Week 4 - Its CHRISTMAS (well it was)
The Happy face of a Navigator Heading West! The main news of the week is that the decision to go west was rewarded with our fastest week,...
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iainmacneil
Dec 21, 20214 min read
Week 3 - First Leg is Over and Plans are Changed
Day 15 - Wednesday 15 Dec Today the swells got up to 3.0m and with winds of Force 5-6, the going was tough. However (and this is a bit...
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iainmacneil
Dec 15, 20212 min read
Week 2 - King Neptune Sees off the Pirates!
On day 7 we left our team as they ran along the coasts of Sierra Leone and Liberia in dark mode, with the satellite transponder and...
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iainmacneil
Dec 8, 20213 min read
Week 1 - Fond Farewells and a Quiet Start
On the 1st December, at 11am exactly, Captain Iain Macneil took Astra out of the Puerto Calero Marina and on to the first leg of the...
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iainmacneil
Nov 17, 20212 min read
17/11/2021 Refit Work Undertaken This Year
To prepare Astra for the challenges of a circumnavigation, 4 separate repair periods were undertaken. April - July 2021 12 weeks in the...
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iainmacneil
Mar 9, 20214 min read
09/03/2021 Introducing Astra’s new RIBs
Artist’s impression of ASTRA fitted with 2x Ribcraft custom designed RIBs On an expedition vessel you can’t have enough RIBs (Rigid...
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iainmacneil
Jan 10, 20212 min read
25 Nov 2020 - Fuel Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
Dirty fuel can seriously upset any day on the water. Ask anyone who has had their engine sputter and die because of muck, or water, in...
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iainmacneil
Jan 2, 20212 min read
05 Nov 2020 - 'ASTRA' Expedition
Harry Harris, Antonio Vastano, Iain Macneil, John Aitken and Peter Harvey recently travelled on board 'ASTRA'. Here is a piece from Harry...
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