Astus 14.5

Our editor is sometimes criticized for favoring too many “big” multihulls. That’s not the case, I can assure you. We’re just telling the story of the evolution of an offer that for years has been in “always more” mode: longer, taller, more comfortable… more expensive too. Believe it or not, our enthusiasm peaked when Astus announced the release of its new 14.5, a small multihull available in proa or trimaran versions - we’ve been asking the yard’s team for months to finally carry out this test!

The Astus 14.5 is available as a trimaran or as a proa - and lends itself to multiple uses!

350 multihulls built

Sixteen years ago now, Jean-Hubert Pommois transformed the large sheds of the family farm into a shipyard. Quite a challenge. Today, Astus Boats has become a team of seven people capable of producing 25 multihulls per year - 350 have been built in total. So, we were given an appointment in South Brittany, a few kilometers from the shipyard to try out their latest example. Thinking I was doing the right thing, I bought croissants for four, but Jean-Hubert came alone for this test. Indeed, no need for a full basketball team to put together a multihull whose central hull weig...