ASTERIA

ASTERIA — 49.5m (162ft) Explorer Few yachts carry their history as plainly as ASTERIA. Launched in 1970 as a salvage tug, she was later converted into a full-fledged explorer — a hull built for real work, now fitted out for long-range cruising. A refit completed in 2024 brought her interior and exterior back to current standards. She has circled the globe, and it shows in the way she is set up: for distance, not for the marina. Accommodation is arranged over six cabins for twelve guests — four with a double bed, two with twin beds. The owner's cabin runs the full beam of the yacht, with large windows that put the horizon at eye level. Volume is genuinely generous throughout, a benefit of her commercial origins rather than a styling exercise. The upper salon is the natural gathering point, wrapped in panoramic views of whatever coastline you have chosen that week. Outside, the aft deck offers a broad, uncluttered space for long lunches and slower afternoons, while the sundeck Jacuzzi is where most days seem to end. Her permanent crew is experienced in remote-area cruising, where anticipation matters more than ceremony — provisioning, itinerary flexibility, and local knowledge in places that reward both. ASTERIA cruises the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific — a Voyager Award-winning explorer for charterers who want their yachting well away from the usual coordinates.