[PCW] Fountaine Pajot Cumberland 44 & Cat A rating

[gram rupert]

I must confess to having a vested interest in the answers to these  
questions as I have spent some time considering a F-P (perhaps one  
step down from the Cumberland). I immediately thought of a trial and  
a visit to la Rochelle, and in no way would I buy a boat without one.

Rupert.

On 5 Jan 2008, at 17:38, ian.fisher at qedas.com wrote:

> Gram Rupert,
> My major problem has been with F-P and the
> quality of the boat and the lack of factory backup to
> repair what was supposed to be a new boat. The hull
> material is so thin that light comes thru even in
> areas that have a material liner on the interior. The
> fit and finish is poor and inconsistent. The dealer
> has walked away from the boat and assumes no
> responsibility at all. F-P even states that they do
> not sell boats in the U.S. and that in itself is a
> joke. I am working with an attorney but the U.S. court
> system is slow and tedious and F-P denies that they do
> business in the states so this is becoming a
> nightmare.
>
> Michael,
>
> A number of things concern me with this ;
>
> 1) Your contract was with the US dealer I assume and in the UK this  
> means
> this is your recourse in law- so why are you not pursuing the  
> dealer? If
> things are as bad as you say (I am sceptical I must admit) then how  
> can
> the dealer just 'walk away'? FP will quite understandably say they  
> do not
> do sell boats direct in the US if they have a dealer channel  
> agreement in
> place.
>
> 2) During the buying process did you not look at a demo boat to  
> gauge the
> standard of fit and finish?
>
> 3) During the handover process did you not have an opportunity to  
> reject
> various parts of the boat prior to acceptance? This is normal practise
> and I did this with FP in factory in La Rochelle when I came across  
> some
> minor items that I wanted re-worked. If you do not have the  
> knowledge to
> survey yourself I would have thought it would have been a a good  
> plan to
> either employ a marine surveyor or a friend with suitable  
> experience in
> these matters.
>
> On one of my 3 visits to the factory during the build (which they were
> more than happy to accomodate and in fact the technical director wined
> and dined me on every occassion) I came across a US purchaser who was
> actually staying in La Rochelle for the build period as he had some
> custom work in progress and wanted to keep an eye on this and the  
> whole
> build in general. Very sensible really when you consider the cost of
> buying these vessels.
>
> Finally I would say having seen the production facilities at FP and
> seeing the hulls being constructed with modern vacuum resin infusion
> techniques I find your alleged hull problems very difficult to
> comprehend.
>
> Ian
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