Astus Boats Astus 16.5 Sport
Sailboat
16′ 2″
Trimaran
Since 2016
Overview
- Builder
- Astus Boats
- Model
- Astus 16.5 Sport
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Trimaran
- Built
- 2016 on
- Designer
- VPLP Design
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): - Hull: Single skin fiberg
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi (square top mainsail) fractional
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 16′ 2″ (4.93 m)
- Waterline length
- 16′ 1″ (4.90 m)
- Beam
- 12′ 6″ (3.81 m)
- Draft
- 3′ 7″ (1.09 m)
- Draft, board or keel up
- 0′ 8″ (0.20 m)
- Displacement
- 463 lb (210 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 outboard engine
- Power
- 3 hp
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 183 sq ft (17.0 m²)
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 48.9
- Displacement / length
- 50
- Capsize screening
- 6.46
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
How heavy the boat is for its waterline. Under 200 is light, 200–300 moderate, over 300 heavy.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Centerboard : daggerboard (main hull)
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
- Construction
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): - Hull: Single skin fiberglass polyester - Deck: Single skin fiberglass polyester
- Country
- France
- EC design category
- C
- Folding type
- Sliding arms
- Gennaker area
- 215 ft²
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Jib area
- 59 ft²
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi (square top mainsail) fractional
- Rotating spars
- Yes
- Rudder
- Single transom hung rudder (main hull)
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars (carbon fiber spars as an option)
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back (diamond)
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About 15 800 € (2020)
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire continuous
- Trailerable
- Yes
- Unsinkable
- No
- Version
- Sport
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.