender and Suzuki 15hp outboard

•    Upper flybridge lounge area with seating

•    Flybridge helm station

•    Foredeck lounge area with seating

•    Biminis, sun-awnings and cockpit enclosures

•    Garmin navigation instrument package with plotters, AIS, radar, autopilot and VHF

•    Underwater LED lights

•    Seawater pump system

•    11kw diesel generator

•    Combination 3kw inverter/charger system 

•    Upgraded AGM battery capacity

•    2kw solar panel installation

•    Reverse-osmosis watermaker producing approx 180 litre per hour

•    Reverse-cycle air-conditioning system with 68,000 BTU output

•    Ventilation fans

•    LCD TV system in saloon

•    Upgraded Bose surround sound system in saloon  

•    Fusion Bluetooth stereo system with saloon and cockpit speakers

•    Digital control panel at chart table monitoring tank levels, batteries and alarm management

•    Upgraded refrigeration package

•    Plumbing for dishwasher

•    Cockpit galley with gas grill, fridge and icemaker

•    Electric fresh water toilets to all guest bathrooms

•    5kgs washer/dryer

•    Chain counter for anchor windlass

Efficiently coded for charter in Spain under the ‘lista sexta’ rule and with Spanish tax paid (IEDMT ‘Impuesto de matriculation’), PACIFICO is available for sale with immediate delivery.

MANUFACTURER’S COMMENTS:

The Aura 51 marks the entry point into the world of luxury yachting and uninhibited pleasure...

At 15.54 metres long, it’s easy to see that the Aura 51 catamaran will be generous with space, because she can afford to be. Her hulls have a configuration flexibility that is rare a sailing catamaran of this size, offering the option of not one, but two owner’s cabins that each feature direct access from the stern. Her cockpit-saloon deck layout – which affords breathtaking views and can be completely opened up – is also a first. 

With 2,000 watts generated by fully integrated solar panels, the Aura 51 is a shining example when it comes to renewable energy. Storage and management are handled by a dedicated panel for optimal day-to-day convenience. Her many features make onboard life even more enjoyable.

PRESS REVIEWS:

When a boat is your home, the space and comfort it provides become paramount plenty of which is on offer in the Aura 51 by Fountaine Pajot.

Step aboard the wide transom steps of the Aura 51 and I’d challenge even the most stubborn traditionalist or monohull enthusiast not to be in awe of the space and home comforts on offer. For those thinking of spending long periods of time or even living aboard, this is a definitive, modern, large production catamaran, one which – if you’re lucky enough to be in the market for such a substantial yacht – quickly gets you dreaming of a life afloat, with space to take friends, family and toys aplenty.

The Aura 51 is arguably the largest manageable size of catamaran before a professional crew is needed… The Aura 51 replaces the Saba 50, bringing more voluminous hulls and wider transom entrances. The new coachroof design integrates copious solar panels, brings more natural light and a larger flybridge area. The main bulkhead doors fully retract to give a 3m wide opening between saloon/galley and cockpit…

The cockpit can be fully enclosed with canopies… and the intelligent design allows these to be left mounted ready to deploy. This option can additionally offer some visual protection and security for when leaving the boat. The cockpit also features abundant stowage…

The helmstation works well with its large bench, wide enough for a couple (and dog!). There is room to pass between the wheel and the winch bench to the side deck or flybridge, yet they are close enough to work both areas…

The cockpit hosts the main dining area, but Berret Racoupeau design has really opened up the connection to the galley. The latter is huge, including a generous island that forms the heart of the social space as it might in a modern home. Long, large skylights work with all the coachroof windows to make it naturally bright and an opening forward window adds valuable ventilation.

Extracts from Yachting World review by Toby Hodges – December 2022

CONSTRUCTION

RCD Status:

•    It is our understanding that the yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised Cat. A (14 passengers)

Hull & deck Construction:

•    Hulls and decks are build using an infusion process with polyester resin on a balsa core, PET foam, or PVC foam 

•    High quality anti osmotic resin used for hulls 

•    Fibre glass skins 

•    Bimini RTM process on PET foam 

•    Infusion moulding on balsa, PVC and PET core for the structural bulkheads 

•    Grey topcoated bilges. 

•    Hull finished in white gel-coat. 

