Engine
Volvo Penta D2-55
Total Power
110hp
Engine Hours
4700
Class
Catamaran sailboats
Length
14.30m
Year
2009
Model
Salina 48
Capacity
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Nicolle Associates - Hamble Office
Nicolle Associates - Hamble Office
Boat Details
Description
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 and benefiting from one of the most comprehensive recent refit programmes of any Salina 48 currently on the market, with a competitive asking price.
KEY SELLING POINTS
- EU VAT Paid
- 2025 Complete Z-Spars mast replacement
- 2025 Complete standing rigging replacement
- 2025 New Profurl C430 furling system
- 2024 New Incidence fully battened mainsail
- 2024 New Incidence genoa (unused and still in its sail bag)
- Approx. 2,300W solar capacity
- 720Ah Victron AGM service battery bank (2024)
- Cummins Onan 9.5kVA generator
- Aquabase 105L/h watermaker
- Starlink satellite internet (2024)
- Garmin navigation suite
- Air conditioning / heating
- 4 cabins / 4 heads with accommodation for up to 12
- Highfield 340 tender with Yamaha 6hp outboard (2022)
- Recent engine service and antifouling
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 current owner, who is an engineer, has personally overseen much of the maintenance and improvement programme. Supporting invoices are available for many of the major purchased components and specialist works, providing buyers with confidence in the standard of maintenance and continual investment throughout his ownership.
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.
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More Details
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
- Engine oil and filters changed approximately every 200 operating hours.
- Latest maintenance:
Engine oil and filters changed – May 2026.
Antifouled – November 2024 and May 2026, including saildrives and 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 serviced 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 with Victron charging system.
- 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: New trampoline; 60m anchor chain replaced; propeller hub replaced.
2021: New lazy bag; Garmin GPSMAP 8410 chartplotter; Aquabase watermaker installed; Garmin VHF; EPIRB; Highfield 340 tender; Yamaha 6hp outboard; ENO hob; battery renewals.
2022: Remote windlass control; new engine starter battery; starter motor replacement; annual hull maintenance and antifouling.
2023: New Lewmar X3 D12 electric windlass; rigging inspection and preventative rigging works including turnbuckles and forestay components; watermaker pump replacement; additional Victron solar charge controllers and solar panels installed.
2024: New Incidence fully battened mainsail; new Incidence genoa (reported unused and still in its sail bag); running rigging renewed; Victron AGM service batteries renewed (720Ah); additional rigid solar panels increasing total solar capacity to approximately 2,300W; Starlink installed; new cockpit enclosure/covers; annual hull maintenance and antifouling.
2025: Complete new Z-Spars mast supplied and fitted; complete standing rigging replacement; new Profurl C430 furling system; new Lewmar Delta anchor; UV-C freshwater tank sterilisation system installed; new cabin mattress toppers; new 270L refrigerator/freezer; new washing machine; additional solar panel installed; annual lift, antifouling and servicing.
2026: Annual antifouling; engine oil and filter service; replacement port engine ECU/MDI module; further solar panel upgrades.
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.
- © 2026 Nicolle Associates
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Propulsion
Engine 1
Engine Make:Volvo Penta
Engine Model:D2-55
Engine Year:2009
Total Power:55hp
Engine Hours:4700
Engine Type:Inboard
Drive Type:Sail Drive
Fuel Type:Diesel
Propeller Type:3 Blade
Engine 2
Engine Make:Volvo Penta
Engine Model:D2-55
Engine Year:2009
Total Power:55hp
Engine Hours:4700
Engine Type:Inboard
Drive Type:Sail Drive
Fuel Type:Diesel
Propeller Type:3 Blade
Measurements
Dimensions
Length Overall:14.6m
Max Bridge Clearance:20m
Max Draft:1.1m
Min Draft:1.1m
Beam:7.7m
Miscellaneous
Liferaft Capacity:12
Hull Material:Fiberglass
Hull Shape:Catamaran
Tanks
Fresh Water Tank:750 l
Fuel Tank:480 l
Holding Tank:2 x
Accommodations
Cabins:4
Heads:4
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Meet the Seller
Adrian Nicolle
Adrian has a customer-focused, service-led background with experience growing businesses from start-ups to London Stock Exchange-listed companies. A 200gt Master of Yachts, he has raced and cruised internationally, served on the Royal Southern YC board, and was Cowes Week Chief Race Officer. He specialises in large sail and motor yachts, providing expert, trustworthy guidance before, during, and after purchase.
