S/CAT Ad Astra

The Yacht in Detail

Ad Astra, “to the stars”, is less a name than a quiet certainty. Aboard this Fountaine Pajot Thíra 80, the phrase feels fulfilled the moment you step on deck. At 24 metres, she is one of the largest sailing catamarans available for charter in Greek waters, yet her presence is defined not by bulk, but by balance: the scale of a flagship platform married to the romance and silence of true sailing.

Ad Astra is a yacht built around the idea that space should be assumed, not requested. Five cabins welcome ten guests in complete privacy, while a dedicated crew of five orchestrates every detail in the background. The salon is less a room and more a horizon-framing gallery, its panoramic windows turning the Aegean into a moving artwork. Slide open the doors and the boundary between interior and exterior dissolves; the yacht becomes a single, flowing living space.

Above, the flybridge transforms into an outdoor living room in the sky. Here, a Jacuzzi sits beneath the open heavens, where afternoons stretch lazily into evenings and the constellations feel close enough to touch. Forward, the foredeck lounge is where sundowners take on a ritual quality: cushions, low tables, the glow of the setting sun over the Cyclades, and the gentle hush of water against the hulls.

Everywhere aboard Ad Astra, there is room - room to breathe, to gather, to celebrate, and to disappear into your own quiet corner. Families can spread out without ever feeling apart; friends can move from shared laughter at the bar to solitary reflection on a forward sunpad in a matter of steps.

Yet what truly sets Ad Astra apart is not only how she lives, but how she moves. Under canvas, the Thíra 80 reveals a different character: powerful yet poised, gliding across the Aegean with a grace that belies her generous beam. The sensation of sailing through the Cyclades on a yacht of this size - driven by wind, not engines - is unforgettable. The deck tilts almost imperceptibly, the sails fill, and the islands slip by in a slow, cinematic procession.

For milestone celebrations, multi-generational family voyages, or travellers who want cutting-edge comfort without surrendering the poetry of sail, Ad Astra is the summit of the fleet. She is not just a way to see the Greek islands; she is a way to feel them - in the quiet rush of wind in the rigging, the shared stillness at anchor, and the sense, as you look up at the night sky from the flybridge Jacuzzi, that you have come as close to the stars as the sea will allow.