•    White gel-coat deck with built-in anti-skid surface 

•    Synthetic teak floor with border to cockpit and transoms

•    Hull epoxy and antifouling

Keel and Rudder:

•    GRP keels bonded into keel boxes, anti-flooding system in case of going aground

•    Foam sandwich rudders on stainless steel rudder stock with self-aligning upper and lower bearings

MACHINERY

Engine & gearbox:

•    2x Yanmar 4JH80C direct Injection, Bosch Common Rail System, turbocharged & Intercooled diesel engines producing 80hp (58.8kw) @ 3,200 RPM

•    Fresh water engine cooling via raw water intakes and heat exchangers

•    Yanmar SD60 saildrive gearboxes

•    Twin Yanmar digital engine displays at helm

•    Engine spaces accessed via polyester deck hatch installed on stainless steel gas cylinders

•    Soundproofing and lighting in each engine space

Service & Maintenance:

•    Engine hours – approx. 575 port and 576 starboard engine at the time to the listing

•    Date of last engine service – 8.2025

Propulsion & Steering:

•    2x 3-bladed folding propellers

•    Hydraulic tiller system twin cylinders and manual pump (port and starboard) 

•    Hide-covered stainless steel helm wheel at flybridge helm position

•    Emergency steering gear

ELECTRIAL SYSTEMS

Voltage Systems:

•    12vDC primary systems with 220vAC via generator, inverter or shorepower.

Systems Monitoring:

•    Chart table function control on navigation screens 

•    Main functions backed up on backup screen 

•    Monitoring: for tanks, batteries, and alarm management 

Battery Banks:

•    5x 12vDC 150Ah batteries in starboard hull to supply services and starboard engine start, joined in parallel to supply 750Ah @ 12vDC

•    2x additional 12vDC 150Ah AGM service batteries joined in parallel to supply a further 300Ah @ 12vDC for services

•    1x 12vDC 50Ah dedicated port engine start battery

Charging / Inverter:

•    220vAC/12vDC battery charger with integrated 3,000 inverter

Generator:

•    220vAC 50Hz diesel generator producing approx 11kw output

Alternators:

•    2x 12vDC engine-mounted alternators

Solar panels:

•    Solar panel installation on coachroof with 2,000w 12vDC output

•    MPPT charge controller

Shore Power:

•    220vAC 50Hz shorepower supply with RCD and internal ring main

•    Galvanic isolator

PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS

Fresh Water:

•    Pressurised fresh water supply via 12vDC high pressure pump system with accumulator tank 

•    Additional 12vDC fresh water pump

•    Hot water supply via engine-driven calorifiers or via 220vAC immersions heater elements in 2x well-insulated 60 litre tanks

•    Fresh water outlet in anchor locker with hose

Sea Water

•    Pressurised sea water supply via 12vDC high pressure pump system 

Watermaker:

•    220vAC 50Hz reverse-osmosis watermaker producing approx 180 litre per hour

Bilge Pumps:

•    Bilge pumps directly powered with 12V by the service unit 

•    Electric bilge pump (4 m3/h) in each engine room

•    Electric bilge pump (4m3/h) in each hull 

•    Automatic starting for bilge pumps with audible and visual alarm at the chart table 

•    Manual exterior bilge pump

Black and Grey Water:

•    Shower drainage via individual shower pump (automatic pump-out). 

•    Holding tanks for all WCs

TANKAGE

Fuel:

•    900 litres fuel capacity in 2x 450 litre tanks located in port and starboard hulls with deck plate fillers equipped with an overflow prevention device 

•    2 Electric fuel gauges (indicator at chart table) 

•    12vDC diesel fuel transfer pump

•    Fuel pre-filter/water separator 

•    Engine fuel filter/engine 

•    Fuel shut-off valves

Fresh Water:

•    900 litres fresh water capacity in 2x tanks 

•    Electric gauge at chart table

Holding Tanks:

•    5x blackwater holding tanks (servicing each heads)

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

Navigation Equipment:

•    2x Garmin GPS8412/8410 8” colour GPS chart plotter displays

•    Garmin HD radar scanner

•    2x Garmin GMI20 multi-displays 

•    Garmin PS 51-TH forward-looking echo sounder transducer

•    Garmin autopilot system

•    Steering compass

Communications Equipment:

•    Garmin VHF with DSC

•    Garmin AIS transceiver

•    Second station VHF with DSC and AIS

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

Galley:

•    Stainless steel 4-burner hob with pan holder and gas oven 

•    Twin sinks with pressurised hot & cold fresh water supplies

•    190 litre fridge with 12vDC compressor

•    Additional 90 litre fridge with freezer capability and 12vDC compressor

•    Plumbing for dishwasher

Laundry:

