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Fountaine Pajot Astréa 42 Video Review

by John Curnow, Editor, Sail-WorldCruising.com 5 Sep 2018 00:55 UTC
Fountaine Pajot's new Astréa 42 on Sydney Harbour © John Curnow

Fountaine Pajot’s new Astréa 42 has been a bit of a global sales success since her launch, and collected cat of the year, too! It is not hard to see why. A new look, way more amenity out aft, and possibly one of the best Owner’s hulls going around today.

Many thanks to Marcus Ashley-Jones and Multihull Solutions for getting us out on Sydney Harbour, and to aeromedia.com.au for the additional aerial footage. Read more, here.

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