BoatsAstus Boats 20.5

Astus Boats 20.5

Trimaran, centreboard · Fractional Sloop · First built 2018

A VPLP-designed trimaran offered in Leisure and Sport configurations, the latter carrying 24 square metres of sail

Designed by Vplp Design, Van Peteghem & Lauriot-Prevost.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Trimaran Cbrd.

See her sail

The Astus Boats 20.5, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Sailing Learning By Doing

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

Ramp-launchableAbout 470 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.25 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LightHeavy

64 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 64
EasygoingPowered-up

35.4 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 35.4
  • Heavier than ~90% of boats her size on file
  • Draws more than ~84% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~89% of boats her size on file

Compared with 143 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Astus Boats 20.5, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Astus Boats 20.5 is a 6.0 m fractional sloop trimaran designed by VPLP Design and built by Astus Boats since 2018. It has a 4.5 m beam, a 1.2 m draft, and displaces 469 kg. The model is available in Leisure and Sport versions, with the Sport version featuring a 24 m² sail area.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel weighed buying one

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
35.4
Displacement / length
63.7
Hull
Hull type
Trimaran Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2018
Designer
VPLP Design, Van Peteghem, Lauriot-Prevost
Builder
Astus Boats

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

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