•    220vAC 5kgs capacity washer/dryer

Heads:

•    12vDC electric fresh water flush toilets in all bathrooms

•    Pressurised hot & cold fresh water supplies to sinks and showers

Heating & Ventilation:

•    220vAC 50/60Hz reverse-cycle air-conditioning system with 68,000 BTU output

•    6x 12VDC ventilation fans

Entertainment:

•    LCD TV system in saloon with electric retractable

•    Upgraded Bose surround sound system in saloon  

•    Fusion Bluetooth stereo system with saloon and cockpit speakers

•    2x additional Fusion speakers in foredeck area

•    Mast-mounted amplified TV/FM antenna

Interior Lighting:

•    LED lighting throughout with dimmable recessed spotlights and reading lights

•    Interior courtesy LED lighting

ACCOMMODATION

 

 

Summary of Accommodation:

•    Isabelle Racoupeau interior design

•    ‘Maestro’ Five double cabin interior layout, each with ensuite bathroom

•    Owner’s suite and further guest cabin to port hull with three further double cabins to starboard hull

•    Saloon table convertible to create further double berth

•    Additional crew cabin in starboard forepeak with toilet and shower in port forepeak

Accommodation Finishes:

•    Light wood Alpi interior woodwork 

•    Contrasting dark wood floors

•    ‘Mocca’ cloth upholstery

•    Lining on rotproof glass felt 

•    Polyether foam mattresses with slatted bases

•    Saloon curtains

•    White resin stone counters

•    Combination locking safe

Accommodation layout:

Saloon:

•    Saloon accessible via triple-leaf sliding door with carpeted entrance 

•    Panoramic view through picture windows 

•    Natural lighting through 2 glass ceiling bays 

•    Wooden coffee table 

•    4 place bench seat with sofa 

•    2 place bench seat with sofa and storage locker 

•    Ventilation through 1 large front window 

•    Main lighting system by LED spotlights 

•    Multifunction radio switch

Chart Table Area:

•    Raised starboard console for navigation instruments

•    Storage drawer 

•    12V socket 

•    Lighting via LED ceiling spotlight and reading light for the chart table 

•    Multifunction radio switch

Galley:

•    Galley opened to the outside via a sliding bay 

•    Ventilation via a deck hatch (above the stovetop) 

•    Resin worktop 

•    2 sinks with hot and cold pressurized water from mixer tap 

•    Stainless steel 4-burner hob with pan holder 

•    Stainless steel gas oven 

•    Central island with 3 storage cupboards, drawer, and rubbish bin accessed vertically, bags evacuated by independent door.

•    3 large storage cupboards under the sink also accommodating dishwasher#

•    Drawer and storage cupboard beside the oven 

•    Sideboard behind the hob

•    Storage on worktop with drawer 

•    190L cold storage drawers with 12V cooling system 

•    Open storage space on the worktop above the cooler 

•    Storage spaces underneath the floor 

•    Lighting via LED spotlights 

•    Multifunction radio switch

Owner’s Cabin and Office area (Port hull):

•    Access to the owner's suite is via the companionway through a wooden door and from the cockpit through a lockable Plexiglass door.

•    Double bed (1.60 x 2.00 m approx.) accessible from the side (Island bed) #

•    Drawer below the bed with frontal access 

•    Bedside shelves 

•    Library wall niche 

•    Cupboard with 2 drawers and interior shelf

•    Storage locker under the bed

•    Ventilation via a deck hatch + and 1 porthole 

•    Large picture-window on hull side 

•    Curtains on all windows and doors 

•    Coat hook 

•    Lining covered ceilings 

•    Main lighting by LED spotlight and 2 bedside reading lights 

•    Bedside two-way switch 

•    Multifunction radio switch

•    Office area with desk, seat and storage cabinet 

•    Large storage furniture: closet, cupboard, and wardrobe 

Owner’s Cabin Ensuite Bathroom:

•    Washbasin with worktop 

•    Mirror with shelf

•    Hot and cold water from mixer tap

•    Large storage cupboard with shelves and closet 

•    Storage under the worktop 

•    Bathroom ventilation via a deck hatch

•    Separate shower with Plexiglass door ventilated via a deck hatch 

•    Mixing valve tap for shower 

•    Electric drainage pump for greywater 

•    2 clothes hooks 

•    Lighting by LED spotlight 

•    Multifunction radio switch

•    Separate access to WC via a wooden door from the bathroom

•    Electric fresh water flush toilet

•    Toilet roll bracket 

•    Ventilation by deck hatch 

Forward Guest Cabin (Port hull):

