Small is Beautiful
The largest of the Astus models… is still a small multihull, with a hull length of just under 8 meters. The Breton builder has always embraced this straightforward positioning as a specialist in affordable, trailerable trimarans, but the collaboration with VPLP since 2016 - starting with the Astus 16.5 - has added a touch of glamour and a welcome boost in performance.
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Conditions: 10 to 12 knots of northeasterly wind, sea state slight
Astusboats entered the world of multihull builders more than 20 years ago now, when its founder, Jean-Hubert Pommois, converted his former mink breeding shed into a shipyard in 2004. The company occupies the niche market of small transportable trimarans. Its models are all equipped with simple telescopic tubes so that the floats can be easily moved inward towards the main hull, and have all been very successful, as evidenced by the Astus 20.2, of which more than…