WINDKIND is a 2026 Fountaine Pajot Thira 80, the yard’s flagship sailing catamaran, and she is built around a simple idea: space that feels like a home on the water. Her near eleven metre beam carries four broad decks, so a party of ten moves between sea, shade and sky without ever feeling that the yacht is full. That ease is the first thing you notice aboard, and it shapes every day of a charter.
The flybridge is her signature. A long run of sunpads, a shaded lounge and a second helm sit above the main deck, giving guests a quiet upper world with clear views over the water and the coast. Forward, the foredeck holds a plunge pool and a bow terrace, a private place for a morning swim or a sundowner away from the main flow of the day. Between the two, the cockpit opens straight off the salon for alfresco lunches that drift into long afternoons.
Inside, the mood is calm and contemporary. The full beam salon runs in pale woods and soft neutrals, flooded with natural light and open to the cockpit when the glass doors slide back. A dedicated bar anchors the social side of the deck, and a separate galley keeps the crew of four at work out of sight, a detail that matters on a catamaran where guests live so close to the living spaces.
Accommodation is arranged for a group that wants comfort without hierarchy. The owner’s suite takes the full beam, with its own seating and wide windows that bring the sea into the room. Four further guest cabins are finished to the same standard, each with natural light and its own bathroom, so no one aboard feels like an afterthought. The quality of light below deck is a pleasant surprise on a yacht of this type.
Under sail she is quiet and efficient, cruising at around nine and a half knots when the wind allows and slipping between anchorages under engine when it does not. The twin hulls make getting in and out of the sea effortless, whether that means a swim before breakfast or an afternoon of paddleboards and snorkelling gear off the stern. The low freeboard and wide bathing areas turn every bay into an open invitation, and for families with children that easy access to the water is a quiet but real advantage.
WINDKIND suits a family or a group of friends who want the relaxed rhythm of catamaran living with the finish of a modern superyacht. She is at her best in the western Mediterranean, moving between coves for lunch and settling somewhere sheltered for the night with the pool running and dinner laid out under the stars. Her crew cover the deck, the galley and the water toys, leaving guests to do little more than choose the next anchorage.
She is a precise, current take on what a sailing catamaran can be: generous where it counts, restrained in its styling, and built for people who measure a holiday in long easy days rather than long passages.