•    Access by the wooden door in the passageway

•    Double bed (1.60 x 2.00 m approx.) accessible from the side (Island bed)

•    Bedside shelves 

•    Drawer below the bed with frontal access 

•    Wardrobe 

•    Cupboard with shelves 

•    Ventilation via deck hatch and hull porthole 

•    Large picture-window on hull side 

•    Curtains on all windows and doors 

•    Coat hook 

•    Lining covered ceilings

•    Main lighting by LED spotlight + 2 bedside reading lights 

•    Bedside two-way switch 

•    Multifunction radio switch

Forward Guest Cabin Bathroom (Port hull):

•    Access via wooden door 

•    Washbasin with worktop

•    Mirror with shelf 

•    Hot and cold water from mixer tap 

•    Shower separated by a Plexiglass panel 

•    Electric drainage pump for greywater 

•    Mixing valve tap for shower 

•    Electric fresh water flush toilet

•    Storage closet with shelves under the worktop 

•    Ventilation via deck hatch Low-level courtesy lighting

•    Clothes hooks 

•    Lighting by LED spotlight

•    Multifunction radio switch

Aft Guest Cabin (Starboard hull):

•    Access from the cockpit through a lockable Plexiglass door.

•    Double bed (1.55/2.00m approx.) 

•    Drawer below the bed with side access 

•    Bedside shelves 

•    Wardrobe

•    Cupboard with shelves 

•    Storage locker at the foot of the bed 

•    Ventilation by porthole 

•    Picture-window on hull side 

•    Curtains on all windows and doors 

•    Lining covered ceilings. 

•    Coat hook 

•    Main lighting by LED spotlight and 2 bedside reading lights 

•    Bedside two-way switch 

•    Multifunction radio switch

Aft Guest Cabin Bathroom (Starboard hull):

•    Access via wooden door 

•    Washbasin with worktop

•    Mirror with shelf 

•    Hot and cold water from mixer tap 

•    Shower separated by a Plexiglass panel 

•    Electric drainage pump for greywater 

•    Mixing valve tap for shower 

•    Electric fresh water flush toilet

•    Storage closet with shelves under the worktop 

•    Ventilation via deck hatch Low-level courtesy lighting

•    Clothes hooks 

•    Lighting by LED spotlight

•    Multifunction radio switch

Mid Guest Cabin (Starboard hull):

•    Access by the wooden door in the passageway

•    Double bed (1.55/2.00m approx.)  

•    Drawer below the bed with side access 

•    Bedside shelves 

•    Wardrobe

•    Storage locker at the foot of the bed 

•    Ventilation by porthole 

•    Picture-window on hull side 

•    Curtains on all windows and doors 

•    Lining covered ceilings. 

•    Coat hook 

•    Main lighting by LED spotlight and 2 bedside reading lights 

•    Bedside two-way switch 

•    Multifunction radio switch

Mid Guest Cabin Bathroom (Starboard hull):

•    Access via wooden door 

•    Washbasin with worktop

•    Mirror with shelf 

•    Hot and cold water from mixer tap 

•    Shower separated by a Plexiglass panel 

•    Electric drainage pump for greywater 

•    Mixing valve tap for shower 

•    Electric fresh water flush toilet

•    Storage closet with shelves under the worktop 

•    Ventilation via deck hatch Low-level courtesy lighting

•    Clothes hooks 

•    Lighting by LED spotlight

•    Multifunction radio switch

Forward Guest Cabin (Starboard hull):

•    Access by the wooden door in the passageway 

•    Double bed (1.60/2.00m approx.) accessible from the side (Island bed)

•    Bedside shelves 

•    Drawer below the bed with frontal access 

•    Wardrobe 

•    Cupboard with shelves 

•    Ventilation by deck hatch and porthole 

•    Picture-window on hull side 

•    Curtains on all windows and doors 

•    Lining covered ceilings. 

•    Coat hook 

•    Main lighting by LED spotlight and 2 bedside reading lights 

•    Bedside two-way switch 

•    Multifunction radio switch

Forward Guest Cabin Bathroom (Starboard hull):

•    Access via wooden door 

•    Washbasin with worktop

•    Mirror with shelf 

•    Hot and cold water from mixer tap 

•    Shower separated by a Plexiglass panel 

•    Electric drainage pump for greywater 

•    Mixing valve tap for shower 

•    Electric fresh water flush toilet

•    Storage closet with shelves under the worktop 

•    Ventilation via deck hatch Low-level courtesy lighting

•    Clothes hooks 

•    Lighting by LED spotlight

•    Multifunction radio switch

Crew Accommodation:

•    Fitted out forepeak in starboard hull forepeak

•    Bathroom with manual toilet and shower in port hull forepeak

DECK EQUIPMENT

 

Rig:

•    Anodised aluminium mast and boom

•    Stainless steel wire standing rigging 

•    Profurl furler for genoa

•    Bowsprit and gear for gennaker

•    Ball bearing mainsail luff carriages 

•    2:1 mainsail halyard 

•    Topping lift 

•    3-reef lines in mainsail

•    Genoa halyard on mast tensioning rail 

•    Spinnaker halyard 

•    Clutches for mainsheet, mainsail halyard, reefing lines, spinnaker halyard, topping lift and genoa halyard

•    Mainsheet traveller

•    Longitudinal genoa tracks

•    Lazy-jacks

•    2 flag halyards 

•    Navigation, running, and mooring LEDs

•    Deck lighting

Winches:

•    1x Lewmar 55ST 2-speed electric self-tailing mainsail and reefing lines winch

•    1x Lewmar 63ST 2-speed electric self-tailing mainsail genoa sheet winch

•    1x Lewmar 63ST 2-speed manual self-tailing mainsail halyard winch

Sails:

•    CSR Dacron fully-battened 95sqm mainsail

•    Dacron furling 59sqm genoa with UV strip

•    Gennaker

General:

•    Pulpit and pushpit, stanchions with upper and lower guardrails

•    Pulpits with bow pulpit seats 

•    Access to transom

•    Hydraulic lowering aft tender platform with 200kgs maximum load capacity 

•    Protective strips on both transoms

•    Cockpit courtesy LED lighting

•    Underwater LED lighting (2x 21w)

•    Net on forward beam

Cockpit:

•    Large cockpit on same level as the saloon 

•    Access via the rear transoms 

•    Transom platform with swimming ladder (starboard) and handrail 

•    Hot and cold water shower in the starboard transom 

•    GRP Bimini protecting all the cockpit 

•    8 seat sofa around the table 

•    8-place teak cockpit table (

•    Serving hatch to the galley via sliding bay 

•    Large storage area under the central sofa

•    Space for a life raft in the central cockpit locker 

•    Space for a life raft under the wheelhouse access stairs 

•    Starboard-side sofa 

•    Transom sofa with large storage locker 

•    Gas locker with stowage for 2 bottles 

•    Natural lighting and ventilation via 

•    deck hatch 

•    Lighting by waterproof LED spotlights 

•    Multifunction radio switch

Cockpit Galley:

•    90 litre capacity cockpit fridge

•    Ice Maker

•    Gas grill

Foredeck Lounge Area:

•    Large waterproof locker on port side with space for generator as well as watermaker

•    Anchor locker with access by cover 

•    Relaxation area with sun lounger 

Flybridge Lounge Area:

•    Access via staircase from wheelhouse 

•    Area available for sun lounger and mattresses

•    Visibility 360° 

•    Lounge area with large sofa and table

Flybridge Helm Area:

•    Access through staircase from the cockpit 

•    Triple helmsman seat 

•    Instrument console

•    Visibility 360° 

•    Staircase for lounge deck access

Anchoring & Mooring:

•    12vDC 1,700w electric windlass with remote control and chain counter at helm

•    Anchor fairlead under bridge deck with built-in bridle

•    Anchor with chain

•    7x mooring cleats (2 foredeck + 2 middle + 2 astern + 1 in anchor well) plus optional additional cleats

•    Fenders and warps

Covers, Cushions & Canvas:

•    ‘Valencia Toffee’ exterior canvas

•    Aft cockpit tent enclosures

•    Exterior window blinds for saloon area

•    Bimini for helm station with enclosures

•    Sun awning for foredeck saloon area

•    Foredeck cushions

•    Flybridge lounge cushions and sunbathing cushions

•    Flybridge Lounge deck sun awning  

•    Helm wheel cover

•    Stackpack for mainsail

Tender & Outboard:

•    Highfield 380 inflatable tender

•    Suzuki 30hp 4-stroke outboard engine

SAFETY EQUIPMENT:

General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.

Life saving:

•    10-person liferaft

•    Fountaine Pajpt safety equipment package